INTRODUCTION 



My interest in the lizards of the family Agamidae and particularly 

 the genus Draco has evolved into an accumulation of numerous notes and 

 references. Since I believe that I have seen and examined the greater bulk 

 of the scientific literature on Draco it appears prudent, at this time, to 

 organize and to assemble relevant parts of the amassed material into a workable 

 and useful device for investigators of this lizard. The present effort, a 

 partially annotated bibliography, is the result. 



The bibliography is arranged by species/subspecies, as the case may be, 

 and under each by a variety of subjects. Some of the subject headings require 

 explanation and this is given below. The species/subspecies nomenclature 

 follows th.e listing of Hennig (1963a) and Wermuth (1967). Hennig wrote a 

 revision of the genus Draco in 1936 — the last time that this was attempted. 

 However, for many of the different species, good series were unavailable or 

 non-existent at that time. Thus, a new look at the genus is needed and should 

 be possible today because of the availability of larger series of these lizards 

 in collections. One unfortunate note should be mentioned; the loss of some 

 types as a result of bomb damage to the Dresden Museum during World War II (see 

 Obst 1977). 



Under each subject heading is listed an author's name followed by the 

 date for reference to a more complete citation in the literature section at the 

 end of the bibliography. A referenced citation may refer to a paper which contains 

 an extensive discussion of the topic or merely a very brief statement. When an 

 article was found to contain any pertinent information, it was included in the 

 bibliography. In a referenced paper, when a taxonomic name is used (which is 

 considered a synonym by Hennig (1936a) and/or Wermuth (1967)) and is not easily 

 referable to the taxon under discussion, it Cthe name used in the referred work) 

 is placed in parentheses after the author's name and the date; i.e., under: 

 Draco volans reticulatus . Description: Taylor 1918 (rizali ) , rizali was the 

 name used by Taylor in 1918 and is considered Di. v_. reticulatus in this biblio- 

 graphy. In other instances in the bibliography the parentheses after author's 

 name and date is used to give the reader an inkling of what is in the paper cited. 



Subject headings and explanations of the topics included under each are: 



Synon3miy ; includes references containing partial or complete 

 synon3nnies. Taxonomic names in parentheses are those used by the authors and 

 not easily referable to the name used herein. 



Distribution : includes references containing any geographical infor- 

 mation on range, distribution (specific and general), and even collecting sites. 

 Authors who quoted other earlier writers are also listed. 



Description : includes references containing any information about 

 diagnosis, anatomy, morphology, markings, pattern, color, physical appearance, 

 physical measurements — in toto , descriptive material. 



