On a Remarkable Collection of Reptiles and Amphibians Collected by the German Indian Expedition 1955 – 1958

Jakob Hallermann, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Nikolai L. Orlov

Abstract


An annotated taxonomic list of all determinated specimens with exact localities from the German Indian expedion (1955 – 1958) stored in the Zoological Museum Hamburg is given. It includes six amphibian, seven turtle and 47 squamate species. Of special interest are records of the colubrid snakes Boiga forsteni and Enhydris sieboldi from Nishangara at the frontier to Nepal.

Keywords


Reptilia; Amphibia; India; Assam; biogeography

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2001-8-1-59-68

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