Colonel Frank Wall (21 April 1868 – 19 May 1950[1]) was a physician and herpetologist who lived in Sri Lanka and India.

[4][5] Sent to India under the British Raj, Wall continued to work there until 1925 and researched many animals, especially snakes.

[6] Wall was a member of the Bombay Natural History Society and published more than 200 scientific articles, as well as the book A Popular Treatise on the Common Indian Snakes.

[4] Along with Malcolm Arthur Smith, Wall is acknowledged as one of the two most important pioneers in the study of Indian herpetology.

[citation needed] Since Wall's death, some of his books, including Ophidia Taprobanica or The Snakes of Ceylon, have been republished.