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Today's list contains a couple of new books which I am getting ready to order:
Mattison, Chris. 2011. Frogs and Toads of the World. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 192 p. Clothbound with a dust-jacket. $29.95
O'Shea, Mark. 2011. Boas and Pythons of the World. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 160 pgs. paperback. $19.95
O'Shea, Mark. 2011. Venomous Snakes of the World. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 160 p. Paperback. $19.95
I also just received more copies of:
Ernst, Carl H. and Evelyn M. Ernst. 2011. Venomous Reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico. Volume 1. Heloderma, Micruroides, Micrurus, Pelamis, Agkistrodon, Sistrurus . Johns hopkins University Press, Baltimore, xx, 352 p., 16 plates. Clothbound with a dust-jacket. Ernst and Ernst have painstakingly researched and verified the highly valuable and detailed information in this volume, including every detail of the lives of these fascinating and sometimes deadly animals. Venomous Reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico provides facts on each animal's diet, reproductive behavior, physiology, ecology, and conservation status. The book also covers details on snakebite, how venom is delivered, venom composition, antivenom production, and medical treatments of envenomation. Each species account includes vivid photographs that aid with identification and detailed maps that show the species range. . $75.00
Freed, Paul. 2003. Of Golden Toads & Serpents' Roads. Texas A & M University Press, College Station, xvi, 192 p. PB, This volume invites readers to join a seasoned researcher as he "goes herping." After nearly twenty years of traveling around the globe searching for toads, frogs, salamanders, snakes, lizards, and turtles, herpetologist Paul Freed pauses to tell stories of his adventures finding and collecting reptiles and amphibians from the tropics of Costa Rica to the deserts of Namibia. $18.95
Finally, I now have the new paperback edition of:
Gibbons, J. Whitfield and Raymond D. Semlitsch. 2009. Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of the Savannah River Site. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, xii, 131 p. Paperback. same as the 1991 hardcover edition. $19.95
The hardcover edition of this is also available.
Please let me know if you would like anything from this list.
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Alcock, A. and F. Finn. 1897. An account of the reptilia collected by Dr. F. P. Maynard, Captain A. H. McMahon, C. I. E. and the members of the Afghan-Baluch Boundary Commission of 1896. Asiatic Soceity of Bengal. 65 (4): 548-566, plates 9-15. Complete issue of this journal. $40.00
Alcock, John. 1972. Cues used in searching for food by red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus). unknown. 174-187. $1.00
Amemiya, C. T., J. W. Bickham and J. R. Gold. 1984. A cell culture technique for chromosome preparation in cyprinid fishes. Copeia. 1984 (1): 232-235. $1.00
Andersen, Kenneth W. and Knox John, Jr. 1971. Mammals of northwestern South Dakota. University of Kansas Publications. 19 (5): 361-393. $3.00
Anderson, John F. 1970. Metabolic rates of spiders. Comparative Biochemical Physiology. 33: 51-72. $2.00
Anderson, J. M. 1975. Succession, diversity and trophic relationships of some soil animals in decomposing leaf litter. Journal of Animal Ecology. 44: 475-495. $2.00
Anderson, Sydney. 1954. Subspeciation in the meadow mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado. University of Kansas Publications. 7 (7): 489-506. $2.00
Anderson, Sydney. 1956. Subspeciation in the meadow mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus, in Wyoming, Colorado, and adjacent areas. University of Kansas Publications. 9 (4): 85-104. $2.00
Anderson, Sydney. 1960. The baculum in microtine rodents. University of Kansas Publications. 12 (3): 181-216. $3.50
Anderson, Sydney. 1961. Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. University of Kansas Publications. 14 (3): 29-67. $6.00
Andrews, Peter and David B. Williams. 1973. The use of principal components analysis in physical anthropology. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 39 (2): 291-304. $1.50
Angino, Ernest E. and Kenneth B. Armitage. 1963. A geochemical study of Lakes Bonney and Vanda, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Journal of Geology. 71 (1): 89-95. $1.00
Anthony, H. E. 1913. Mammals of northern Malheur County, Oregon. American Museum of Natural History. 32: 1-27, 2 plates. $6.00
Anthony, Mark. 1962. Activity and behavior of the woodchuck in southern Illinois. Occasional papers of the C. C. Adams Center for Ecological Studies. (6): 1-25. $3.00
Bea, A. 1980. Introduccion a la herpetofauna del Pais Vasco. II. Dato bioclimaticos. Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales Aranzadi. 32 (3/4): 283-296. $5.00
Bea, A. 1981. Herpetofauna de Guipuzcoa: Estudo faunistico y relaciones con la climatologia. Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales Aranzadi. 33 (1-2): 115-154. $8.00
Borba de Moraes, Rubens. 1958. Bibliographia Brasiliana: A bibliographical essay on rare books about Brazil published from 1504 to 1900 and works of Brazilian authors published abroad before the Independence of Brazil in 1822, Volumes I & II. Colibris Editora, Amsterdam, xxiv, 428 p.; iv, 448 p. Clothbound. $95.00
David, Patrick and Ivan Ineich. 1999. Les serpents venimeux du monde: systématique et répartition. Dumerilia. 3: 1-500. In French and English. $90.00
David, Patrick and Haiyan Tong. 1997. Translations of recent descriptions of Chinese pitvipers of the Trimeresurus-complex (Serpentes, Viperidae), with a key to the complex in China and adjacent areas. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service. (112): 1-31. $4.00
Davidson, Osha Gray. 2001. Fire In the Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and the fate of the Ocean. Public Affairs, New York, 258 pgs. HB,Dj. $15.00
Davies, Robert and Valerie Davies. 1997. The Reptile and Amphibian Problem Solver. Tetra Press, Blacksburg, HB, Pictoral boards. $20.00
Davis, Burke. 1975. King Snake. Scholastic, New York, 64 p. Original title: Biography of a king snake. $4.00
Davis, Donald R. 1986. A new family of Monotrysian moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a phylogenetic review of the Monotrysia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. (434): iv, 202 p. $20.00
Davis, Fredrick Rowe. 2007. The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles: Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation Biology. Oxford University Press, New York, xv, 312 p. Clothbound with a dust jacket. $35.00
Davis, Harry T. and C. S. Brimley. n.d. Posionous snakes of the Eastern United States with First Aid Guide. North Carolina State Museum, Raleigh, 20 pgs. $6.00
Davis, Jeffrey G. and Scott A. Menze. 2002. In Ohio's Backyard: Frogs and Toads. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, x, 142 p., + CD of frog calls. Spiral bound. $19.95
Davis, J. I. 1958. Libellus de Natura Animalium: A fifteenth century Bestiary. Dawson's, London, viii, ca. 64 p. Clothbound. $20.00
Dawkins, Marian Stamp and Morris Gosling (eds.) n.d. Ethics in Research on Animal Behaviour. Animal Behaviour, London, $3.00
Dayton, Gage H., Raymond Skiles and Linnea Dayton. 2007. Frogs and Toads of Big Bend National Park. Texas A&M University, College Station, 51 pgs. PB. $12.95
de Boer, L. E. M. and Chr. Peters. 1980. Amfibieën, Twijfelaars Tussen Water en Land? Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde Zoologische Essays Number 3, 48 pgs. PB. $5.00
De Kay, James Ellsworth. 1842. Zoology of New York, or The New York Fauna; comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the state of New York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accompanied by approiate illustrations. Part III. Reptiles and Amphibia. Part IV. Fishes (Plate volume only). Thurlow Weed, Albany, viii, 23 plates of Reptiles & Amphibians, 79 plates of fish. Original binding with slight wear, overall a very good, clean copy. $300.00
de Miomandre, Francis. 1938. Mon Caméléon. Editions Albin Michel, Paris, 219 + 16 plates. Orig. wprs. Chameleons. $20.00
de Queiroz, Kevin. 1987. Phylogenetic systematics of Iguanine Lizards: A comparative osteological study. University of California Publications in Zoology. 118: xii + 1-203. Iguanine, Osteology. $32.00
de Silva, Anslem (eds.) 2001. Abstracts: Fourth World Congress of Herpetology 3rd-9th December 2001, Bentota, Sri Lanka. 4thWCH, 145 p. Hb. $20.00
de Silva, Anslem (eds.) 2004. The Herpetology of Sri Lanka: Current Research. ARROS, 222 p. 9 plates. A special edition of Lyriocephalus volume 5 (1-2). Includes proceedings of the Fourth World Congress of Herpetology, and the Nilgala Expedition papers. $50.00
de Silva, Anslem. 2009. Amphibians of Sri Lanka: A Photographic Guide to Common Frogs, Toads and Caecilians. Anslem de Silva, 168 p., 82 color plates. Paperback. $45.00
de Smedt, Johan. 2001. Die europaischen Vipern: Artbestimmung, Systematik, Haltung und Zucht. De Smedt Eigenverlag, Fuessen, ii, 206 p. This book discusses in detail all European vipers and their subspecies. Written for both the laymen and the scientist. Each species account includes photographs and a distribution map. Price reduced 50% off suggested retail. $35.00
de Smedt, Johan. 2006. The Vipers of Europe. JDS VERlag, Halblech, 340 pgs. HB. $120.00
De Sola, Ralph. 1939. Reptiles and Amphibians: An Illustrated Natural History. Albert Whitman, Chicago, 253 p. WPA project, HB. $50.00
de Vosjoli, Philippe. 1990. The General Care and Maintenance of True Chameleons. Part I Husbandry. Advanced Vivarium Systems, Lakeside, California, 36. $2.00
de Vosjoli, Philippe. 1995. Basic Care of Rough Green Snakes Including notes on the care of Brown Snakes and Ringneck Snakes. Advanced Vivarium Systems, Santee, CA, 16. Opheodrys, Diadophis, Storeria. $2.00
de Vosjoli, Philippe. 1996. Naturalistic Vivarium Design Volume I. Desert Vivaria. Advanced Vivarium Systems, Santee, CA, 64. Vivarium design. $5.00
De Vosjoli, Philippe and Advanced Vivarium Systems Inc. 2001. The Bearded Dragon Manual. Advanced Vivarium Systems, Irvine, Calif., 174 p. Paperback. $10.00
de Witte, Gaston-François. 1966. Exploration du Parc National de la Garamba: Mission H. de Saeger: Reptiles. Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo. 48: 1-108, 5 plates. $65.00
de Witte, G. F. 1965. Les Caméléons de l'Afrique Centrale. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique, 215 p., 12 plates. Covers the chameleons of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. Numerous excellent illustrations and maps. $75.00
Debaisieux, P. 1914. Recherches sur les coccidies IV. Eimeria cystis-felleae, nov. spec. La Cellule. 29 (2): 433-439, 1plate. Orig. wprs. A new parasite from the snake Tropidonotus. $6.00
Deckert, Richard. 1915. Review of two series of amphibians. Zoologica. 2 (1): 1-34, 4 plates. Wprs. Deals with anurans of Costa Rica and New South Wales. $7.00
Degenhardt, William G., Charles W. Painter and Andrew H. Price. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, xix, 504 p. 56 plates. Clothbound with a Dust-jacket. $60.00
Degenhardt, William G., Charles W. Painter and Andrew H. Price. 2005. Amphibians and Reptiles of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, xix, 504 p. 56 plates. Paperback edition of the 1996 hardcover. $39.95
DeGraaf, Richard M. and Deborah D. Rudis. 1983. Amphibians and Reptiles of New England: Habitats and Natural History. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, vii + 85 p. HB, Dj. $20.00
DeGraaf, Richard M. and Deborah D. Rudis. 1983. Amphibians and Reptiles of New England: Habitats and Natural History. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, vii + 85 p. paperback. $15.00
Demeter, Bela J. 1989. Herpetological Husbandry for the Naturalist. Bela Demeter, Takoma Park, ca. 80 unnumbered pages. Spiral bound. $12.00
Deoras, P. J. (eds.) 1959. Snakes: How to Know Them. Directorate of Publicity, Government of Bombay, Bombay, 31 pgs. $20.00
Deoras, P. J. 1965. Snakes of India. National Book Trust, New Delhi, xvi, 148 p., 34 plates. HB, Dj. $20.00
Departamento de Recursos Naturales. 1977. Animales raros y en peligro de extincion en Puerto Ricoo. DRN, San Juan, 68 p. $10.00
Desert Tortoise Council. 1976. Proceedings of 1976 Symposium. 131. Gopherus agassizii. $10.00
Desmond, Adrian J. 1976. The Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs: A Revolution in Palaeontology. Deal Press, New York, 238 p. HB. $10.00
Desroches, Jean-Francois and David Rodrigue. 2004. Amphibiens et Reptiles du Quebec et des Maritimes. Editions Michel Quintin, Waterloo, 288 p. $28.00
Dgebuadze, Yu. yu.et al. 1989. [Vertebrates of the Kanev Nature Reserve (Ukraine)]. Moscow, 44. Includes a section on the amphibians and reptiles. $7.00
Diaz Bolio, Jose. n.d. The Rattlesnake School for geometry, architecture, chronology, religion and arts. Area Maya, Mèrida, 75 p. Paperback. $15.00
Díaz, Joel Vázquez and Gustavo E. Quintero Díaz (eds.) 2005. Anfibios y Reptiles de Aquascalientes. Ciema, Aquascalientes, 318 p. PB. $50.00
Dickerson, Mary C. 1906 (1969). The Frog Book: North American Toads and Frogs with a Study of the Habits and Life Histories of those of the Northeastern States. Dover, New York, xviii, 253 p., 96 plates. PB. $4.00
Dickerson, Mary C. 1906 (1908). The Frog Book: North American Toads and Frogs with a Study of the Habits and Life Histories of those of the Northeastern States. Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, xviii, 253 p., 96 plates. HB. $10.00
Diesener, Günter and Josef Reichholf. 2002. Guía de Naturaleza: Reptiles y Anfibios. Blume, Barcelona, 286 pgs. Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. $19.95
Disi, Ahmad M., David Modry, Petr Necas and Lina Rifai. 2001. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 408. HB. $35.00
Ditmars, Raymond L. 1932 (1947). Thrills of a Naturalist's Quest. Halcyon House, Garden City, NY, xiv, 268 p., 24 plates. Clothbound with a Dust-jacket, front hing cracked. $10.00
Ernst, Carl H. and Evelyn M. Ernst. 2011. Venomous Reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico. Volume 1. Heloderma, Micruroides, Micrurus, Pelamis, Agkistrodon, Sistrurus . Johns hopkins University Press, Baltimore, xx, 352 p., 16 plates. Clothbound with a dust-jacket. Ernst and Ernst have painstakingly researched and verified the highly valuable and detailed information in this volume, including every detail of the lives of these fascinating and sometimes deadly animals. Venomous Reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico provides facts on each animal's diet, reproductive behavior, physiology, ecology, and conservation status. The book also covers details on snakebite, how venom is delivered, venom composition, antivenom production, and medical treatments of envenomation. Each species account includes vivid photographs that aid with identification and detailed maps that show the species range. . $75.00
Freed, Paul. 2003. Of Golden Toads & Serpents' Roads. Texas A & M University Press, College Station, xvi, 192 p. PB, This volume invites readers to join a seasoned researcher as he "goes herping." After nearly twenty years of traveling around the globe searching for toads, frogs, salamanders, snakes, lizards, and turtles, herpetologist Paul Freed pauses to tell stories of his adventures finding and collecting reptiles and amphibians from the tropics of Costa Rica to the deserts of Namibia. $18.95
Gibbons, J. Whitfield and Raymond D. Semlitsch. 1991. Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of the Savannah River Site. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, xii, 131 p. Clothbound. $32.95
Gibbons, J. Whitfield and Raymond D. Semlitsch. 2009. Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of the Savannah River Site. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, xii, 131 p. Paperback. same as the 1991 hardcover edition. $19.95
Leitão de Caralho, Antenor. 1955. Os Jacarés do Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 42: 127-151. $15.00
Mattison, Chris. 2011. Frogs and Toads of the World. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 192 p. Clothbound with a dust-jacket. $29.95
O'Shea, Mark. 2011. Boas and Pythons of the World. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 160 pgs. paperback. $19.95
O'Shea, Mark. 2011. Venomous Snakes of the World. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 160 p. Paperback. $19.95
Wu, Zhengan. 1981. Karyotype of Rana chensinensis from Beijing. Acta Genetica Sinica. 8 (2): 138-144. Chinese with English abstract. $2.00
Yamashita, Kaoru, Hisaaki Iwasawa and Hiroshi Uwa. 1990. Effects of thyrotropin, thyroxine, and thiourea on Hynobius nigrescens larvae at low temperature. Science Reports of Niigata University. (27): 11-19. $2.00
Yamashita, Kaoru, Shigeyasu Tanaka and Hisaaki Iwasawa. 1991. Is artificial induction of neoteny in hynobiid salamanders possible? Effects of low temperature on the appearance and dynamics of gonadotropin-producing cells in Hynobius retardatus and Hynobius nigrescens . Science Reports of Niigata University. (28): 1-10. $2.00
Yanev, Kay P. and David B. Wake. 1981. Genic differentiation in a relict desert salamander, Batrachoseps campi . Herpetologica. 37 (1): 16-28. $1.00
Yoneyama, Hiroko and Hisaaki Iwasawa. 1985. Annual changes in the testis and accessory sex organs of the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana . Zoological Science. 2 (2): 229-237. $2.00
Zangerl, Rainer. 1944. Brachyuranochampsa eversolei, gen. et. sp. nov., a new crocodilian from the Washakie Eocene of Wyoming. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 30: 77-84. $2.00
Zangerl, Rainer. 1944. Contributions to the osteology of the skull of the Amphisbaenidae. American Midland Naturalist. 31 (2): 417-454. $4.50
Zangerl, Rainer. 1945. Contributions to the osteology of the post-cranial skeleton of the Amphisbaenidae. American Midland Naturalist. 33 (3): 764-780. $4.00
Zeng, Xiao-mao, Chang-yuan Ye, Liang Fei, Jian-pin Jiang and Feng Xie. 1998. [The karyotype and NORs investigations of four brown frogs]. Zoological Research. 19 (5): 412-414. Chinese only. Rana amurensis, Rana chaochiaoensis, Rana omeimontis, Rana zhenhaiensis. $1.25
Zug, George R. 1970. Intergradation of the two Rhineura (Reptilia) populations in central Florida and comments on its scale reduction. Journal of Herpetology. 4 (3-4): 123-129. $1.00
Zug, George R. 1977. Distribution and variation of Leptotyphlops tricolor . Copeia. 1977 (4): 744-745. $1.00
Zug, George R., Eric Lindgren and John R. Pippet. 1975. Distribution and ecology of the Marine Toad, Bufo marinus, in Papua New Guinea. Pacific Science. 29 (1): 31-50. $2.00
Zug, G.R. and B.R. Moon. 1995. Systematics of the Pacific slender-toed geckos, Nactus pelagicus complex: Oceania, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands populations. Herpetologica. 51 (1): 77-90. $1.00
Zweifel, Richard. 1956. The identity of the Mexican lizard, Cnemidophorus gadovi . Copeia. 1956 (4): 260-261. $0.50
Zweifel, Richard. 1956. Notes on microhylid frogs, genus Cophixalus, from New Guinea. American Museum Novitates. (1785): 1-8. Cophixalus shellyi sp. nov. $1.50
Zweifel, Richard. 1956. Results of the Archbold Expedition. No. 72 Microhylid frogs from New Guinea, with descriptions of new species. American Museum Novitates. (1766): 1-49. Asterophrys similis sp. nov., Sphenophryne crassa sp. nov., Sphenophryne palmipes sp. nov., Oreophryne brevicrus sp. nov., Oreophryne idenburgensis sp. nov., Oreophryne inornata sp. nov., Oreophryne insulana sp. nov., Cophixalus cryptotympanum sp. nov., Cophixalus daymani sp. nov., . $5.00
Zweifel, Richard. 1956. A survey of the frogs of the augusti group, genus Eleutherodactylus . American Museum Novitates. (1813): 1-35. Eleutherodactylus augusti fuscofemora subsp. nov. $4.00
Zweifel, Richard. 1958. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 78 Frogs of the Papuan Hylid genus Nyctimystes . American Museum Novitates. (1896): 1-51. Nyctimystes avocalis sp. nov., Nyctimystes daymani sp. nov., Nyctimystes fluviatilis sp. nov., Nyctimystes kubori sp. nov., Nyctimystes narinosa sp. nov., Nyctimystes perimetri sp. nov., Nyctimystes persimilis sp. nov., . $6.00
Zweifel, Richard G. 1954. Adaptation to feeding in the snake Contia tenuis . Copeia. 1954 (4): 299-300. $0.50
Zweifel, Richard G. 1958 (1959). Cnemidophorus tigris variolosus, a revived subspecies of whiptail lizard from Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist. 3: 94-101. $1.00
Zweifel, Richard G. 1959. Effect of temperature on the call of the frog, Bombina variegata . Copeia. 1959 (4): 322-327. $1.00
Zweifel, Richard G. 1957. A new frog of the genus Rana from Michoacán, Mexico. Copeia. 1957 (2): 78-83, 1 plate. Rana dunni sp. nov. $1.00
Zweifel, Richard G. 1960. A new Microhylid frog from the Adelbert mountains of New Guinea. American Museum Novitates. (2012): 1-7. Xenobatrachus obesus sp. nov. $2.00
Zweifel, Richard G. 1954. A new species of Chersodromus from Mexico. Herpetologica. 10 (1): 17-19. Chersodromus annulatus sp. nov. $1.00
Zweifel, Richard G. 1960. A new species of lizard (Genus Cnemidophorus) from Mexico. American Museum Novitates. (1998): 1-8. Cnemidophorus parvisocius sp. nov. $2.00
Zweifel, Richard G. 1952. Notes on the lizards of the Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Herpetologica. 8 (2): 9-11. $1.00
Zweifel, Richard G. 1960. Results of the 1958–1959 Gilliard New Britain Expedition. 3. Notes on the frogs of New Britain. American Museum Novitates. (2023): 1-27. Platymantis gilliardi sp. nov. $4.00
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