Asiatic Herpetological Research

February 1992

Vol. 4, p. 162

ANNOUNCEMENTS
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February 1992

Asiatic Herpetological ResearchVol. 4, p. 162

ANNOUNCEMENTS—

Asian Herpetological Meeting 1992. The Asiatic Herpetological Research Society(AHRS), the Chinese Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (CSSAR), theChinese Amphibian and Reptile Specialist Group of Species Survival Committee of
I.U.C.N., the All Union Herpetological Society (of the former USSR), and theInternational Society for the Study and Conservation of Amphibians (ISSCA), including
the Second International Conference on Oriental Amphibians will hold a joint meeting in
Anhui Province, China from 15 July to 20 July. Members of these societies and others areinvited to attend the meeting. A number of general topics will be covered in the fields of
biology and conservation, herpetological studies of various Asian regions, venomous
snakes and snakebite, and captive reproduction. Registration information is available fromthe following: Within China: Dr. Huang Jie-tang, Qimen Institute of Snakebites,
Qimen, Anhui Province, China. Independent Republics of the Commonwealth of
Independent States: Dr. Ilya Darevsky, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of
Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. In the USA and all other countries: Dr. Theodore J.
Papenfuss, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
94720, USA.

Second World Congress of Herpetology.

—The Second World Congress ofHerpetology will be held at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia from
December 29, 1993 to January 6, 1994. Information is now available concerning
registration and tours before and after the meeting. For information contact: Secretariat,
Second World Congress of Herpetology, Dept. of Zoology, University of Adelaide, GPO
Box 498, Adelaide 5001, Australia.

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Herpetological Society of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The HSCIS(formerly the USSR Herpetological Society) has opened its membership to all
herpetologists. For information contact: Dr. Tatyana M. Sokolova, Zoological Institute,
Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.

PLATE 1.— Darevsky, Ilya S.

Pp. 1-12. Holotype of Dibamus greeri (ZIN 20011) from
850 m, Kontarang, Gilai-Contum Province, Vietnam. Chen, Yuancong, Dawei Zhang,
Kexian Jiang, and Zhonghui Wang. Pp. 58-61. Agkistrodon strauchii from 3150 m, sand

km north of Waqen (33° 03' N 102° 37' E), Aba (Ngawa) Zangzu
Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. Photo by J. Robert Macey. Semenov,
Dimitri V., and Leo J. Borkin. Pp. 99-112. Teratoscincus przewalskii from Dunhuang
Sand Dunes, Dunhuang (40° 10' N 94° 50' E), Jiuquan Prefecture, Gansu Province,
China. Kuzmin, Sergius L. Pp. 123-131. Mertensiella caucasica from 10 km SSE of
Borzhomi (41° 51' N 43° 23' E), Georgia. Photo by J. Robert Macey.

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