History
Malcolm Arthur Smith was a herpetologist and physician working in the Malay Peninsula. Smith went on to become the physician in the royal court of Siam and was a doctor to the royal family. He published his observations on the reptiles and amphibians during his stint there and was in regular correspondence with Boulenger at the Natural History Museum in London. He left in 1925 to continue his studies at the museum in London. He was the founder and president of the British Herpetological Society
