Nevertheless, the correct names of the locations were also given in the paper, which undermines this typographical error. We are providing correct values in Table 1 in this reply.
The claim of the new records ofCalotes rouxii (Duméril and Bibron, 1837) (Squamata: Agamidae) and Lycodon striatus (Shaw, 1802) (Squamata: Colubridae) is not correct as both these taxa have been recorded from Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary and its vicinity by Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu (2004). 4. Other erroneous regional first record claims pertains to Bufo scaber (Schneider, 1799) (Amphibia: Bufonidae) and Geochelone elegans (Schoepff, 1795) (Testudines: Testudinidae) that was reported from the Nallamala Hills by Subba Rao et al. (1994).The above claims cannot be accepted as these (faunistic records) are being reported in grey literature and in a self edited seminar proceedings and not verified by any standard procedure (for eg. by a referee) and are without any voucher specimens in hand.The conference (congress, symposium, workshop, panel discussion, seminar, and colloquium), the proceedings reports are not considered as validly published as primary data (Day, 1996), because:(i) Most conference proceedings are one-shot, ephemeral publications, not purchased widely by science libraries around the world; thus, because of limited circulation and availability, they fail one of the fundamental tests of valid publication.(ii) Most conference reports are essentially review papers, which do not qualify as primary publications, or they are preliminary reports presenting data and concepts that may still be tentative or inconclusive. (It is sad to see scientists describing new species in conference abstract as we recently came across two such symposium abstracts in 2005!. This is in clear contradiction of the rules. It is also surprising that Conveners are not taking necessary steps to prevent this).(iii) Conference reports are normally not subjected to peer review or to more than minimal editing; therefore, because of lack of any real quality control, many reputable publishers now define proceedings volumes as non primary.
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