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134. . 1988. Quietly conserving nature. 174(6):8 18-845. 



A story about The Nature Conservancy and its efforts to preserve the earth's biological diversity. A 

 Gopher Tortoise at Florida's Wakulla Springs is shown. Brought out that the Fringe-toed Lizard of 

 Coachella Valley, California resulted in the slowing of development in the area and resulted in the 

 Coachella Valley Preserve. 



135. Hamilton, Virginia. 1945. Keeping house in Borneo. 88(2):293-324. 



A saga of a Dutch colonial keeping house in Borneo. Tortoise eggs served at a rijsttafel along with 

 many (over 30) other items. A 23 foot python was captured in her yard after eating a chicken. It 

 was finally killed for its meat with the skin being kept. A black snake, iron snake and cobras are also 

 mentioned. Custom says that if a black snake is taken in your home you will be moving soon. 



136. Hamilton, William J., III. 1983. The living sands of the Namib. 164(3):364-377. 

 Stretching for 1300 miles along Africa's southwest coast the Namib contains animals still being 

 discovered and named. Photos by the photographers Carol and David Hughes depict some of them. 

 Shown are remarkable tactics of a Side-winding Adder. A gecko is shown gathering condensation as it 

 licks and cleans its lidless eyes. A chameleon snags a beetle which provides it with moisture. Early 

 risers are comical Aporosaura lizards and after warming scamper off to eat seeds and beetle larvae. 

 Adult beetles show no fear of them. A Side-winding Adder exposes only its eyes as it waits for prey 

 and a photo of this and with lizard prey is shown. Aporosaura is shown lifting its legs before diving 

 below the sand in midday heat. 



137. Hanna, G. Dallas and A. W. Anthony. 1923. A cruise among desert Islands. 44(l):70-97, 99. 

 An account of a cruise off the west coast of Baja California is given with the most interesting being 

 Guadalupe which was made a game preserve. In Cedros Island was found rattlesnakes, gopher snakes, 

 several kinds of lizards, and a tree frog. Natividad Island is free of snakes but has two species of 

 lizards. Santa Margarita Island has a rattlesnake and several species of lizards including a desert 

 iguana. 



138. Harper, F. 1934. The Okefinokee wilderness. 65(5):597-624. 



The wonders of the wildlife and customs of its inhabitants is brought out in this interesting article. 

 Herpetologically items of interest brought out (with photos) is the "bellowing" of the Alligator, 

 LeConte's Tree Frog thrills, the Southern Toad roars, reconnoitering Fence Lizards and mentions the 

 machine-gun like barks of the Pine-woods Tree Frog, the hogshead-thumping notes of the Florida 

 Tree Frog, hollow roll of the Gopher Frog, the ctung of the Green Frog, the pig-like grunts of the 

 Southern Bullfrog, the clattering chorus of the Southern Leopard Frog, the hammer strokes of the 

 Carpenter Frog and the lambs bleating of the Narrow-mouth Toad and more. Seven species of lizards 

 are known in the Okefinokee region, the Blue-tailed Skink and Fence Lizard the most common, the 

 "Glass Snake", Ground Skink, Orange-tailed Skink and the Six-lined Lizard. Twenty-eight species of 

 snakes occur in the region and are mostly non-venomous. The Cottonmouth Moccasin is more 

 numerous than the three forms of rattlers. The turtle fauna comprises 12 species. Photos show a 

 Fence Lizard "playing possum", a Southern Toad swelling with rage, turtle and alligator eggs together, 

 and the digging of the "lodging house" of the Gopher Turtle. 



139. Hauser, Hillary. 1984. Exploring a sunken realm in Australia. 165(1 ); 1 28- 142. 

 Exploration in the Piccaninnie Chasm in South Australia is brought out and is protected as 

 Piccaninnine Ponds Conservation Park. A small Australian Snake-necked Tortoise is shown. 



140. Hcilprin, Angelo. 1907. An impression of the Guiana wilderness. 18(6):373-38 1 . 

 Alligators (Caimans) and Anaconda are mentioned. 



