Author: Deraniyagala, P. E. P.
Title: Photographs of a nesting leathery turtle [AND] Four new races of the "Kabaragoya" lizard, Varanus salvador [AND] Some subspecific characters of the loggerhead Caretta caretta gigas [AND] A new gymnodactylid gecko from Ceylon [AND] Some new races of the Python, Chrysopelea, binocellate cobra and tith-polonga inhabiting Ceylon and India [AND] Marginal scutes in races of the brown-red loggerhead Caretta caretta Linné [AND] (by L. S. Ramaswami) A note on the caudal kink of reptilian embryos.
Description: Colombo, The National Museums of Ceylon, 1944-1946. 4to (24.0 x 18.0 cm). 28 pp. [2; 4; 4; 4; 10; 2; 2]; seven [1; 3; 0; 0; 1; 1 (full colour); 1] plates, several text figures, including distribution maps. Slightly later red buckram with gilt title on the spine. = Seven important contributions to the herpetology of the Indian subcontinent and in particular Sri Lanka, including the descriptions of many new taxa. This is the complete Spolia Zeylanica volume 24, with several other papers by Deraniyagala and/or papers on other aspects of the zoology of the former Ceylon. Small stamp on front pastedown, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Rare.

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