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The present volume is the first of the four which will deal with the reptiles and amphibians of British India. Volume II will be devoted to the lizards, Volume III to the snakes, and Volume IV to the amphibians. As stated more fully in the introduction (p. 13), the region which is covered by this work is not precisely conterminous with that of previous volumes published in this series. It has been extended to include the whole of the Indo-Chinese subregion, and ...
The present volume contains descriptions of 297 species of lizards, 248 of which occur in the Indian empire. Mr. Boulenger's volume (1890) for that area, after eliminating a few that were included upon incorrect data or have since been placed as synonyms, contained 209 species.
This volume was completed five years ago, but the difficulties of publication due to the war have delayed its appearance until now. Fortunately, very little has been added to our knowledge of Indian snakes in the intervening years, and what has been written that is of value has been incorporated in the book during its progress through the printer's hands. The general plan and scope of the volume are the same as before, and an account of the regions dealt with ...
This volume, by far, remains the most complete work on the subject, covering some 400 species of snakes that are known to inhabit the area covered by this work – describing 389 species and 17 sub-species. The volume includes the whole area of Indo-China sub-region as well. This book is the only attempt at covering the entire collections of the three most important sources, viz., British Museum (Natural History), Indian Museum, Calcutta, and Bombay Natural ...