Box MS-042 Box 1

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Contains handwritten notes by B C Choudhury.

Scope and Contents Contains data collection, handwritten notes, and correspondence with Harry Andrew. Archivist's Note - The following reprints have been removed from this folder: (i) Collection and Hatching of Marsh Crocodile (C Palustris) Eggs, Romulus Whitaker, Zahida Whitaker, Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. 73, No. 2, 28 March 1977. (ii) Notes on Captive Breeding in Mugger (Crocodylus Palustris), Zahida Whitaker, Romulus Whitaker, Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. 75, No. 1,...

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Contains data collection and handwritten notes related to data from Killikudi by B C Choudhury.

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Contains data collection and handwritten notes by B C Choudhury.

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Contains data collection and handwritten notes by B C Choudhury.

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Contains correspondence, maps, and notes related to Mugger and Gharial conservation in Orissa.

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Contains notes, sketches, and pro forma related to Mugger data collection in Lanjamodagu in Telangana.

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Contains notes, correspondence,and maps of Tamil Nadu related to the release of Muggers at Krishnagiri Reservoir. Also includes some data collected in Hyderabad.

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Contains daily monitoring of the weather in Hyderabad, most possibly to monitor the crocodile hatchlings in Nehru Zoological Park.

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Contains data collection, handwritten notes, research reprints for reference, and correspondence with A N Choudhury and S A Chavan. The following reprints have been removed from this folder: (i) Note on the Status of Gir Crocodiles, Romulus Whitaker, Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. 75, No. 1, 1977. (ii) Distribution and Conservation of Crocodiles in and around Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, S A Chavan, The Indian Forester, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979.

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Contains Sathanur crocodile stock data collection.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series contains letters, notes, maps, articles, media clippings and more material collected and/or created by BC Choudhary while working on the Andhra Pradesh Crocodile Conservation Project (APCC) - an initiative by Andhra Pradesh Forest Department and FAO/UNDP to survey states across India to tackle the issue of all three species of Indian crocodiles (Mugger, Estuarine, and Gharial) becoming rare.

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Contains notes and data collected from the Mugger breeding pool at Nehru Zoological Park. Also includes an article on marking crocodiles for identification following release into the wild by BC Choudhary and H R Bustard, and photographs of the species.

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Contains correspondence and data collected from Muggers of Tamil Nadu origin at Nehru Zoological Park and Indira Gandhi Zoological Park.

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Contains media clippings and articles reporting on the crocodile farm in Jaipur Zoo and letters sent to the Superintendent of the zoo by BC Choudhury.

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Contains loose notes and a notebook maintained by B C Choudhury, containing information on crocodile egg collection for the Crocodile Conservation Project in Tamil Nadu, particularly on the nest collection in Killukudi.

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Contains notes and correspondence related to the release of sixty Muggers in Similipal Tiger Reserve taken from Sathanur Crocodile Rearing Station in Tamil Nadu.

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Contains media clipping on the saltwater crocodile breeding project led by RM Whitaker, and data collected from the Mugger breeding projects in Nandakanan Zoological Park and Tikarpada Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Contains data collection, handwritten notes, and references sent by Shekar Dattatri. References include: (i) Limnology and productivity of Amaravathi reservoir (Madras State), India by A Sreenivasan; Hydrobiologia, 26.

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Contains crocodile nesting biology proforma.

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Contains correspondence between B C Choudhury and the director of Municiple Hill Garden Zoo, Reuben David regarding data collection on Muggers at the Ahmedabad Zoo. Rueben David's response includes crocodile breeding records and a reprint of his paper - Breeding the Mugger Crocodile and Water Monitor at Ahmedabad Zoo published in the International Zoo Yearbook, No. 10, 1970 (this is has been removed from the folder). Also includes a sketch of the breeding pool at the Ahmedabad Zoo.

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Contains letters exchanged between BC Choudhary and the Director of Delhi Zoological Park requesting crocodile breeding data of the zoo. Also includes photographs of crocodiles and BC Choudhury's notes.