Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 



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

 1965. 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 the 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, indices, 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.mnh.si.edu/rc/. Libraries, herpetological 

 associations, and research laboratories are invited to exchange their publications with us. 



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

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

 Washington, D.C. 2001 3-701 2, U.S.A. Please include a self-addressed mailing label with requests. 



