The Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries: Reptilia: Volume II: Sauria

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The present fauna of India, volume on lizards, which is second in the series of 3 volumes on Reptilia by him (earlier one being on Testudines and Crocodilians), comprises the comprehensive and profusely illustrate taxonomic account with additional knowledge of natural history and other biological data so far available on all the known species inhabiting the Republic of India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. The phylogeny, exact distribution in present times, habits and habitats, biology, ecology, conservation, breeding, skeletal morphology, denitition and current status of all the species has been discussed. Nine families represented by 66 genera and 280 species and subspecies have been dealt with in this faunal work.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR R C Sharma

Prof. R.C. Sharma headed important Museums of the country like Government Museum, Mathura; State Museum, Lucknow; Indian Museum,, Kolkata and finally, the Natioinal Museum, New Delhi as the Director-General and Vice-Chancellor, National Museum Institute. He also served the Banaras Hindu University as the Director, Bharat Kala Bhavan and Professor of Indian art and Museology. Presently, he is the Honorary Director / Acharya of Jnana-Pravaha â€“ Centre for Cultural Studies, Varanasi. Beside authoring several books and editing journals and bulletins in the field of Early Indian Art, he has contributed a large number of papers published in the journals in India and abroad.