Vertebrates of Assam : A checklist with IUCN status/ by Dr. Chandra Barooah & Ms. Lani Sarma.

By:

Barooah, Chandra

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Assam : Assam Science Technology and Environment Council, 2016.Description: 379p.: ill.: 23cmISBN:

9788192380124

Subject(s):

Zoology

DDC classification:

596 BAR

Summary: Vertebrates of Assam includes a comprehensive checklist of five major classes of vertebrate species and subspecies found in Assam, India, viz. Actinopterygii, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves and Mammalia. The book is mainly based on available sources of secondary data like books, journals, Ph. D. Theses, etc. Accepted scientific names of all taxa are mentioned in alphabetical order under each family followed by English name, local name, records of distribution, habitat and IUCN status. This book includes 1459 vertebrate taxa under ﬁve classes. Out of these, 232 taxa are ﬁshes, 67 taxa are amphibians, 128 taxa are reptiles, 841 taxa are birds and 192 taxa are mammals. Besides, a total number of 123 taxa are recorded under the Threatened (CR, EN and VU) category, while 72 taxa are categorized under Near Threatened (NT). This book contains colour photographs of 174 fishes, 16 amphibians, 54 reptiles, 108 birds and 24 mammals.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Reference	Reference	596 BAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		45694

Vertebrates of Assam includes a comprehensive checklist of five major classes of vertebrate species and subspecies found in Assam, India, viz. Actinopterygii, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves and Mammalia. The book is mainly based on available sources of secondary data like books, journals, Ph. D. Theses, etc. Accepted scientific names of all taxa are mentioned in alphabetical order under each family followed by English name, local name, records of distribution, habitat and IUCN status.

This book includes 1459 vertebrate taxa under ﬁve classes. Out of these, 232 taxa are ﬁshes, 67 taxa are amphibians, 128 taxa are reptiles, 841 taxa are birds and 192 taxa are mammals. Besides, a total number of 123 taxa are recorded under the Threatened (CR, EN and VU) category, while 72 taxa are categorized under Near Threatened (NT). This book contains colour photographs of 174 fishes, 16 amphibians, 54 reptiles, 108 birds and 24 mammals.

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