Roman G. Khalikov

IT Specialist

IT and Publishing Department
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Universitetskaya nab., 1
St. Petersburg
199034
Russia

Telephone: +7 (812) 323-31-40
Fax: +7 (812) 328-02-21

E-mail: digitalherp@zin.ru

Research Interests

Herpetology: natural history, phylogeny and conservation of reptiles.
Information Technology: hardware and network administration, digital image processing, prepress and desktop publishing.

Field Research

Several field trips to the Northern Caucasus and Siberia.

Professional Memberships

• Member of the Nikolsky's Herpetological Society under the Russian Academy of Sciences – since 2000

• Staff Editor of «Russian Journal of Herpetology» – since 2003

Research Projects

• Phylogenetic relationships among Asian pitvipers genera (Viperidae: Crotalinae) (Ph. D. Project)

Selected Publications

Orlov N. L., Ananjeva N. B., Khalikov R. G. Distribution and biology of pit vipers in Eastern Asia. In: Biology of the vipers conference, Marielund, Sweden, 17-19 May, 2000.

Orlov N. L., Ryabov S. A., Khalikov R. G. Biological notes on Asian pit vipers. In: 4th Asian Herpetological Conference, Chengdu, China, July 16-20, 2000, p. 130.

Orlov N. L., Ananjeva N. B., Ryabov S. A., Khalikov R. G. Distribution and biology of pit vipers in the Eastern and South-Eastern Asia. In: The problems of herpetology. Proc. 1th meeting of the Nikolsky Herpetological Society, Putschino, December 4-7, 2000. 2001, pp. 213-216 (in Russian).

Orlov N. L., Khalikov R. G., Murphy R. W., Lathrop A. Atlas of Megophryids (Megophryidae: Anura: Amphibia) of Vietnam (electronic resource: CD-ROM), Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, 2001.

Khalikov R. G., Orlov N. L. An experience of practical using of modern digital imaging techniques in zoological research. In: The problems of herpetology. Proc. 1th meeting of the Nikolsky Herpetological Society, Putschino, December 4-7, 2000. 2001, pp. 309-312 (in Russian).

Khalikov R. G., Orlov N. L. Experience of practical use of modern digital imaging techniques in zoological research. Proc. Zool. Inst. Russ. Acad. Sci. Vol. 289, St. Petersburg, 2001, pp. 101-102.

Orlov N., Ananjeva N., Khalikov R. Natural history of pitvipers in Eastern and Southeastern Asia. G. W. Schuett, M. Höggren, M. E. Douglas and H. W. Greene, (ed.). Biology of the Vipers. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain, UT. 2002, pp. 345-359.

Orlov N., Ananjeva N., Ryabov S., Barabanov A., Khalikov R. Diversity of vipers (Azemiopinae, Crotalinae) in East, Southeast, and South Asia: Annotated checklist and natural history data (Reptilia: Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae). Faun. Abh. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden. 2002, 23, Nr. 10, pp. 177-218.

Khalikov R. G., Orlov N. L. Phylogenetic relationships among Asian pitvipers genera (Viperidae: Crotalinae) in the light of the cladistic analysis of morphological characters. In: 12th Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, St. Petersburg, Russia, 12-16 August, 2003, p. 81.

Krivokhatsky V. A., Lobanov A. L., Medvedev G. S., Belokobylsky S. A., Dianov M. B., Smirnov I. S., Khalikov R. G. Information system on entomological collections in Internet. Proceedings of Russian Entomological Society, 74, 2003. pp. 59-70. [In Russian].

Ananjeva N. B., Orlov N. L., Khalikov R. G., Darevsky I. S., Ryabov S. A., Barabanov A. V. Colored Atlas of the Reptiles of the North Eurasia (taxonomic diversity, distribution, conservation status) [in Russian with English Preface]. Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Saint-Petersburg, Russia. 2004. 232 pp.