• Vijaykumar, S.P. and K. Shanker (Eds)(forthcoming) Frogs and lizards of the Western Ghats: a distributional atlas. Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

MANUALS

• Sea turtles of India (2011) A comprehensive field guide to research, monitoring and conservation (Compilers. S. Shenoy, T. Berlie and K. Shanker). Dakshin Foundation, Bangalore and Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Mamallapuram, India. 148 pages. [PDF]
• Shanker, K., B.C. Choudhury & C.S. Kar (2010) Census techniques for arribadas. ATREE, Bangalore and Marine Turtle Conservation Act Fund, USFWS.
• Berlie, T., N. Namboothri, A. Mohan, and K. Shanker (2008) A Protocol for Ecological Monitoring of Sandy Beaches and Intertidal Fauna on the Indian Coast. UNDP/UNTRS, Chennai and ATREE, Bangalore, India. 37 p .
• Shanker, K., B.C. Choudhury & H.A. Andrews (2003) Sea turtle conservation: Beach Management and hatchery programmes. Centre for Herpetology/Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Tamil Nadu, India. [PDF]
• Shanker, K., B. Pandav & H.A. Andrews (2003) Sea turtle conservation: Research and management techniques. Centre for Herpetology/Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Tamil Nadu, India. [PDF]
• Shanker, K., B. Pandav & B.C. Choudhury (2003) Sea turtle conservation: Population Monitoring and Census. Centre for Herpetology/Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Tamil Nadu, India. [PDF]