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London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1979. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 181-241. Printed paper wrappers, plates 1a-1b (2 b/w photos), 17 text figs (inc. 3 line drawings, 14 sonagrams, 1 map), 9 tables, key, bibliography. New book from archive stock which may have very minor signs of storage. (A collection from the area of Gunong Lawit, northern Trengganu, Malaysia, is described. Records of interest for West Malaysia are of Microhyla borneensis, Rana p. paramacrodon and Rhacophorus pardalis. Two new lizards, Cyrtodactylus elok and Cnemaspis argus, are described, and a key to the species of Cnemaspis in southeast Asia is given. Goniocephalus herveyi (Boulenger) is a synonym of Goniocephalus liogaster (Günther). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), Vol. 34, No. 5). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

Santee, CA: Advanced Vivarium Systems, Inc., 1995. . 8vo pp. 1-18. Illustrated card wrappers, 8 b/w photos. New book. (The Herpetocultural Library Basic Care Series). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

Munster: Matthias Schmidt Publications, 2001. . 1st English edn. 8vo pp. 80. Illustrated laminated card wrappers, 55 colour photos, 12 drawings, 1 map, 2 tables. New book. (Useful monograph, provides details on the natural history, habitat, habits, distribution, evolutionary history & systematics of the species, together with much information on captive care including suitable vivaria, feeding, reproduction, diseases and obtaining captive bred stock. Translated from the German by John Hackworth). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

Oxford: Macmillan Education, 1979. . 8vo pp. 92. Illustrated card wrappers, 79 figs (colour photos), 1 line illustration, 1 map. New copy. (Provides an introduction for the keen diver and snorkeller to approximately 85 of the more common and spectacular species of fishes which can be seen around the Caribbean and Tropical West Atlantic Reefs). . Catalogs: Fishes, new.

London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1976. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 83-116. Printed paper wrappers, 3 text figs, 4 tables. New book from archive stock which may have very minor signs of storage. (Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), Vol. 29, No. 2). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

Arava, Israel: Israel Herpetological Information Center/Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, 1995. . Roy. 8vo pp. 85. Illustrated laminated card wrappers, 22 b/w photos, 4 maps, numerous line drawings, charts and tables. New. (Main text in Hebrew with abstracts in English. This issue includes the following papers/articles: Amphibians in Israel, by Hinrich Mendelson; On three changes in the check list of the lizards of Israel, by J. H. Hoofien; Two snake species added to the herpetofaunal list of Israel, by Naomi Sivan; How the gecko clings to the ceiling, by Uwe Hiller; Desert lizard ecology: Panglobal comparisons, by Eric R. Pianka; Rules for reproduction in lizards: relations among relative clutch mass, foraging mode, and sexual size dimorphism, by Yehuda L. Werner; Ecophysiology of reproduction in the fringe-toed lizard Acanthodactylus scutellatus, by Gad Perry; The skin resistance to water transfer in agama lizards and snakes, by Mirit Einan & Sigal Lahav; Snakes - a story of an… Read More

Arava, Israel: Israel Herpetological Information Center/Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, 1990. . Roy. 8vo pp. 88. Illustrated card wrappers, 16 b/w photos, 20 maps, numerous line drawings, charts and tables. New. (Main text in Hebrew with abstracts in English. This issue includes the following papers/articles: Field observations on two species of snakes: Syrian black-snake (Coluber jugularis) and Arabian rear-fanged snake (Malpolon monspessulanus) in the area of Nablus, by Ilan Lampel; The expansion of amphibian distribution into the Negev, by Yoram Greshman & Uri Werner; Sexual dimorphism in Typhlops vermicularis, by Gad Perry; Ecological biogeography of reptiles in the sand deserts of Israel, by Yehuda L. Werner; Diseases in reptiles caused by algae, fungi and viruses, by Sagiv Ben-Yakir. Only six issues of 'Hardun' were produced before publication ceased and as a consequence copies are very difficult to obtain). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

Hong Kong: Urban Council of Hong Kong, 1995. . 1st edn. Landscape format pp. (viii) + 1-211. Illustrated card wrappers, colour frontispiece (the author), 27 colour plates, 237 colour photos, 85 text figs, 1 map, checklist, keys, glossary, bibliography, index of scientific names. New book from archive stock which may have very minor signs of storage. Now out-of-print and difficult to obtain. (Based largely on the authors extensive fieldwork, this book is an attempt to comprehensively catalogue and present the dragonflies that are known to occur in the territory of Hong Kong, providing information, including detailed descriptions, photographs and identification keys to 102 species. Also included are practical hints on finding, observing and photographing dragonflies, together with information on anatomy, life history and habitat). . Catalogs: Invertebrates, new.

London: Blandford, 1991. . 1st edn. Roy. 8vo pp. 240. Cloth, 161 colour & b/w photos, num. text figs, line drawings & tables. New book in d/w. (Guide to aquarium livebearers, provides information on care in the aquarium, feeding, breeding and aquaria maintenance with details on their biology & global distribution). . Catalogs: Fishes, new.

Princes Risborough: Shire Publications, 1989. . 8vo pp. 24. Illustrated card wrappers, 14 col. & 4 b/w photos and illustrations, 3 maps. New. (Shire Natural History Series No. 46). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1971. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 213-256 (+ pls). Printed paper wrappers, 6 plates (22 b/w photos), 8 text figs (inc. 4 line illustrations & 4 maps), 3 tables, bibliography. New book from archive stock which may have very minor signs of storage. (Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), Vol. 21, No. 6). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1969. . 1st edn. Roy. 8vo pp. 327-406. Printed paper wrappers, 21 plates (58 b/w photos), 13 text figs (inc. 12 line drawings, 17 charts, 3 maps), 5 tables, keys, extensive bibliography. This is a new copy from my archive stock in perfect condition. (Describes 428 specimens (comprising at least 63 species and subspecies) of reptile collected by Dr. Henry Field in Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran and West Pakistan during the Peabody Museum-Harvard University Expeditions of 1950 and 1955. Two new forms are described: Agama persica fieldi subsp. nov.; Eremias brevirostris fieldi subsp. nov. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. 138, No. 6). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1983. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 291-339. Printed paper wrappers, 9 text figs, 10 tables. New book from archive stock which may have very minor signs of storage. (Acanthodactylus is reassessed, supplementing the external features previously used with new data from the skeleton and hemipenis. The genus appears to be closely related to Eremias and Mesalina rather than to Latastia as was previously thought. 'Eremias' guineensis is confirmed as an Acanthodactylus. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), Vol. 44, No. 5). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1973. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 289-366. Printed paper wrappers, 15 text figs (inc. 29 line illustrations & 5 maps), 4 tables (inc. 1 folding), bibliography, appendices I-III. New book from archive stock which may have very minor signs of storage. (Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), Vol. 25, No. 8). .

Wisconsin, WI: Milwaukee Public Museum, 1989. . 8vo pp. 1-66. Printed card wrappers, figs 1-29 (13 b/w photos, 10 maps), tables 1-11, appendix. New. (Milwaukee Pub. Mus., Contr. Biol. and Geol., No. 76). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1969. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 231-260. Printed paper wrappers, 11 text figs, key. New book from archive stock which may have very minor signs of storage. (Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), Vol. 18, No. 8). .

London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1970. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 235-256. Printed paper wrappers, 4 text figs (inc. 2 maps), 2 tables, key. New book from archive stock which may have very minor signs of storage. (The nomenclatorial history, taxonomy, distribution, and external morphology of the iguanid genus Plica are reviewed, and the genus is compared with related iguanid genera. Plica plica and Plica umbra are recognized as the only valid species. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), Vol. 19, No. 7). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1977. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 187-248 (+ pls). Printed paper wrappers, 3 b/w plates, 7 text figs, 6 tables, key. New book from archive stock which may have very minor signs of storage. (Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), Vol. 31, No. 5). .