Search Results: NATURE - Reptiles and Amphibians Books Snakes & Reptiles

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Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1925. p. 101-109, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. 38, No. 3. ills. Describes two new species from Colombia and British Guiana, Bachia talpa and Bachia parkeri. Acidified edges on cover and text, pages uncut.. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo..

131 pages. Second printing June 1986. Text is clean & tight & unmarked. Mild damage to upper spine with creasing and half-inch closed tear (does not effect text).

Book is clean & tight & unmarked. Mild shelf wear with slight bumping of corners. Mild yellowing around edges of text.

Neptune, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, 1978. 94pp. ills., color and b&w photos. Keeping snakes in captivity, general natural history, notes on species easy and difficult to keep.. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 8vo..

Lawrence: University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, 1953. pp. 1587-1614. ills. Univ of Kansas Science Bulletin, Vol. 35 pt. 2, No. 13. Describes species collected from Numunukula, Ceylon, by W. W. A. Phillips. Rebound in paper covers with calligraphed label.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo..

St. Petersburg, Florida: PAGES Publishing Group, 1997. Wraps have only light wear. Pages are clean with no markings in text. . Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Keane, Raymond. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1980. 280pp. ills. Well-written account of the history, life cycles and status of the sea-turtles, threats to their survival, and close looks at the scientists and biologists who work for their conservation. A great read.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo.

Salt Lake City, Utah: Univ of Utah Press, 1999 Light cover creases. Wonderful natural history of this reptile. Very light cover creases.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lawrence: University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, 1977. 144pp. photos, ills., maps. Univ. of Kansas MNH Public Education Series No. 6. Introduction, checklist and key; 40 species accounts with description, habits and habitat, breeding, notes, distribution/status, range map. Species of possible occurance, glossary, bibliography, index to common and scientific names. Clean, tight copy. Cover spine and edges faded.. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo..

New York: Nick Lyons Books, 1987. 150pp. ills., photos. Introduction by David Quammen. This very readable author writes, with his usual wit and knowledge, about the natural history and biology of the world's snakes and their relations with human beings. Originally published 1963.. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo..

Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1981. 264pp. photos, maps. Account of the author's study of peregrines in West Greenland, in particular one family nesting on cliffs above the tundra. Bibliography, index. Includes new preface in addition to the original 1979 one.. Paperback. Very Good.

Gloucester Point, VA: Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, 1979. 24pp. ills. Sea Grant Program, Educational Series No. 24. Notes on identification, natural history, and status in Virginia of Atlantic leatherback, Atlantic loggerhead, Atlantic Green Turtle, Atlantic Hawksbill and Atlantic Ridley. Bibliography, .. Original Wraps, Softbound. As New. 8vo..

London: Spring Books, 1962. 80pp. photos. Large, detailed black-and-white photographs are accompanied by text descriptions of the habits and behavior of the venomous species depicted, venoms and venom collection. Species index. Faded cloth cover with small stain.. Hard Cover Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to.

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San Diego, CA, USA: Harcourt, Inc, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Very nice book with dustjacket in like new condition. Recent buy of very gently read books..

New York: Ronald Press Co., 1957. 248pp. photos. All the common amphibians of North America described and illustrated with habits, description, rnage and status. Notes on collecting and preserving. Name in ink on front end sheet. Interior clean and tight, scuffed/chipped DJ, water-stained top back cover.. Cloth. Good+/Good+. 8vo..

New York: Harcourt, Inc, 1999. 350pp. maps. The author journeyed into Africa, Australia, India and America in search of some of the world's most notorious venomous snakes and the people who live among them. Fine condition in slightly scuffed cover.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo..

New York: Dover Publications, 1977. 192pp. ills., photos. Origins and evolution, locomotion, senses, habitats, food and feeding, defenses, reproduction and development, Colubrid snakes, dangerous snakes, boas and other primitive snakes, realtions to man. Appendix on antivenins. Bibliography, indices. Reprint of 1963 edition.. Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo..

Clean & tight & unmarked. DJ shows mild to moderate wear with a small 1/4" tear at top of spine in front.