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West Bengal [India]

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Acharji, M.N.; Mukherjee, A.K. 1966. Report on a collection of snakes from lower Bengal (Reptilia: Ophidia). Journal of the Zoological Society of India 16: 76-81.

Ahmed, S.; Dasgupta, G. 1992. Reptilia. pp. 1-65. In: Ghosh, A.K. (ed.). Fauna of West Bengal. Part 2 (Reptilia, Amphibia, fishes, Hemichordata and archaeozoology). Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. 381 pp.

Annandale, N. 1907. The fauna of brackish ponds at Port Canning, Lower Bengal. 1. Records of the Indian Museum 1: 42.

Bauer, A.M. 1998. South Asian herpetological specimens of historical note in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Hamadryad 23(2): 133-149.

Bhattacharyya, T.P. 1984. Notes on the export of wildlife and products from Calcutta. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 81(3-4): 105-121.

Bhupathy, S. 1995. Reptile fauna of Indian Sunderban, West Bengal. Cobra (Madras) 22: 11-13.

Chettri, B.; Bhupathy, S. 2007. Reptile fauna of Sikkim with emphasis to the Teesta valley. Journal of Hill Research 20(1): 1-6.

Chowdhury, B.R.; Das, S.K.; Ghose, P.S. 2006. Marine Turtles of West Bengal. pp. 107-116. In: Shanker, K.; Choudhury, B.C. (eds.). Marine turtles of the Indian subcontinent. Universities Press, Hyderabad. 415 pp.

Dan, S.S. 1982. Large scale destruction of turtles in West Bengal. Indian Council of Agricultural Research Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 42: 13-14.

Das, I. 1997. Kachuga sylhetensis recorded from northern Bengal, with notes on turtles of Gorumara National Park, eastern India. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(4): 616-617.

Dasgupta, R. 2010. On herpetological investigations, salamanders, flying snakes and parthenogenetic lizards, biodiversity hotspots and spawning grounds of some herpeto-fauna in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India. Journal of Natural History (Kalyani) 6(2): 67-86.

Deuti, K. 2014. Lizards of West Bengal. Citadel, Kolkata. 70 pp.

Dutta, S.; Prasad, J.H.; Saha, S.; Mukhopadhyay, S.K. 2016. The cause and consequences of road mortality of herpetofauna in Durgapur, West Bengal, India. Russian Journal of Ecology 47(1): 88-95.

Gayen, D.; Dey, S.; Roy, U.S. 2017. Snakes - diversity of snakes in and around Durgapur City, West Bengal, India. Zoos' Print 32(9): 17-22

Gayen, D.; Dey, S.; Roy, U.S. 2017. Reptile Rap: Diversity of snakes in and around Durgapur City, West Bengal, India. Zoos' Print Magazine 32(9): 17-22.

Gayen, D.; Dey, S.; Roy, U.S. 2017. Diversity of Snakes in and around Durgapur City, West Bengal, India. Zoos' Print 32(9): 17-22.

Jairajpuri, M.S. (ed.) 1991. Faunal resources of Ganga. Part 1: general introduction and vertebrate fauna. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. 145 pp.

Kankane, P.L.; Nandi, N.C. 2011. A synoptic list of wetland vertebrate species from West Bengal included under Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Journal of Environment and Sociobiology 8(2): 211-222.

Majumder, S.C.; Dey, A. 2007. Studies on some ethnomedicinal crustaceans, fishes, reptiles, birds and mammals in relation to their usuage [usage] as drugs among the tribals of Sundarban, West Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Paper 274: 1-51.

Mukherjee, A.K. 1975. The Sundarban of India and its biota. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 72(1): 1-20.

Pal, A.; Dey, S.; Roy, U.S. 2012. Seasonal diversity and abundance of herpetofauna in and around an industrial city of West Bengal, India. Journal of Applied Sciences in Environmental Sanitation 7(4): 281-286.

Raut, S.K.; Nandi, N.C. 1985. Present state of marine turtle conservation and management in West Bengal. pp. ? In: Anonymous. Symposium on endangered marine animals and marine parks. Cochin, India. 12-16 January 1985. Papers for presentation. Vol. 2: Estuarine and marine reptiles. Marine Biological Association of India. Ernakulam, India. 161 pp.

Raut, S.K.; Nandi, N.C. 1988. Present state of marine turtle conservation and management in West Bengal. pp. 255-259. In: Silas, E.G. (ed.). Proceedings of the symposium on endangered marine animals and marine parks. Cochin, India. 12-16 January, 1985. Marine Biological Association of India, Cochin. 508 pp.

Romer, J.D. 1949. Herpetological observations in Assam and Bengal (1944). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 48(2): 374-376.

Saha, B. 2011. Snake diversity in West Bengal. Journal of Environment and Sociobiology 8(1): 155-156.

Saha, B.K. 1986. Exploitation of reptiles & amphibians in the Sunderbans, West Bengal. Hamadryad 11(1-2): 36.

Saha, B.K.; Nandi, N.C. 2005. A checklist of ophidian fauna of West Bengal, India along with their status, distribution and conservation. Journal of Environment and Sociobiology 2(1-2): 49-60.

Saha, D. 1986. Olive Ridley Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea of the Sundarbans, West Bengal. Environment and Ecology (Kalyani) 4(1): 172-174.

Saha, D. 1987. Number and weight of eggs of olive ridely marine turtle in Sundarbans, West Bengal. Indian Journal of Animal Health 26(1): 5-7.

Saha, S.S.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Mukherjee, R.P.; Alfred, J.R.B. 1992. Wildlife and its conservation in West Bengal. pp. 419-443. In: Bhattacharya, S.K. (ed.). Fauna of West Bengal. Part 1 (overview, Mammalia, Aves and wildlife). Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. 443 pp.

Sanyal, D.P.; Gayen, N.C. 1990. On a collection of reptiles from Sundarban Tiger Reserve, West Bengal. Herpeton (Pune) 3: 3-4.

Sharma, R.C. 1991. Reptiles. pp. 27-50. In: Jairajpuri, M.S. (ed.). Faunal resources of Ganga. Part 1: general introduction and vertebrate fauna. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. 145 pp.

Shaw, E.G.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1999. The snakes of Sikkim and Bengal. Asiatic Survey India, New Delhi. 125 pp.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O. 1929. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 3(3): 51-57.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O. 1933. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 2-5 [1927-1931]: Unpaginated.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1938. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. I. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 12: 105-112.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1939. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. III. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 13: 64-73.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1939. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. IV. The colubrine snakes. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 13: 114-123.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1939. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. V. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 13: 141.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1939. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. VI. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 13: 150-159.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1940. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. IX. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 15(2): 60-68.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1940. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. VII. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 14: 106-112.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1940. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. VIII. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 14: 137-145.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1941. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. X. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 16(2): 57-67.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1942. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. XL. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 16(4): 113-121.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1946. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. II. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 21(1): 13-18.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1946. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. III. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 21(2): 58-65.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1947. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. XIV. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 22(1): 17-25.

Shaw, G.E.; Shebbeare, E.O.; Barker, P.E. 1947. The snakes of northern Bengal and Sikkim. XV. Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society 22(2): 62-70.

Sights, W.P. 1949. Annotated list of reptiles taken in western Bengal. Herpetologica 5(4): 81-83.

Sights, W.P. 1949. List of reptiles taken in western Bengal. Herpetologica 5(4): 81-83.

Silas, E.G.; Rajagopalan, M.; Dan, S.S. 1983. Marine turtle conservation and management: a survey of the situation in West Bengal 1981/82 and 1982/83. Indian Council of Agricultural Research Marine Fisheries Information Service Technical and Extension Series 50: 24-32.

Spillett, J.J. 1966. The Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63: 534-556.

Varadaraju 2009. An account of the amphibian and reptilian fauna of Sunderban, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 109(4): 57-66.

Varadaraju 2009. Ecology, faunal diversity and habitat management strategies of amphibians and reptiles of Sunderban. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 109(3): 61-78.

Wall, F. 1909. Notes on snakes from the neighbourhood of Darjeeling. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19: 337-357.

Wall, F. 1910. Notes on snakes collected in the Jalpaiguri District. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19: 897-900.