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Pp. iv, 133; 16 full-color plates, other black-and-white line drawings, 7 maps. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. The Testudine fauna of the Indian subcontinent consists of 33 species, 17 of which are endemic to the region. This is one-tenth of the world's total turtle diversity. No ownership marks and no signs of use.