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Anonymous. 2001. Scientists say half of Asia's turtles endangered. TRAFFIC press release. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 3: 13-14.

Altherr, S.; Freyer, D. 2000. Asian turtles are threatened by extinction. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 1: 7-11.

Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L. 2005. Lizards of North Eurasia. Reptilia (GB) 38: 54-63.

Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L.; Khalikov, R.G.; Darevsky, I.S.; Ryabov, S.A.; Barabanov, A.V. 2004. Atlas presmykayushchikhsya Severnoi Evrazii (taksonomicheskoe raznoobrazie, geograficheskoe rasprostranenie i prirodookhrannyi status. [Colored atlas of reptiles of the North Eurasia (taxonomic diversity, distribution, conservation status)]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg. 230 pp.

Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L.; Khalikov, R.G.; Darevsky, I.S.; Ryabov, S.A.; Barabanov, A.V. 2006. The reptiles of northern Eurasia: taxonomic diversity, distribution, conservation status. [Pensoft Series Faunistica No 47]. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia. 245 pp.

Andersen, M.; Kinze, C.C. 2001. Review and new records of the marine mammals and Sea Turtles of Indochinese waters. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 48(2) [2000]: 177-184.

Anderson, J. 1872. On some Persian, Himalayan and other reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 371-404.

Anderson, S.C. 2005. Comments on some noteworthy recent publications concerning systematic herpetology of Southwest Asia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12(1): 74-78.

Annandale, N. 1905. Contributions to Oriental herpetology. 2. Notes on the Oriental lizards in the Indian Museum, with a list of the species recorded from British India and Ceylon. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal N.S. 1(3): 81-93.

Annandale, N. 1905. Contributions to Oriental herpetology. 3. Notes on the Oriental lizards in the Indian Museum, with a list of the species recorded from British India and Ceylon. Part 2. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal N.S. 1(3): 139-151.

Annandale, N. 1907. Reports on a collection of Batrachia, reptiles and Fish from Nepal and the western Himalayas. Records of the Indian Museum 1: 151-155.

Annandale, N.; Gravely, F.H. 1913. The limestone caves of Burma and the Malay Peninsula. II. The Fauna of the caves [Reptilia and Batrachia]. Calcutta J. As. Soc. Beng. 9: 404, 409-411.

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Ataev, C.A. 1981. [Ecological conditions and lability of reptiles in central Asia]. pp. 9-10. In: Darevsky, I.S.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Barkagan, Z.S.; Borkin, L.Y.; Sokolova, T.M. & Szczerbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp. (abstract, in Russian).

Azii, G.S. 1968. Herpetology of central Asia. Akad. Nauk Uzbedskoi SSR. Inst. Zool. Parazit. Tashkent. 120 pp.

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Bannikov, A.G. 1977. [Amphibians and reptiles in the 'Red Book of the USSR'. Rare species of amphibians and reptiles and their protection.] (In Russian). Priroda (Moscow) 1977(12): 99-109.

Bannikov, A.G.; Darevsky, I.S.; Ishchenko, V.G.; Rustamov, A.K.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1977. [Guide to the reptiles and amphibians of the USSR] (In Russian). Proveshchenie, Moscow. 414 pp.

Bannikov, A.G.; Darevsky, I.S.; Rustamov, A.K. 1971. [Amphibians and reptiles in the USSR]. (In Russian). Mysi, Moscow. 303 pp.

Bannikov, A.G.; Darevsky, I.S.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1978. [Amphibia and Reptilia]. pp. 150-172. (In Russian). In: Borodin, A.M., Bannikov, A.G., Syroechkovskii, E.E., Brezhnev, D.D., Gilyarov, M.L., Denisova, L.V., Zhirnov, L.V., Kaidala, A.M., Kuvaev, V.B., Skarlato, O.A., Sokolov, V.E., Takhtayan, A.L., Flint, V.E., Tsitsin, N.V. & Shaposhnikov, L.K. (eds.). Red data book of USSR. Rare and endangered species of animals and plants. Lesnaya Promyshlennost, Moscow. 460 pp.

Barbour, T. 1909. Notes on Amphibia and Reptilia from eastern Asia. Proc. New Engl. Zool. Cl. 4: 53-78.

Barmenev, A.N. 1939. [On the question of the fauna of the Kazagadinsk district]. (In Russian). Uchenye Zap. Kazak Univ. Alma-Ata [Veznyi] Biol. 1: 67-80.

Barzyk, J.; Flanagan, J.P.; Innis, C.J.; Lewbart, G.; Raphael, B.L.; Terrell, S.P. 2002. Asian turtle crisis. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 12(4): 23-30.

Bedriaga, J. 1898. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N.M. Przewalski nach Central-Asien unternommenen Reisen. Zoologischer Theil. III. Amphibien und Reptilien, Lief. I. St Petersburg. 69 pp.

Bedriaga, J. 1907. [Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N.M. Przewalski nach Central Asien unternommenen Reisen. Zoolog. Theil. Bd. III. Abth. 1. Amphibien und Reptilien. Lief. 2. Lacertilia]. pp. 73-278. (In Russian). St. Peterburg.

Bedriaga, J. 1907. Verzeichnis der von der Central-Asiatischen Expedition unter Stabs-Kapitän W. Roborowski in den Jahren 1893-1895 gesammelten Reptilien. St. Peterburg, Ann. Mus. zool. Ac. Sc. 10 [1905]: 159-200.

Bedriaga, J. 1909. Amphibia und Reptilia. Lacertilia. pp. 279-502. In: Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N.M. Przewalski nach Centralasien unternommenen Reisen. Herausgegeben von der Kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. III, Abth. 1. Lief. 3. St. Petersburg. (In Russian and German).

Berg, L.S. 1950. Natural regions of the U.S.S.R. MacMillan Co., New York. 436 pp.

Bickford, D.; Howard, S.D.; Ng, D.J.J.; Sheridan, J.A. 2010. Impacts of climate change on the amphibians and reptiles of southeast Asia. Biodiversity and Conservation 19(4): 1043-1062.

Biswas, S.; Pawar, S.S. 2006. Phylogenetic tests of distribution patterns in South Asia: towards an integrative approach. Journal of Biosciences (Bangalore) 31(1): 95-113.

Bobrov, V.V. 1994. [Biodiversity of land lower vertebrates in the Asiatic ecological transect]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Seriya Biologicheskaya 3: 396-403.

Bobrov, V.V. 1997. [On the boundary between the Palearctic and Indomalayan faunistic kingdoms in the mainland part of Asia, with special reference to distribution of lizards (Reptilia, Sauria)]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Seriya Biologicheskaya 5: 580-591.

Bobrov, V.V. 2005. Independence of the Central Asian faunistic region (according to the distribution of lizards (Reptilia, Sauria)). Biology Bulletin 32(6): 576-589.

Bobrov, V.V.; Aleshchenko, G.M. 2001. Herpetogeographical regionalization of the Russia and adjacent countries. Russian Journal of Herpetology 8(3): 223-238.

Boden Kloss, C. 1929. Zoo-geographical boundaries. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2: 1-10.

Boettger, O. 1880. Studien an paläarktischen Reptilien und Amphibien. Berichte des Offenbacher Vereins für Naturkunde 1880: 81-95.

Boettger, O. 1888. Aufzählung einiger neu erworbener Reptilien und Batrachier aus Ost-Asien. Berichte des Offenbacher Vereins für Naturkunde 26-28: 187-190.

Boettger, O. 1888. Die Reptilien und Batrachien Transkaspiens. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.) 3: 870-972.

Boettger, O. 1888. Über die Reptilien und Batrachier Transcaspiens. Zoologischer Anzeiger 11(279): 259-263.

Boettger, O. 1892. Liste von Kriechtieren und Lurchen aus dem tropischen Asien u. aus Papuasien. Berichte des Offenbacher Vereins für Naturkunde 29-32: 65-164.

Bogdanov, O.P. 1962. [Reptiles of Turkmenia] (In Russian). Izdatel'stvo Akad. Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR, Ashkhabad. 236 pp.

Bogdanov, O.P. 1965. [The ecology of the reptiles of Central Asia]. (In Russian). Akad. Nauk Uzbek. SSR [Inst. Zool. Parasit.] Tashkent. 258 pp.

Bogdanov, O.P. 1968. Investigations of poisonous snakes. Vest. Akad. Nauk USSR 1968(3): 72-73.

Boros, I. 1969. Herpetologische Beobachtungen in Turkestan (1915-1922). Állattani Közlemenyek 56: 31-52.

Boswall, J. 1979. A discography of Soviet wildlife sound. Recorded Sound 74-75: 52-61.

Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London. 541 pp.

Boulenger, G.A. 1891. On new or little known Indian and Malayan reptiles and batrachians. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6) 8: 288-292.

Boulenger, G.A. 1907. Reports on a collection of Batrachia, reptiles and Fish from Nepal and the western Himalayas. Records of the Indian Museum 1: 149-151.

Brodmann, P. 1987. Die Giftschlangen Europas und die Gattung Vipera in Afrika und Asien. Kummerly & Frey, Bern. 148 pp.

Buley, K.; Lopez, J. 2004. La crisis de las tortugas asiaticas. Construyendo El Arca. Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 15(1): 54-56.

Campbell, H.W.; Christman, S.P. 1974. Dangerous land snakes of Southeast Asia. pp. 27-84. In: Pickwell, G.V. & Evans, W.E. (eds.). [1972]. Handbook of dangerous animals for field personnel. Naval Undersea Center, San Diego. 122 pp.

Campbell, W.H.; Christman, S.P.; Evans, W.E. 1974. Crocodiles of southeast Asia. pp. 85-96. In: Pickwell, G.V. & Evans, W.E. (eds.). [1972]. Handbook of dangerous animals for field personnel. Naval Undersea Center, San Diego. 122 pp.

Chabanaud, P. 1922. Reptiles et batraciens. pp. 1-14. In: Resultats scientifiques. Mission Guy Rabault dans les provinces centrales de l'Inde et dans la region occidentale de l'Himalaya 1914.

Chabanaud, P. 1923. Sur divers vertebres a sang froid de la region Indo-Chinoise. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 29: 558.

Chegodaev, A.E. 1989. [Tales about reptiles]. (In Russian). Novoe v Zhizni Nauke Tekhnike Seriya Biologiya 1989(9): 1-62.

Chernov, S.A. 1950. Reptilia. IV. Amphibia. Zhivotnui Mir U.S.S.R. 3: 140-152, 153-161.

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Copeland, S.J. 1949. Taxonomic notes on the genus Ablepharus (Sauria; Scincidae). II. The races of Ablepharus burnetti Oudemans. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 73(5-6) [1948]: 362-371.

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Darevsky, I.S. 1985. [Study and conservation of rare and disappearing species of amphibians and reptiles in the USSR]. pp. 37-40. (In Russian). In: Sokolov, V.E. & Sablina, T.B. Izuchenie i okhrana redkikh i ischezayushchikh vidov zhivotnykh fauny SSSR. [The study and protection of rare and disappearing species of animals from the USSR.] Nauka, Moscow. 127 pp.

Darevsky, I.S.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1977. [Contemporary state of herpetology in the USSR (on the results of the 4th All-Union Herpetological Conference, February 1-3, 1977)]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1977(6): 3-6.

Das, I. 1986. The diversity and utilisation of land tortoises in tropical Asia. Tigerpaper (Bangkok) 13(3): 18-21.

Das, I. 1991. Colour guide to the turtles and tortoises of the Indian subcontinent. R & A Publishing, Portishead. 133 pp.

Das, I. 1992. Recent additions and taxonomic rearrangement of the herpetofauna of the Indian subcontinent. Hamadryad 17: 49-52.

Das, I. 1993. Vernacular names of some southeast Asian amphibians and reptiles. Sarawak Museum Journal 44(65): 123-139.

Das, I. 1994. The reptiles of south Asia: checklist and distributional summary. Hamadryad 19: 15-40.

Das, I. 1995. An illustrated key to the turtles of insular South-east Asia. Hamadryad 20: 27-32.

Das, I. 1995. An illustrated key to the turtles of insular south-east Asia. pp. 77-80. In: Devaux, B. (ed.). International Congress of Chelonian Conservation. France - Gonfaron - Tortoise Village - 6th to 10th of July 1995. Proceedings. Editions SOPTOM, Gonfaron, France. 344 pp.

Das, I. 1996. Biogeography of the reptiles of south Asia. Krieger, Malabar, Florida. 87 pp.

Das, I. 2001. Die Schildkröten des Indischen Subkontinents. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 181 pp.

Das, I. 2002. An introduction to the amphibians and reptiles of tropical Asia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. 207 pp.

Das, I. 2010. A field guide to the reptiles of South-East Asia. Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Bali. New Holland Publishers, London, Cape Town, etc. 376 pp.

Das, I. 2012. Looking east: Carolus Linnaeus and his herpetological species from Asia. Bibliotheca Herpetologica 9(1-2): 104-114.

Das, I. 2018. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of Southeast Asia. 2nd ed. John Beaufoy Books, Oxford. 176 pp.

Das, I.; Dijk, P.P. van 2013. Species richness and endemicity of the herpetofauna of South and Southeast Asia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Supplement 29): 269-277.

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Dementjev, G.P.; Spagenberg, E.P.; Rustamov, A.K. 1947. Outline of vertebrate fauna of mountains Gjaz-Gedyk (Middle Asia). C. R. Acad. Sci. Moscow 56(1): 103-105.

Deriugin, K. 1901. Materials for the herpetology of S.W. Transcaspia and the neighbourhood of Trebizond. Annuaire Mus. St. Petersb. 6: 84-111.

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Drevermann, F. 1927. Expeditionen des American Museum of Natural History in Zentralasien. Bericht der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft (Frankfurt) 57(12): 553-567.

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Eremchenko, V.K.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1986. Ablefaridnye iashcheritsy fauny SSSR. [Ablefarid lizards of the fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries]. (In Russian). Ilim, Frunze. 169 pp.

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