Editors’ Comment 
This volume is based on presentations at an interdisciplinary colloquium 
on the Behavior and Neurology of Lizards held May 5-7, 1975, at the 
Laboratory of Brain Evolution and Behavior, National Institute of Mental 
Health, Poolesville, Maryland, and at the Research and Conservation Center 
of the National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Front Royal, 
Virginia. 
After the colloquium, the transcribed presentations were sent to the 
participants for making corrections and including desired additions. The 
editors then worked with this material and assembled it. It has been 
possible to include only parts of the general discussion. 
Fortunately, there can be no rules or regulations with respect to a 
person’s wishes. There is the convention that a dedication is reserved for 
one or two individuals and that everyone else is mentioned under “acknowl- 
edgments.” For this occasion we wish that we could change this convention. 
We wish that we could have a wide-ranging dedication that would include 
the pioneer investigators mentioned throughout this volume; the partici- 
pants of the Conference who made this volume possible; the staff of 
ADAMHA who worked to produce this volume ; the members of our Admin- 
istration who implemented all aspects of the undertaking; the Grant 
Foundation which provided an NIMH Fellowship awarded to one of us 
(G) ; and finally the people of the United States and their representa- 
tives who have supported unparalleled opportunities and facilities for basic 
research. 
Neil Greenberg 
Paul D. MacLean 
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