1. A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing substantially surface latent image silver halide grains, said emulsion layer or at least one hydrophilic colloid layer adjacent to the emulsion layer containing a compound represented by general formula (III): ##STR15## wherein Z represents an atomic group necessary for forming a monocyclic or condensed heterocyclic ring composed of a carbon atom or carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom or nitrogen atoms; L.sub.1 represents a divalent organic group selected from the group consisting of: ##STR16## m represents 0 or 1; G represents phenylene or naphthylene which may have one or more substituents; M represents a formyl group; R.sub.0 represents a hydrogen atom; and L.sub.2 represents --CONR--, --SO.sub.2 NR-- or --NRCONR'--, wherein R and R' each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, said M, R.sub.1 and the nitrogen atom to which M and R.sub.1 attach may form a partial structure ##STR17## of hydrazone.