Resources

Resources & Library

Publications

Gharial acoustic signaling: Novel underwater pops are temporally based, context-dependent, seasonally stable, male-specific, and individually distinctive

Ajji Mohideen, J. & Lang, J. W.

Journal of Anatomy · 2025

Gharial acoustic and chemo-signalling behaviours

Ajji Mohideen, J. et al.

Talks at the IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group meeting · 2024

Using functional traits to identify conservation priorities for the world’s crocodylians

Griffith, P., Lang, J. W., Turvey, S. T. & Gumbs, R.

Functional Ecology 37: 112–124 · 2023

Sand addition promotes gharial nesting in a regulated river-reservoir habitat

Vashistha, G., Lang, J. W., Dhakate, P. M. & Kothamasi, D.

Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2: e12068 · 2021

Gharial nesting in a reservoir is limited by reduced river flow and by increased bank vegetation

Vashistha, G., Mungi, N. A., Lang, J. W., Ranjan, V., et al.

Scientific Reports · 2021

Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) in Bardiya National Park, Nepal: Population, habitat and threats

Bashyal, A., Shrestha, S., Luitel, K. P., Yadav, B. P., Khadka, B., Lang, J. W. & Densmore, L. D.

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems · 2021

Gavialis gangeticus — IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Lang, J., Chowfin, S. & Ross, J. P.

IUCN Red List assessment · e.T8966A149227430 · 2019

Gharial — IUCN Green Status of Species assessment

How far the gharial is from full ecological recovery, and what conservation has achieved so far

Gharial and mugger in upstream tributaries of the Chambal River, north India

Khandal, D., Sahu, Y. K., Dhakad, M., Shukla, A., Katdare, S. & Lang, J. W.

Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 36(4) · 2017

Doing the needful in Nepal: priorities for gharial conservation

Lang, J. W.

Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 36(2) · 2017

Chambal Gharial Ecology Project — 2016 update

Lang, J. W. & Kumar, P.

Pp. 136–148 in Crocodiles. Proceedings of the 24th Working Meeting of the IUCN-SSC Crocodile Specialist Group · 2016

India: gharial conservation overview

Lang, J. W.

Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 35(1): 10–14 · 2016

Gharial Gavialis gangeticus

Lang, J. W. & Whitaker, R.

In Crocodiles: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, 3rd edn (eds Manolis, S. C. & Stevenson, C.) · IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group · 2010

Application of telemetry techniques in crocodilian research: gharial spatial ecology in the Chambal River, north India

Lang, J. W. & Whitaker, S.

Pp. 161–171 in Telemetry in Wildlife Science, ENVIS Bulletin 13(1). Wildlife Institute of India · 2010

Spatial ecology of Gavialis gangeticus in the Chambal River, India

Lang, J. W. & Whitaker, S.

Crocodile Specialist Group working meeting proceedings

Gharial field techniques: GPS radios & game cameras

Lang, J. W. & Kumar, P.

Technical note, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust

Conservation Learning Resources

A training manual for the boatmen of the National Chambal Sanctuary — the river, its ravines and wildlife, and their role as its stewards.

Media

Films

In the press

Basking on the Brink

Earth Touch News · 2018

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After 50 yrs of rescue effort, gharials still face extinction

The Times of India (Sandeep Rai) · August 2025

‘On the Brink – Gharial’: Best Non-Feature Film promoting social and environmental values

70th National Film Awards · 2024

Pankaj Kumar receives the Fateh Singh Rathore Memorial Conservation Award

Tiger Watch, Ranthambhore · March 2023

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