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CONSIDERED from the systematic point of view, the herpetological fauna of India is now tolerably well known. But much patient investigation in field and laboratory is yet necessary before our knowledge of the distribution, economic status, life-histories and habits of reptiles and amphibians can be brought into line with that of higher groups such as birds and mammals, which have hitherto attracted an undue share of the attention of naturalists. It is a somewhat unaccountable fact that lizardswhich form so conspicuous an element in the terrestrial fauna of a tropical countryhave been comparatively little studied in this respect: indeed, ecological studies in herpetology offer an extensive and promising field for future research in this as in other parts of the globe.
The Fauna of British India
including Ceylon and Burma. (Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council.) Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. 2: Sauria. By Malcolm A. Smith. Pp. xiii + 442 + 1 plate. (London: Taylor and Francis, 1935.) 30s.
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COTT, H. The Fauna of British India. Nature 137, 168–169 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137168a0
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