Herpetology
101 books
The rare and threatened limbless lizard, Barkudia insularis, Annandale is an elongate, worm-like which leads a secretive subterranean life in the gardens and densely vegetated areas in the Andhra University campus, Visakhapatnam, A.P. The habits, habitats, activity, food and feeding behaviour, reproductive biology in situ and in captivity were studied. Conservation programmes with strict implementations as well as management strategies and action plans were ...
This first-of-its-kind field guide is an outcome of arduous fieldwork spanning close to three years in India's famous Kanha Tiger Reserve situated in Maikal Hills of the central Indian highlands. The book includes sketches of around 40 of the most common insects in over 10 orders, and keys to eye-patterns of 18 spider families, to ease basic field identification. The book is richly illustrated and contains images of over 600 individuals of insects and spiders - ...
The "Amphibians and Reptiles of Bangladesh- A Field Guide" is a must have for all the biology enthusiasts and collectors alike. This informative book delves deeper into the kind and type of amphibians and reptiles found all over Bangladesh. This book provides an insight of Bangladesh in its first chapter followed by detailed chapters on amphibians and on reptiles. Each of the chapters offers a thorough depiction of the particular amphibians' or ...
From the preface: Reptiles, particularly lizards and snakes, are an overly conspicuous component of the faunistically rich Western Ghats, which have attracted the attention of naturalists for long. Although several publications which reflect the great strides made in the study of these animals are available, the need of the hour is a compact handbook that showcases the most characteristic, rare and unique representatives found in the globally acclaimed hot spot ...
In this volume the authors have described all 18 species of skink found in Eastern and North-eastern India in a single format, and also catalogued all the skink specimens from this vast area, present in the collections of the Zoological Survey India, Kolkata. The authors have also tried to include whatever is known about their live colour, habits, habitat, food, breeding behavior, distribution and status so that researchers, students and the interested layman can ...
Tigers, elephants, lions and other large mammals have so far been central to India's conservation story. In spite of the country's vast coastline and millions being dependent on marine resources for their livelihoods, such species and habitats have been largely neglected in writings on wildlife. From Soup to Superstar provides the first comprehensive account of marine conservation in India, focusing on sea turtles, which are at once a fishery resource, a ...
This book is an identification guide to turtles and tortoises of South Asia. The countries included are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It contains authoritative text, photographs, illustrations, distribution maps, habit and habitat and conservation status of all the turtle species included. lt also contains country-wise checklist of turtle fauna of South Asia.
The book is designed for wide groups of readers and hence will ...
Snakes have been associated with myths and curiosity, apart from being an object of fear due to the possession of incomplete and/or inappropriate knowledge. The probable reason for this may be their cold appearance due to the possession of eyes without lids, limbs and earless form, serpentine movements and fluidly cold feel. Moreover the bites of some, but not all of them, are venomous with lethal impacts. This has resulted in the development of an unwarranted ...
Comprehensive work by a local expert, which includes archaeology, history, folklore, traditional medicine, human-crocodile conflict and a bibliography of the literature on crocodiles of Stri Lanka.
The book contains desctription, photograph, distributional map of all the species so far reported from the state of Assam. It includes information on management of snake bite. The book contains information on conservational status of each reptile.
Help Earth is a Non Governmental Organisation. established in the year 2006. The oranisation works for wildlife and environmental causes relevant to Northeast India. The organisation conducts youth oriented programs to ...
The study are of King Cobras (Hamadryad) includes the Salur and Makkuva Mandals of Vizianagaran District A.P., India. Makkuva and Duggeru bits of Makkuva mandal comprises of an area of 174 Sq.K.m. and have 54 Revenue Villages; 29 Panchayats ans 40 Hamlets. The population density is 248/1s.q.km. The forest covers is 12.8%.
Data on vegetation types, flora and fauna associated with King Cobra were recorded. The prey and predator relationships, food and feeding ...
