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MR. POPE'S “Reptiles of China” is the outcome of some fourteen years of continuous study. Four of these were spent in the field collecting and observing, the remainder in a more detailed study of his material in New York, and a comparison of it with the collections already existing in the other great museums of the world. No complete survey of this large area has been attempted before, and herpetologists will be grateful to Mr. Pope for having collected, examined and arranged the mass of material and literature relating to the subject which is now available.
The Reptiles of China:
Turtles, Crocodilians, Snakes, Lizards. By Clifford H. Pope. (Central Asiatic Expeditions: Natural History of Central Asia, Vol. 10.) Pp. lii + 604 + 27 plates. (New York: American Museum of Natural History and G. P. Putnam's Sons; London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1935.) 10 dollars.
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S., M. The Reptiles of China. Nature 136, 204 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136204a0
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