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ZenScientist now has a few new books that may be of interest to readers of this forum (order at http://www.herplitsales.com):

Raffaelli, Jean. 2013. Les Urodèles du Monde 2e édition. Penclen Edition, Plumelec, 472 p.

Hardcover, Greatly enlarged second edition of this standard reference on Salamanders. The accounts in the first edition have been incorporated into the AmphibiaWeb database. This edition covers 850 species and subspecies with over 1500 photos (at least one for each taxa), plus new, larger distribution maps.


Dinets, Vladimir. 2013. Dragon Songs: Love and Adventure among Crocodiles, Alligators, and Other Dinosaur Relations. Arcade Publishing, New York, xviii, 318, 24 plates.

Clothbound with a dust-jacket. A born naturalist and a fearless traveler, Vladimir Dinets wrote travel guides, conducted field research, and lived a couple of lives before he was accepted into the PhD program in zoology at the University of Miami. He thought crocodiles were a dead-end research topic—survivors from the age of the dinosaurs but not much else—until he witnessed groups of up to seventy alligators performing mating choruses that included infrasound vibrations—a form of communication extremely rare in nature—and a “dance” unknown in the scientific literature but that resembled a scene from Jurassic Park. To prove his thesis about the language of crocodiles, he spent the next six years traveling around the world on shoestring budgets and in extreme circumstances, studying almost every living species. At the same time, as a man desiring companionship in life, he sought love.
With adventures on five continents, Dragon Songs is his account of this quest. It includes an escape from a boiling lava lake in the Afar Desert, being chased up a tree by a tiger in India, hitching a ride with a cocaine smuggler in Bolivia, and diving with giant Greenland sharks—all in the name of studying crocodiles, among which he routinely paddled in his inflatable kayak. Of course, not everything went according to plan. But, in the end, his ground-breaking research helped change the field. And during the course of his adventures, he met and courted his future wife.


Das, Indraneil. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. John Beaufoy Publishing, Oxford, 160 p.

Paperback, This easy-to-use identification guide to the 239 snake species most commonly seen in South-East Asia is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from the regions's top nature photographers, some of species that have never before been published, are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers snake topography, how to deal with snake bits and a glossary. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the snakes of South-East Asia encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific name, IUCN status as at 2012 and its status in each country.


Due to be published in March:

Cogger, Harold G. 2014. Reptiles & amphibians of Australia. 7th edition. Pp. 1064 p. In: (eds.) CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.

Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia is a complete guide to Australia’s rich and varied herpetofauna, including frogs, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, lizards and snakes. For each of the 1194 species there is a description of its appearance, distribution and habits. Each species is accompanied by a distribution map and, in most cases, a colour photograph of the living animal.
The book includes 130 simple-to-use dichotomous keys that in most cases allow a specimen in hand to be identified. In addition, it has a comprehensive list of scientific references for those wishing to conduct more in-depth research, an extensive glossary, and basic guides to the collection, preservation and captive care of specimens.
This classic work, originally published in 1975, has been completely brought up to date. This seventh edition includes all species described prior to October 2013.
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Thank you very much for this post. I'm going to have a lot of reading ahead of me.
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