Introduction 



The alphabetical bibliography herein lists all papers and notes of a herpetological nature 

 published in the National Geographic Magazine from Volume 1, 1890, through 194, 1998. The 

 magazine was issued irregularly to 1 January 1 896 and then monthly with one volume a year 

 until Volume 30 when two volumes appeared each year. Some articles may have been missed 

 because the mention of reptiles or amphibians was very brief and, thus, they were not included in 

 the Cumulative Indexes published by the National Geographic Society. Other articles listed here 

 might have been omitted as their herpetological information is very brief. Not all listings refer to 

 major articles. Some are but a fraction of a page in sections called Geographica. Earth Almanac, 

 On Television or derive from a series of advertisements of a herpetological nature on unnumbered 

 pages of the magazine. The advertisements included are of a series initiated in 1981 by Canon; 

 these advertisements covered a range of endangered species and other species. Other 

 advertisements showing amphibians or reptiles but lacking captions are not listed. The person 

 furnishing the photograph is identified as the author. The comments are taken from the captions 

 and have experienced minimal corrections. As the articles were published for over a century; 

 some represent historical documents, others contain obvious errors. Major articles appear on 

 numbered pages. Items appearing in Members Forum are omitted. A common and scientific 

 name index and a chronological index are provided; the scientific names are those used in the 

 article or photograph. We briefly annotate each article. 



