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Synopsis There is so far no modern standard book on Indian Snakes or a scientific and technical one. From my experience there appears to be a demand for some popular book giving general information and useful knowledge about the Various common snakes of India. I have been interested in the subject for over 25 years, being drawn to it mainly by the heavy mortality figures. There is hardly anything original in this book. The information has been collected from divers sources and put together without its being made too technical. A little information is added about some of the principal snakes of other countries, whose names one often comes across in the course of general reading. Burma and the Andamans, being at present under Indian jurisdiction, have been treated as a part of India for the purposes of this book. some of the illustrations given are not very dear, as they represent specimens of snakes preserved in spirit. In the preparation of this work I have availed myself of the excellent articles on Indian Snakes by Colonel F. Wall, C.M. G., I.M.S. (Retd.), in the journals of the Bombay Natural History Society.