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Arnold, H. R. (Ed). Provisonal Atlas of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the British Isles.
Pub. Biological Records Centre. 1973 pp. 4 with 15 full-page distribution maps at rear of text. A good to vg. copy in ringbound covers.
£5.00 [ref: 38552]
Benedict, F.G. The Physiology of Large Reptiles.
Pub. Asher. 1973 pp.x, 539 with b/w. photographs and figs. and tables. A vg. copy in blue boards.
£35.00 [ref: 38453]
Breen, J.F. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians.
Pub. Tropical Fish Hobbyist. 1974 pp.576 with colour and b/w. photographs throughout. VG. in illus. boards.
£8.00 [ref: 29888]
Carr, A. Handbook of Turtles. The Turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California.
Pub. Comstock. 1978 pp.xv, 542 with 82 plates and many text figs. Nr. fine.
£30.00 [ref: 25024]
Colbert, E. H. Men and Dinosaurs. The search in Field and Laboratory. The Great Dinosaur Hunters and their Discovery of the World of the Prehistoric Reptiles.
1st. Pub. Evans Brothers Limited. 1968 pp, xviii, 283 with 116 plate illustrations and 47 line illustrations. A near fine copy in dw.
£10.00 [ref: 28138]
FitzSimons, Vivian F.M. Snakes of Southern Africa.
Pub. Purnell & Sons, Cape Town. 1962 pp. 423 with 76 col. plates reproduced from watercolours by P.J. Smit, 43 b/w. plates, 9 sets of drawings showing skull structure & 243 line drawings by the author, illustrating details of head scaling. Endpapers heavily foxed, otherwise a very good copy, in remnants of dustwrapper.
£75.00 [ref: 15117]
Gow, G.F. Australia’s Dangerous Snakes.
Pub. Angus & Robertson. 1989 pp. 80 plus 45 colour photographs. Dist. maps in text. Fine in illus. card covers.
£5.00 [ref: 29641]
Hand, N. et al. Amphibians and Reptiles of Herefordshire.
Pub. HART. 2003 pp.72 with colour photographs and figs. throughout. Damp marked bottom edge o/w. vg. in card covers. Signed by all authors.
£5.00 [ref: 39426]
IUCN et al. Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles. An Action Plan for their Conservation.
2nd. Ed. Pub IUCN et al. 1991 pp.iv, 48 with b/w. plates and maps. VG. in card covers.
£5.00 [ref: 30182]
Lever, C. The Cane Toad: The History and Ecology of a Successful Colonist.
1st. Pub. Westbury Academic & Scientific Publishing. 2001 pp.xxvii, 230 with 11 coloured photos. Mint copy in dw.
This book describes the biology, history and ecological and socio-economic impacts of a successful colonist which, in some parts of the world, especially Australia, has become a major pest. Originally from South and Central America. A warning to all about the introduction of alien species as biological control for exhisting pests.
£44.00 [ref: 37907]