Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 



The first number of the Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service series appeared in 

 1968. SHIS number 1 was a list of herpetological publications arising from within or through the 

 Smithsonian Institution and its collections entity, the United States National Museum (USNM). 

 The latter exists now as little more than an occasional title for the registration activities of the 

 National Museum of Natural History. No. 1 was prepared and printed by J. A. Peters, then 

 Curator-in-Charge of the Division of Amphibians & Reptiles. The availability of a NASA translation 

 service and assorted indices encouraged him to continue the series and distribute these items on 

 an irregular schedule. 



The series continues under that tradition. Specifically, the SHIS series prints and distributes 

 translations, bibliographies, checklists, and similar items judged useful to individuals interested in 

 the biology of amphibians and reptiles, and unlikely to be published in the normal technical 

 journals. We wish to encourage individuals to share their bibliographies, translations, etc. with 

 other herpetologists through the SHIS series. If you have such an item, please contact George 

 Zug for its consideration for distribution through the SHIS series. Contributors receive a pdf file for 

 personal distribution. 



Single printed copies are available to interested individuals at $5 per issue. Recent issues of 

 SHIS are available as pdf files from our webpage, www.nmnh.si. edu/vert/reptiles. Libraries, 

 herpetological associations, and research laboratories are invited to exchange their publications 

 with us. 



Please address all requests for copies and inquiries to George Zug, Division of Amphibians and 

 Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, 

 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, U.S.A. Please include a self-addressed mailing label with 

 requests. 



The cover illustration of a Gila Monster {Heloderma siispectum) is from Baird (1859). 



