The Deccan plateau is a peninsular landmass dominating the south-central region of the Indian subcontinent that formed as layers of lava grew and cooled. Because of its largest forests, it is a biologically diverse area and has been designated one of India's Biogeographic Zones. This book brings together information gathered by the Zoological Survey of India during periodic surveys done over several decades. It contains a detailed list of 15,541 species of various organisms, ranging from protozoa to mammals, which are covered in 60 chapters, describing their distributions over various biogeographic provinces and states.
1. Faunal Diversity of Deccan Peninsula Biogeographic Zone: An Overview / Dhriti Banerjee, Kailash Chandra, C. Raghunathan, Navneet Singh and Devanshu Gupta
2. Protist: Climate / D Bharti, Arnob Ghosh, Sreerag Krishnan, D Gupta and Santhosh Kumar
3. Protozoa: Testate Amoeba / Jasmine P, Athira Ambili and Aishee Bhowal
4. Gastrotricha / D Bharti, Arnob Ghosh, Sreerag Krishnan, D Gupta and Santhosh Kumar
5. Platyhelminthes / Anindita Ghosh
6. Rotifera / Jayasree Thilak and Chitra
7. Nematoda: Soil Nematodes / Anjum N. Rizvi, Pallab Maity, D Sen, Keya Halder, Arnab Kar and V V Gantait
8. Acanthocephala / Priyanka Ghosh, Shipra Sonali, J Saini, D Gupta and C. Raghunathan
9. Annelida: Clitellata: Microdrili / S Ahmed
10. Annelida: Clitellata: Megadrili / S Ahmed, C Mandal and D Gupta
11. Arachnida: Araneae / S Sen
12. Arachnida: Scorpiones / P P Mohapatra
13. Arachnida: Ticks and Mites / S Acharya, U Barik, T Ray, D Adagale and C. Bera
14. Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Cladocera / J Thilak and Karuthapandi M
15. Crustacea: Copepoda / Karuthapandi M, Shabuddin Shaik and Deepa J
16. Crustacea: Ostracoda / Karuthapandi M and Deepa J
17. Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura / S K Pati
18. Crustacea: Decapoda (Freshwater Prawns) / K. Valarmathi
19. Crustacea: Branchiura: Argulidae (Fishlice) / K. Valarmathi
20. Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea / K. Valarmathi
21. Collembola / G P Mandal, K K Suman and K K Bhattacharya
22. Insecta: Archaeognatha / G.P. Mandal
23. Insecta: Zygentoma / G. P Mandal, K K Suman and K.K. Bhattacharya
24. Insecta: Ephemeroptera / Vasanth M and Subramanian K.A
25. Insecta: Odonata / Subramanian K.A and Babu R
26. Insecta: Orthoptera / D. Suresh Chand, Swapan Kumar Das and Rajdip Chakraborty
27. Insecta: Phasmida / G. Srinivasan and T K Mukherjee
28. Insecta: Embioptera and Mecoptera / J Ghosh and D Gupta
29. Insecta: Plecoptera / Babu R and Subramanian K A
30. Insecta: Dermaptera / Emiliyamma K G and S L Dey
31. Insecta: Mantodea / G. Srinivasan
32. Insecta: Blattodea (Cockroaches) / Prabakaran S and Senraj M
33. Insecta: Blattodea: Isoptera / K. Rajmohana, R. Sengupta and Balmohan Baraik
34. Insecta: Psocodea: Psocoptera / Ramesh G, Babu R and Subramanian K A
35. Insecta: Phthiraptera / A Ahmad
36. Insecta: Thysanoptera / Kaomud Tyagi, D Singha and Vikas Kumar
37. Insecta: Hemiptera (Terrestrial Bugs) / Kailash Chandra, M E Hassan, S Kushwaha and Paramita Mukherjee
38. Insecta: Hemiptera (Water Bugs) / Jennifer Lyngdoh
39. Insecta: Trichoptera / Manpreet Singh Pandher, S Kaur and Deepti Garima
40. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae / Sheela S, Nabasri B and Paramita M
41. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea / K. Rajmohana and Sunita Patra
42. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae / Sayan Sardar, A. Rameshkumar and S I Kazmi
43. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae / B Majunder, A. Rameshkumar and S I Kazmi
44. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chalcididae / N Basak, Ramesh Kumar and Sheela S
45. Insecta: Coleoptera / D Gupta, J Ghosh, S Dutta, Priyanka Das and K Chandra
46. Insecta: Neuropterida / M S Pandher, S Kaur and Deepti Garima
47. Insecta: Lepidoptera (Butterflies) / Muhamed Jafer Palot and Purnendu Mishra
48. Insecta: Lepidoptera (Moths) / Navneet Singh, P C Pathania, R Joshi, A Kalawate, Suresh Shah, J Ahmad, A Raha, A Das and A Mazumder
49. Insecta: Diptera / D Banerjee, A Naskar, J Sengupta and S Hazra
50. Insecta: Strepsiptera / A Ahmad
51. Insecta: Siphonaptera / A Ahmad
52. Diplopoda / S Dash
53. Mollusca (Freshwater) / R. Venkitesan
54. Mollusca (Terrestrial) / B Tripathy and Sheikh Sajan
55. Pisces (Freshwater Fishes) / Boni Amin Laskar and Laishram Kosygin
56. Amphibia / K P Dinesh and P P Mohapatra
57. Reptilia / P P Mohapatra
58. Aves / Imran Alam and G Maheswaran
59. Mammalia / M. Kamalakannan and C. Venkatraman
60. Mammalia (Rodents and Shrews) / S S Talmale
Annexure