Brame, Arden H., Jr. 1967. Systematics and evolution of the Neotropical Salamander genus Oedipina. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, viii, 212 p. Clothbound. Arden Brame's personal copy.

Knowlton, Josephine G. 1943. My Turtles. Privately published, 222 p. Clothbound with a dust-jacket. Signed and numbered 137/300. Inscription on the endpaper dated 1955.

Pérez-Santos, Carlos Enrique. 1985. Zoogeografia de los Ophidia en Colombia Vols. I-III. Ph.D. Dissertation, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, vii, 306 p.; i, pp. 307-699; i, pp. 700-971.

Pope, Clifford H. 1931. Notes on the amphibians from Fukien, Hainan, and other parts of China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 61: 397-611, 1 foldout table, 10 plates.

Siebenrock, F. 1906. Schildkröten von Ostrafrika und Madagaskar. Pp. 1-40, 5 plates. In: A. Voeltzkow (eds.) Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905, Band II. E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart. Original Wrappers.

Stebbins, Robert C. 1951. Laboratory Syllabus in Herpetology. University of California Press, Berkeley, 36 p., 36 p., 56 p.,67 p. Wrappers. Complete with all four parts.

Steindachner, Franz. 1867. Reise der Öesterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil Erster Band. Reptilien. Kaiserlich-Königlichen hof- und Staatsdruckeri, Wien, 98 p., 3 plates. original wrappers.

Wagler, Johann. 1830. Natürliche System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugthiere und Vögel. Cotta'schen, München, vi + 352. Orig. binding. Very good condition, The large foldout table which is frequently missing is provided in photocopy.

Wake, David B. 1964. Comparative osteology and evolution of the lungless salamanders, family Plethodontidae. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Ph.D. Dissertation, iv, 367 p. Clothbound Draft with corrections. This appears to be a typed draft of the dissertation, not the final version. It is from the library of Arden H. Brame.

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Abbati, Baldo Angelo. 1660. De admirabili viperae natura et de mirificis ejusdem facultatibus. Broun, Hage Comitis, Engraved titlepage, xxiv, 186 p., (26), 4 plates. 12mo, Contemporary binding, a few scattered wormholes throughout. . $1450.00

Anonymous. 1844. Review of Erpétologie Générale, ou Histoire Naturelle compléte des Reptiles. Par A. M. C. Dumeril, Membre de l'Institut, et G. Bibron, Adie Naturaliste au Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal. 80 (162): 407-444. Clothbound, Contains complete issues 161 and 162 (viii, pp. 1-308; 309-622), includes numerous articles including this lengthy review of Erpetologie Generale. $100.00

Antivenin Institute of America. 1927-1932. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America. 1-5: Complete as published. 19 separate issues. $350.00

Babcock, Harold L. 1919. The Turtles of New England. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8 (3): 323-431, 16 plates. Bound with marbled boards. $1000.00

Baird, Spencer F. 1850. Revision of the North American tailed-batrachia, with descriptions of new genra and species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 1: 281-294. Disbound, original wrappers, torn, includes index of entire journal from pages 341-356. Desmognathus gen. nov., Ambystoma macrodactyla sp. nov., Ambystoma mavortia sp. nov., Ambystoma episcopus sp. nov., Pseudotriton montanus sp. nov., Plestiodon anthracinus sp. nov. $85.00

Barbour, Thomas and Archie F. Carr, Jr. 1940. Antillean Terrapins. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. 54 (5): 379-415, 9 plates. Original wrappers. $475.00

Bedriaga, Jacques de. 1881. Die Amphibien und Reptilien Greichenlands: Reptilia. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 56 (3 & 4): 43-103; 278-344. hardcover, complete copies of parts 3 and 4 of his journal with several other articles. Includes the two Reptilia parts of this three part series on the herpetology of Greece. The amphibia part was published in issue 2, which is not present in this copy. $650.00

Berkey, Charles P. and Frederick K. Morris. 1927. Geology of Mongolia: A Reconnaissance Report Based on the Investigations of the Years 1922-1923. American Museum of Natural History, New York, xxxi, 475 p., 44 plates, 161 illustrations in text, 6 maps in pocket at end. Clothbound, Inscribed, "To Dean Frederich J. E. Woodbridge, This first volume of the Central Asiatic Studies is submitted. From Charles P. Berkey, Chief Geologist of the Central Asiatic Expeditions. New York City March 10, 1928.". $300.00

Blanford, W. T. 1881. Notes on an apparently undescribed Varanus from Tenasserim and on other Reptilia and Amphibia. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 50 (4): 239-243. Disbound, original wrappers. Complete copy of this issue. Also includes, "A numerical estimate of the species of animals chiefly land and fresh-water hitherto recorded from british India and its dependencies" by Blanford which includes a section on Reptiles and Amphibians. A color plate of Lepidoptera is also included. Varanus macrolepis sp. nov., Draco taeniopterus, Naja tripudians, Ichthyophis glutinosus. $40.00

Bogert, Charles M. and Rafael Martín del Campo. 1956. The Gila Monster and its Allies. Bulletin of the American Museim of Natural History. 109 (1): 1-238, 20 plates. original wrappers. $350.00

Bojanus, L.H. 1819-21 (1970). Anatome Testudinis Europaeae: An anatomy of the Turtle. SSAR, Athens, OH, 200 p., 40 plates. Paperback edition. $145.00

Boulenger, George A. 1889. Description of new Reptiles and Batrachians from Madagascar. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (21): 244-248. Original wrappers, entire issue. Also includes a paper by A. Günther. Sepsina frontoparietalis sp. nov., Rana flavicrus sp. nov., Rana redimita sp. nov., Rana biporus sp. nov., Platyhyla gen. nov., Platyhyla grandis sp. nov., . $60.00

Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Vol II. British Museum, London, xi, 382 p., 20 plates. HB, has been rebacked. $200.00

Boulenger, George A. 1897. A revision of the Lizards of the genus Sceloporus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1897 (May): 474-522, 1 colored plate. $90.00

Boulenger, George A. 1897–8. The Tailless Batrachians of Europe. Parts I & II. Ray Society, London, (4), iv, 1–210 p., 10 plates, 2 folding maps; (4), pp. 211–376, 14 plates, 4 folding maps, 16 p. list of subscribers, 31 p. list of Ray Society publications. BMNH p. 213; Nissen ZBI 496; Parent 440; Wood p. 251. Also see Aramata 33. $750.00

Boulenger, George A. 1900. Descriptions of new reptiles and batrachians from Borneo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900 (2): 182-187, 4 pls in b/w. Complete issue, with several colored plates, unfortunately not the herpetological plates. Lygosoma shelfordi sp. nov.; Lepturophis gen nov.; Lepturophis borneensis sp. nov.; Distira saravacensis sp. nov.; Xenelaphis ellipsifer sp. nov.; Amblycephalus nuchalis sp. nov.; Rhacophorus shelfordi sp. nov.; Ixalus petersi sp. nov.; Calophrynus hete. $80.00

Boulenger, George Albert. 1906. Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova. 2 (11): 1-21. Hemidactylus boavistensis sp. nov., Hemidactylus aporus sp. nov., Amphisbaena oligopholis sp. nov., Amphisbaena bifrontalis sp. nov., Placogaster gen. nov., Placogaster feae sp. nov., Mabuia spinalis sp. nov., Chamaeleon feae sp. nov., Typhlops feae sp. nov., Typhlops princeps sp. nov., Glauconia gestri sp. nov., Boodon bedriagae sp. nov., Gastropyxis principis sp. nov., Calamelaps feae sp. nov. $50.00

Boulenger, George Albert. 1909. List of reptiles and batrachians collected by Capt. U. Ferrandi at Bardera. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Serie 3, 4: 310-311. Lygosoma productum sp. nov., From Alexander Ruthven's library with his signature. $15.00

Boulenger, George Albert. 1909. List of reptiles collected by Capt. G. Ferrari at Jumbo, Lower Juba. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Serie 3, 4: 308-309. Lygosoma sphenopiforme sp. nov.. From Alexander Ruthven's library with his signature. $15.00

Boulenger, George A. 1917. Les batraciens urodeles rapportes au genre Euproctus, leurs rapports ethologiques et phylogenies. I-II. Comptes Rendus de Seances de l'Academie des Sciences. 164: 1-8. $40.00

Boulenger, George Albert. 1917. A revision of the lizards of the genus Tachydromus. Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 5 (6): 207-235, 2 plates. Tachydromus khasiensis sp. nov.; Platyplacopus gen. nov.; Apeltonotus gen. nov. $50.00

Boulenger, George A. 1920. A monograph of the American frogs of the Genus Rana. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 55 (9): 413-480. $75.00

Bourret, René. 1942. Les Batraciens de l'Indochine. Mémoires de l'Institut Océanographique de l'Indochine. 6: x, 1-517, 4 plates. Orig. wprs., some soiling on front wrapper and slight browning to the plates. Overal a very good copy. $1800.00

Burmeister, Hermann. 1856. Erläuterungen zur Fauna Brasiliens, enhaltend Abbildungen und ausführliche Beschreibungen neuer oder ungenügend bekannter Thier-Arten. Georg Reimer, Berlin, viii, 115 p., 32 plates. Folio, New binding, a very clean copy in excellent condition. $2500.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1866. Fourth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 18: 123-132. Osborn 59. Several species descriptions, including the descriptions of the new lacertilian genus Cochryx and Colostethus of the Ranidae. $40.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1866. On the reptilia and batrachia of the Sonoran Province of the Nearctic Region. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 18: 300-314. Osborn 64. Hyla curta Cope. On a collection made along the Mexican border by Dr. Coues, and others. General discussion of the distribution of species in the Sonoran province. Includes a synopsis of the genus Caudisoma (Crotalus). $45.00

Cope, Edward D. 1866. "On the structure and distribution of the genera of the Arciferous Anura" and "On the families of the Raniform Anura". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. N.S. 6 (1 & 2): 67-112, 1 plate; 189-206. Orig. wprs. Folio. Two complete issues of this journal. The plate for the paper in part 1 is printed in part two. Platyplectrum occidentale sp. nov.; Crinia ignita sp. nov.; Crinia stolata sp. nov.; Crinia stictiventris sp. nov.; Cinclidium granulatum sp. nov.; Calamita dolichopsis sp. nov.; Centrotelma cryptomelan sp. nov.; Grypiscus umbrinus sp. nov. $150.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1867. A review of the species of the Amblystomidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 19: 166-211. Osborn 79. With notes on the anatomy and metamorphosis. First page typed, the remainder is original. $50.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1867. A review of the species of the Amblystomidae. Part II Species of Amblystoma unknown to the writer. Part III Descriptions of two new Pacific species of Plethodon Tsch. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 19 209-211. Osborn 79 (part). Only parts II and III are present. $12.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1869. Observations on Reptiles of the Old World. Art. II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 20: 316-323. Osborn 109. Several species descriptions, including new genera Panaspis (lizard from Australia) and Letheobia (snake from Zanzibar). $35.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1869. A review of the species of the Plethodontidae and Desmognathidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 22 (2): 93-118. Osborn 120. Complete issue of this journal in orginal wrappers. Also includes two papers by F.B. Meek. $65.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1869. "Sixth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America" and "Observations on some extinct reptiles, and a large rodent, Amblyrhiza inundata". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 20: 305-313. Osborn 107 & 108. Several species descriptions, including the new genera Loxopholes (lizard) and Lystris (snake) from Colombia. $35.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1871. On Siredon metamorphoses, etc. American Journal of Science and Arts. Ser. 3, Vol. 1: 89-90. Osborn 172. $15.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1872. List of the reptilia of the Eocene formation of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 24: 14-18. Osborn 237. Two new species of Chelonia described and one new crocodilian. Lembonax propylaeus sp. nov.; Lembonax insularis sp. nov.; Thecachampsa serrata sp. nov. $12.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1874. On the extinct fauna of Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of National Science of Philadelphia. 26: 10-11. Osborn 340. Discussion by Cope, Leconte, and Frazer on age of "lignite" beds of N.E. Colorado. $10.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1874. "Remarks on the viviparous snakes of the genus Storeria B. & G." "On the age of the Bridger Eocene" and "On the Palaeontology of Colorado". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia. 26: 116-117. Osborn 350-352. First notice of the genus Storeria as viviparous. Synopsis of result of work in connection with Hayden's U.S. Geological Survey during 1873 - Hay. $20.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution based on specimens contained in the U.S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 1: 1-104. Osborn 367. Original wrappers, in the complete Volume 13 (1878) of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. This volume contains 10 articles, including two others with herpetological information: "Classification of the Collection to Illustrate the Animal Resources of the United States" by G. Brown Goode (pp.126); and "Contributions to the natural history of the Hawaiian and Fanning Inslands and Lower California" by Thomas H. Streets (pp.172). Batrachia, Classification, Reptilia, North America. $125.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution based on specimens contained in the U.S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States national Museum. 1: 1-104. Osborn 367. Signatures loose. An important contribution to American herpetology and the first Bulletin of the U.S. National Musuem published a year before the formal designation of the Museum as a separate entity from the Smithsonian. Batrachia; Classification; Reptilia; North America. $65.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1875. The extinct batrachia of Ohio. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia. 27: 16. Osborn 384. Pleuropteryx clavatus and Hyphasma laevis, new genera and species, described, and a new species of Ceraterpeton. $10.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1875. On fossil remains of reptilia and fishes from Illinois. Proceedings of the Academy of National Science of Philadelphia. 27: 404-411. Osborn 404. According to Cope this paper was issued in 1876 (see Cope 1886 p. 920). Ceratodus vinslooii Cope. $35.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1875. On the Cretaceous beds of the Galisteo. Proceedings of the Academy of National Science of Philadelphia. 27: 359-360. Osborn 398. Cope discusses Stevenson's paper on "Geological relations of the lignitic group of the Cretaceous," and refers the Galisteo formation to the Triassic on the supposition that former observers had inverted the section. $10.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1876. Description of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 18: 248-261. Osborn 419. Ceratodus cruciferus, C. hieroglyphs, new species, and Mylidaphus bibartitus new genus and species of fishes. Eighteen species described from Judith River formation, mostly dinosaur teeth; Dysganus, Diclonius, Monoclonius, Paramychodon, Polythorax, Hedronchus, new genera. $35.00

Cope, Edward D. 1876. "On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica"; "On the Batrachia and Reptilia collected by Dr. John M. Branford during the Nicaraguan Canal Survey of 1874"; and "Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon and western Peru". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. N.S. 8 (2): 93-183, 6 plates. Orig. wprs. Folio. Entire issue of this journal. Also included is an ichthyology paper by Cope and a mollusk paper by Mörch. Cranopsis fastidiosus gen. et sp. nov.; Crepidius epioticus gen. et sp. nov.; Ollotis cœrulescens gen. et sp. nov.; Bufo auritus sp. nov.; Hyla gabbii sp. nov.; Hyla uranochroa sp. nov.; Hyla nigripes sp. nov.; Hyla elæochroa sp. nov.; Phyllobates hylæformis sp. nov.; Lithodytes podiciferus sp. nov.; Lithodytes muricinus sp. nov.; Lithodytes melanostictus sp. nov.; Lithodytes megacephalus sp. nov.; Lithodytes gulosus sp. nov.; Hylodes cerasinus sp. nov.; Mabuia alliacea sp. nov.; Epaphelus sumichrastii gen. et sp. nov.; Chalcidolepis metallicus gen. et sp. nov.; Amiva gabbiana sp. nov.; Anolis pachypus sp. nov.; Anolis oxylophus sp. nov.; Basiliscus plumifrons sp. nov.; Xiphosoma annulatum sp. nov.; Xiphosoma rushenbergerii sp. nov.; Leptognathus argus sp. nov.; Leptognathus pictiventris sp. nov.; Trimorphodon collaris sp. nov.; Leptophis æruginosus sp. nov.; Leptophis saturatus sp. nov.; Dendrophidium melanotropis sp. nov.; Geagras redimitus sp. nov.; Tantilla armillata sp. nov.; Tantilla bimaculata sp. nov.; Tantilla rubra sp. nov.; Contia pachypura sp. nov.; Contia calligaster sp. nov.; Catastoma psephotum sp. nov.; Bothriopsis proboscideus sp. nov.; Lachesis stenophrys sp. nov.; Chelopus gabbii sp. nov.; Chelopus funereus sp. nov.; Lithodytes diastema sp. nov.; Basiliscus guttulatus sp. nov.; Lepidosoma carinicaudatum sp. nov.; Neusticurus ecpleopus sp. nov.; Centropyx altamazonicus sp. nov.; Cnemidophorus armatulus sp. nov.; Scytomycterus lævis gen. et sp. nov.; Anolis bocourtii sp. nov.; Anolis trachyderma sp. nov.; Enyalius coerulescens sp. nov.; Hyperanodon peltigerus sp. nov.; Microlophus inguinalis sp. nov.; Proctotretus multiformis sp. nov.; Phyllodactylus inæqualis sp. nov.; Phyllodactylus microphyllus sp. nov.; Amphisbæna occidentalis sp. nov.; Leptophis ortonii sp. nov.; Herpetodryas holochlorus sp. nov.; Drymobius heathii sp. nov.;Lygophis pœcilostomus sp. nov.; Tantilla capistrata sp. nov.; Bothrops microphthalmus sp. nov. $200.00

Cope, Edward D. 1877. On some extinct reptiles and batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadephia. 28: 340-359. Osborn 423. Fifteen species described, mostly from Judith River Cretaceous; Zapsalis, Uronautes, Champsosaurus, Scapherpeton, Hemitrypus new genera. $40.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1880. On the zoological position of Texas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (17): 1-51. Osborn 548. Original wrappers. $75.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1883. Notes on the geographical distribution of batrachia and reptilia in Western North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 35: 10-35. Osborn 697. Crotalus confluentus pulverulentus subsp. nov., Scaphiopus intermontanus sp. nov., Amblystoma epixanthum sp. nov., Eutaenia biscutata sp. nov., Plethodon iecanus sp. nov., Rana pachyderma sp. nov. $45.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1884. "The structure of the columella auris in Clepsydrops leptocephalus" and "On the phylogeny of the vertebrata". American Naturalist. 18: 1253-1255, 1 plate, and 1255-1257. Osborn 811 & 812. Original wrappers. The first paper is an interpretation of the structure in this Permian reptile bearing upon problems of origin of the mammalian ear ossicles. The second paper is a diagram of phyletic relations of the classes of vertebrates. $35.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1885. Twelfth contribution to the herpetology of Tropical America. Proceedings from the American Philosophical Society. 22 (118): 167-194, 1 plate. Osborn 832. Original wrappers, front wrapper missing top 25%. This paper contains several species descriptions. Osborn (1930) summary of this paper is: With synopses of the Mexican and Central American species of the genera: Eumeces, Eutaenia, Coluber, Phyllodactylus and of the genera of the Amphisbaenidae, including the new genus Aporarchus from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. $55.00

Cope, E.D. 1886. Synonymic list of the North American species of Bufo and Rana, with descriptions of some new species of Batrachia, from specimens in the National Museum. Proceedings from the American Philosophical Society. 23 (3): 514-526. Osborn 922. Wrappers stapled at spine. $40.00

Cope, Edward D. 1887. Catalogue of Batrachians and Reptiles of Central America and Mexico. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (32): 1-98. Osborn 929. Orig. wprs., spine of wrappers missing. SIGNED, "Compliments of E. D. Cope" unfortunately the very top of the tall letters has been trimmed. $100.00

Cope, Edward D. 1887. Catalogue of Batrachians and Reptiles of Central America and Mexico. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (32): 1-98. Osborn 929. Orig. wprs. Leonard Stejneger's copy with his signature on the front wrapper. Also contains Gerald Durrell's bookplate. $90.00

Cope, Edward D. 1887. Catalogue of Batrachians and Reptiles of Central America and Mexico. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (32): 1-98. Osborn 929. Hardbound with marbled boards, spine worn. $85.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1887. List of the Batrachia and Reptilia of the Bahama Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 10: 436-439. Osborn 973. $20.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1888. On a new species of Bufo from Texas. Proceedings of United States National Museum. 11: 317-318. Osborn 1004. $12.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1888. On a new species of Bufo from Texas. Proceedings of United States National Museum. 11: 317-318. Osborn 1004. Tear in middle of page, no loss of text. $6.00

Cope, Edward D. 1889. The Batrachia of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (34): 1-525, 86 plates. HB. $300.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1889. Scientific results of explorations of the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. III. Report on the Batrachians and Reptiles collected in 1887–88. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 12 (769): 141-147. Osborn 1079. $22.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1892. A critical review of the characters and variations of the snakes of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 14 (882): 589-694. Osborn 1169. Original wrappers. $55.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1892. A critical review of the characters and variations of the snakes of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 14 (882): 589-694. Osborn 1169. Clothbound. $55.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1892. A critical review of the characters and variations of the snakes of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 14 (882): 589-694. Osborn 1169. Separated from the original journal and In a manilla cover. From the libraries of M. Graham Neting and Albert G. Smith. $50.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1892. "The Osteology of the Lacertilia" and "On some new and little known Paleozoic vertebrates. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 30: 184-221, 5 plates; 221-229, 2 plates. Osborn 1178 & 1179. $95.00

Cope, Edward D. 1892. A synopsis of the species of the Teïd genus Cnemidophorus. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 17 (1): 27-52; 8 plates. Osborn 1177. $150.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1893. The color variations of the milk snake. American Naturalist. 27: 1066-1071, 5 plates. Osborn 1239. Wrapper with stape and staples on spine. $45.00

Cope, Edward Drinker. 1894. Third addition to a knowledge of the batrachia and reptilia of Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 46: 194-206. Osborn 1275. Several species descriptions, including a new salientian genus, Levirana, and ophidian genus Pogonaspis. $40.00

Cope, Edward D. 1896. The Geographical distribution of Batrachia and Reptilia in North America. American Naturalist. 30: 886-902; 1003-1026. Osborn 1359. $50.00

Cope, Edward D. 1896. On the hemipenes of the sauria. Proceedings of the Academy of National Science of Philadelphia. 48: 461-467. Osborn 1356. $24.00

Cope, Edward D. 1899. Contributions to the herpetology of New Granada and Argentina with descriptions of new forms. The Philadelphia Museums Scientific Bulletin. (1): 1-22, 4 plates. Osborn 1393. Including a new lacertilian genus, Heterodonium from Colombia and a synopsis of the genus Himantodes. Hyla vilsoniana n. sp., Prostherapsis subpunctatus n. sp., Anolis sulcifrons n. sp., Anolis frenatus n. sp., Anolis purpurescens n. sp., Heterodonium bicolor gen et sp. nov., Helminthophis anops n. sp., Liophis bimaculatus n. sp., Leptognathus triseriata. $40.00

Coues, Elliott and H. C. Yarrow. 1878. Notes on the herpetology of Dakota and Montana. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 4 (1): 259-297. $45.00

Cowles, Raymond B. and Charles M. Bogert. 1944. A preliminary study of the thermal requirements of desert reptiles. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 83 (5): 261-296, 11 plates. Charles M. Bogert's copy with his library stamp on the front & back wrapper & title page. Brief notes written on 5 pages. Spine reinforced with library tape.This study "is something f an anomaly in bology. It is a paper that introduced new concepts concerning an entire vertebrate class and presented a rigorous framwork for experiemental studies which has survived with remarkably little change for three decades. A major field of herpetological research can be traced directly to the appearance of this work, and for more than a quarter of a century nearly every paper dealing with the thermal relations of reptiles has referred to 'Cowles and Bogert 1944.' " — F. Harvey Pough from the preface to the SSAR reprint in 1974. $30.00

Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert. 1831. The Animal Kingdom, arranged in conformity with its organization, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not nefore noticed, by Edward Griffith, and others. Whittaker, Treacher, and Co, London, viii, 481 p., 55 plates. Original boards with new cloth spine. This edition of Cuvier contains the systematically very important paper by John E. Gray, "A Synopsis of the Species of the Class Reptilia.". $650.00

Daudin, François-Marie. 1801-1803 (An X-XII). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles. F. Dufart, Paris, 384 p., 15 plates; 432 p, 13 plates; 452 p, 17 plates; 397 p, 12 plates; 365 p. 12 plates, 2 foldout tables; 447 p, 10 plates; 436 p; 12 plates, 439 p, 8 plates. Bound in contemporary bindings except volume 2 (cover missing, text block stitched) and volumes 3 &4 (bound together with aleather spine). Two plates in facsimile (one from vol. 1 and one in vol. 8). Pages 432-441 of volume 6 in facsimile. Last page of volume 1 loose and missing a section. Overall a good copy with a few flaws. $1500.00

Daudin, François-Marie. 1801-1803 (An X-XII). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C. S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. F. Dufart, Paris, 384 p., 15 plates; 432 p, 13 plates; 452 p, 17 plates; 397 p, 12 plates; 365 p. 12 plates, 2 foldout tables; 447 p, 10 plates; 436 p; 12 plates, 439 p, 8 plates. Contemporary bindings, Generally clean with few spots of foxing, dampstaining to some pages in volumes 7 and 8. Overall a very good copy. $2300.00

Daudin, François-Marie. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Rainettes, des Grenouilles et des Crapauds. Levrault, Paris, 108 p., 38 plates. Contemporary binding, rebacked. bright plates and text, with minor, light water staining on a few plates. Titlepage appears to be a facsimile. This is the black and white, quarto edition. $5000.00

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. Thurlow Weed, Albany, [2] viii, 98 p.; xvi, 415p.; 23 plates of Reptiles & Amphibians, 79 plates of fish. Colored edition in contemporary green half leather, five raised bands, with gilt tooling. This copy is very good with little foxing. Sabin mentions that only a few copies were issued with the plates colored by hand, and that "it is hardly necessary to add that they are greatly superior to the plain copies." Colored copies of the reptiles volume is far more scarce that the bird or mammal volumes, for which 300 colored copies were issued. $4800.00

Duméril, André Marie Constant, Gabriel Bibron and Auguste Henri André Duméril. 1834-1854. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. 9 volumes (in 10) plus Atlas. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, v.1: (iv), xxiv, 447 p.; v.2: (iv), ii, 680 p., 2 folding tables; v.3: (iv), iv, 518 p., 2 folding tables; v.4: (iv), ii, 572 p., 2 folding tables; v.5: viii, 855 p., 3 folding tables; v.6: xii, 610 p., 2 folding tables; v.7a: xii, xvi, 780 p., 1 folding table; v.2b: (iv), xii, pp. 781-1536, 2 folding tables; v.8: (iv), iv, 792 p., 5 folding tables; v.9: xx, 440 p., 1 folding table; Atlas: 24 p., portrait, 120 plates. Clothbound, Library stamps, generally limited to the endpapers. The Atlas volume also contains an extra set of plate descriptions which appear to be from different livraisonss of plates. $9000.00

Duméril, André Marie Constant, Gabriel Bibron and Auguste Henri André Duméril. 1834-1854. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. 9 volumes (in 10) plus Colored Atlas. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, v.1: (iv), xxiv, 447 p.; v.2: (iv), ii, 680 p., 2 folding tables; v.3: (iv), iv, 518 p., 2 folding tables; v.4: (iv), ii, 572 p., 2 folding tables; v.5: viii, 855 p., 3 folding tables; v.6: xii, 610 p., 2 folding tables; v.7a: xii, xvi, 780 p., 1 folding table; v.2b: (iv), xii, pp. 781-1536, 2 folding tables; v.8: (iv), iv, 792 p., 5 folding tables; v.9: xx, 440 p., 1 folding table; Atlas: 24 p., portrait, 120 plates (102 colored). Contemporary quarter calf bindings with marbled boards. From the library of Gerold Durrell with his bookplate. Undoubtedly the single most important systematic text in herpetology. The colored edition is particularly scarce. $14500.00

Fitzinger, Leopold. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel Bibliopolas, Vindobonae, 106 p., x. Clothbound, spine worn with some cloth missing. Inside with considerable foxing which seems to be typical for this work. Contains the bookplate of G.F. de Witte and J. v. Bedriaga's signature dated 1874 on the flyleaf. Reprinted by SSAR in 1973 with an introduction by Robert Mertens in which he writes, "Fitzinger's most important herpetological work, however, was his "Systema Reptilium," first published in 1843 and now available in reprint. Unfortunately this work remained incomplete because he published only the first part of it. This treats only the "Amblyglossae" group of lizards, which Fitzinger divided into three parts, The Dendrobatae [according to present classification, the families Chamaeleonidae, Agamidae (part.), Iguanidae (part.)], Humivagae (Iguanidae (part.) and Agamidae (part.)] and Ascalabotae (Gekkonidae)... For the study of reptiles and amphibians Fitzinger's work is of tremendous significance, not so much because of the nearly one hundred new generic and subgeneric names proposed, but because he always cites generic type species or "generotypes" (genotypes in the old sense). Even if the diagnoses are sometimes missing, these generic names are still valid apart from homonyms and younger synonyms. The last part of the book presents an overview of the geographical distribution of the "Amblyglossae.". $2000.00

Garman, S. 1886. "Amblystoma and Gordius;" "Monstrous embryos;" "A prehensile-tailed "Salamander;" "On habits of the "Copperhead";" and "A brilliant meteor". Science. 7 (176): 550-551. $20.00

Garman, Samuel. 1887. On the West Indian Iguanidæ, and on West Indian Scincidæ, in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass, U.S.A. Bulletin of the Essex Institute. 19: 1-29. Original wrappers with L.D. Brongersma's signature on the front wrapper. Anolis scriptus sp. nov., Anolis asper sp. nov., Anolis nubilus sp. nov., Anolis gentilis var. nov., Anolis cinereus var. nov., Anolis extremus var. nov., Anolis griseus sp. nov., Anolis trossulus sp. nov., Anolis sabanus sp. nov., Anolis virgatus sp. nov., Anolis haetianus var. nov., Anolis speciosus sp. nov., Anolis lividus sp. nov., Anolis luciæ sp. nov., Anolis vincentii sp. nov., Mabuia nitida sp. nov., Mabuia lucæ sp. nov., Mabuia dominicana sp. nov. $40.00

Garman, Samuel. 1899. Concerning a species of lizard from Clipperton Island. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club. 1: 59-62. L.D. Brongersma's signature on the front. Lygosoma arundelii sp. nov. $8.00

Garman, Samuel. 1917. The Galapagos Tortoises. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. 30 (4): 257-296, 42 plates. Orig. Wprs. $650.00

Girard, Charles. 1857. Descriptions of new species of reptiles : collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Fourth part - including the species of Saurians, exotic to North American. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 195-199. Entire issue of journal, Original wrappers, no spine, signatures loose. Contains 5 herpetological papers by Girard, Hallowell, and Leidy. $90.00

Girard, Charles. 1857. Descriptions of new species of reptiles : collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Third part - Including species of Ophidians, exotic to North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 181-182. Entire issue of journal, Original wrappers, no spine, signatures loose. Contains 5 herpetological papers by Girard, Hallowell, and Leidy. $90.00

Gray, John Edward. 1831. A Synopsis of the Species of the Class Reptilia. Pp. viii, 481 p., 55 plates. In: G. L. C. F. D. Cuvier (eds.) The Animal Kingdom, arranged in conformity with its organization, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not nefore noticed, by Edward Griffith, and others. Whittaker, Treacher, and Co, London. Original boards with new cloth spine. This is the complete volume. $650.00

Gray, John Edward. 1855-1873. Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises); Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). With figures of the Skulls of 36 Genera; Appendix to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises); Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.. Emydosaurians, Rhynchocephalia, and Amphisbænians; Hand-list of the Specimens of Shield Reptiles in the British Museum. British Museum, London, iv, 82 p., 50 plates; x, 120 p.; iv, 28 p.; vi, 42 p.; Hand-list: iv, 124 p. Clothbound in blue cloth. Hand-list in original binding. $8750.00

Green, Jacob. 1818. Descriptions of several species of North American Amphibia, accompanied with observations. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1 (1): 348-359. Original descriptions of: Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus; Eurycea longicauda; Eurycea bislineata; Plethodon cinerea; Plethodon glutinosus; Desmognathus fuscus. Salamandra tigrina sp. nov. $70.00

Green, Jacob. 1825. Description of a new species of salamander. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5: 116-118. Original description of Ambystoma tigrinum. Beltz (1995) lists figure 7 on plate 25 for this paper as well. No figure is referenced in the text and the plate is not present in this copy. Salamandra tigrina sp. nov. $35.00

Günther, Albert. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum, London, xvi, 281 p. Clothbound. $150.00

Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1875. Description of the living and extinct races of gigantic land-tortoises. Parts I & II, Introduction, and The tortoises of the Galapagos Islands. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 165 (1): 251-284, 13 plates (some folding). Clothbound, in the Complete issue of this journal. Also includes two herpetological papers by Charles S. Tomes.  $850.00

Günther, Albert. 1887. Notes on batrachians from Perak. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 5, 20: 313-316, 1 plate. Polypedates leprosus sp. nov. $45.00

Günther, A. 1889. Third contribution to our knowledge of reptiles and fishes from the Upper Yangtsze-Kiang. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (21): 218-229. Original wrappers, entire issue. Also includes a paper by G.A. Boulenger. Eumeces xanthi sp. nov., Ablabes chinensis sp. nov., Trimeresurus xanthomelas sp. nov., Rana boulengerisp. nov., Hynobius chinensis sp. nov., Rhynchocypris variegata sp. nov., Botia variegata sp. nov. $60.00

Hallowell, MD, Edward. 1853. On some new reptiles from California. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6: 236-238. Pityophis heermanni, Coronella balteata, Tropidonotus tri-vittatus, Leptophis lateralis. This last one is the original description of Masticophis lateralis. $35.00

Hallowell, Edward. 1856. Notes on the reptiles in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of National Sciences of Philadelphia. 8: 221-238. Contains several species descriptions, including several that are still recognized today: Anolis acutus, Anolis angusticeps, Anolis sericeus, Anolis tropidogaster, Aristelliger praesignis, Stenocercus erythrogaster. $50.00

Hallowell, Edward. 1857. Description of several new North American reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 215-216. Entire issue of journal, Original wrappers, no spine, signatures loose. Contains 5 herpetological papers by Girard, Hallowell, and Leidy. $90.00

Hallowell, Edward. 1857. Notice of a collection of reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry Ford. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 48-72. Entire issue of journal, Original wrappers, no spine, signatures loose. Contains 5 herpetological papers by Girard, Hallowell, and Leidy. $90.00

Harlan, Richard. 1824. Dissection of a batrachian animal in a living state. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3: 54-59, 1 plate. Amphiuma means. Stapled. $65.00

Harlan, Richard. 1826. Genera of North American reptilia, and a synopsis of the species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5: 317-372. In wrappers, Contains original descriptions of: Lampropeltis calligaster and Opheodrys vernalis. "Harlan's "Genera of North American reptilia, and a synopsis of the species" (in two parts, 1826-1827, in the Academy's Journal) was the first comprehensive catalogue of his country's herpetofauna... These catalogues were an essential prelude to John E. Holbrook's great synthesis of North American herpetology a decade later." - Adler 1989. This is the first part, covering amphibians and snakes. $350.00

Harlan, Richard. 1829. Note on the Amphiuma means, described in Vol. III. of this journal. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 6 (1): 147-148. $25.00

Jan, Giorgio. 1863. Elenco Sistematico Degli Ofidi Descritti e Disegnati per L'Iconografia Generale. A. Lombardi, Milano, 143 p. (2). Contemporary binding, very good condition. "Frank N. Blanchard, Jan. 15 1930" written on endpaper. Laurence C. Stuart's bookplate inside cover. . $500.00

Jan, Giorgio. 1864. Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens: Première Famille Les Typhlopiens. Chez L'Auteur, Milan, 42 p. Original wrappers, taped on spine. This is the first (of two) text volumes issued as part of the Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens. . $100.00

Kielsen, F. C. 1835. Icones Amphibiorum. Indicem systematicum. Pp. vi, 42 plates. In: Steindachner (eds.) Novara Reise. Christiani Steen, Hasniae. Complete Herpetology section from this work. . $800.00

Krefft, Gerard. 1869. The Snakes of Australia; An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of All known Species. Thomas Richards, Sydney, xxvi, 100 p., 12 Colored plates. Full leather binding. A very good copy, but with a strong crease in plate 4 and minor foxing on plates 5 and 11.. Krefft is known today as the "Father of Australian Herpetology," however he initially emigrated to Australia in 1852 to join the gold rush. In 1857 he was hired by the National Museum as an artist and curator. later he moved to Sydney where he became the Curator of the Australian Museum. This book was the first comprehensive study of Austraian snakes. It was produced under duress. Unable to find a publisher for fis work, Krefft paid the Government Printer £225 to print 700 copies.

"The present descriptive Catalogue contains a full account of nearly all the Australian Snakes discovered and recorded up to the year 1869, including the Sea Snakes observed on our coast. Original descriptions have been retained wherever it was possible, errors have been corrected, and the ranges of the various species defined. Much attention has been paid to the colours of living specimens, and to the changes ophidian reptiles undergo during the perios of growth. Frequent experiments have enabled me to distinguish between venomous and dangerous venomous snakes; and it must be a source of congratulation that, with the many new discoveries in this branch of nNatural History during the last ten years, not one really dangerous serpent has been added to our fauna." — Gerard Krefft, 1869. $6000.00

Krefft, Gerard. 1869. The Snakes of Australia; An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of All known Species. Thomas Richards, Sydney, xxvi, 100 p., 12 plates. Handbound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards and end papers, five raised band and gilt tooling and title on spine/ Original boards bound in back of book. A very good copy of the uncolored edition, in a splendid binding. Krefft is known today as the "Father of Australian Herpetology," however he initially emigrated to Australia in 1852 to join the gold rush. In 1857 he was hired by the National Museum as an artist and curator. later he moved to Sydney where he became the Curator of the Australian Museum. This book was the first comprehensive study of Austraian snakes. It was produced under duress. Unable to find a publisher for fis work, Krefft paid the Government Printer £225 to print 700 copies. // "The present descriptive Catalogue contains a full account of nearly all the Australian Snakes discovered and recorded up to the year 1869, including the Sea Snakes observed on our coast. Original descriptions have been retained wherever it was possible, errors have been corrected, and the ranges of the various species defined. Much attention has been paid to the colours of living specimens, and to the changes ophidian reptiles undergo during the perios of growth. Frequent experiments have enabled me to distinguish between venomous and dangerous venomous snakes; and it must be a source of congratulation that, with the many new discoveries in this branch of Natural History during the last ten years, not one really dangerous serpent has been added to our fauna." — Gerard Krefft, 1869. $2750.00

Leidy, Joseph. 1857. List of extinct vertebrata, the remains of which have been discovered in the region of the Missouri River: with remarks on their geological age. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 89-91. Entire issue of journal, Original wrappers, no spine, signatures loose. Contains 5 herpetological papers by Girard, Hallowell, and Leidy. $90.00

Leidy, Joseph. 1879. [Notes from the July 8th meeting] Fossil foot tracks of the Anthracite coal measures. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia. 31: 164-165. $8.00

Lenz, Harald Othmar. 1870. Schlangen und Schlangenfeinde. Der Schlangenkunde zweite fehr beränderte Auflage. Thienemann's Hofbuchhandlung, Gotha, iv, 288 p., 12 hand-colored plates. Clothbound, Titlepage and first two leaves loose. This book is not mentioned in Wood, Nissen, or the BMNH catalogue $650.00

Lier, Johannes van. 1781. Verhandelingen over de Drentsche Slangen en Adders. Traite des Serpens et des Viperes qu'on trouve dans le Pays de Drenthe. Houtuin en L. Huisingh, Amsterdam, vii, 372, 3 plates. Bound in 19 century marbled boards. An exceptionally clean copy in excellent condition. Nissen 2510, BMNH p. 1113. $2750.00

Linneaen Society of London. 1828-29. Zoological Journal - Atlas of plates. Zoological Journal. 4: Plates 1-17. Complete set of plates to volume 4 of the Zoological Journal. 12 color plate 5 black and white. Only one plate deals with herpetology and is of the Heart of Testudo indica. . $65.00

Lister, Joseph. 1858. On the cutaneous pigmentary system of the frog. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 1858: 627-643, 2 plates. $40.00

Liu, Ch'eng-Chao. 1950. Amphibians of Western China. Fieldiana: Zoology Memoirs. 2: 1-400, 10 plates. In original wrappers. "[Lui's] magnum opus ...a lavishly illustrated work with a wealth of natural history information based on his careful study."–(Adler p. 123). $150.00

Lortet, L. 1877. Observations sur les Tortues Terrestres et Paludines du Bassin de la Méditerranée. Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon. 4: 1-26, 8 Lithographic plates (1 chromolithograph). Wrappers missing. The 8 turtle plates are very nice and accurate. $800.00

Marsh, O. C. 1871. New fossil serpents, from the tertiary deposits of Wyoming. The American Journal of Science and Arts. 50: 1-7. Boavus occidentalis, Boavus agilis, Boavus brevis, Lithophis sargenti, Limnophis crassus. $20.00

Mayer, F. J. C. 1865. Ueber das Ei der Vögel und der Reptilien. Nova Acta Leopolina. 1865: 1-95, 4 plates. $140.00

McCauley, Robert H., Jr. 1945. The Reptiles of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Privately published, Hagerstown, MD, iv, 194 p., 32 plates. Original wrappers, INSCRIBED, "To Ron Heyer Salientiophile! with best wishes Robert H. McCauley, Jr. 2 January 1973. Also includes a typed letter and a typescript of a draft for the preface to the planned reprint, both written by Ron Heyer. A short biography and list of McCauley's publications is also present. $55.00

Meehan, Thomas. 1879. Do Snakes swallow their young? Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia. 31 (2): 139-140. $14.00

Ouwens, P. A. 1916. De Voornaamste Giftslangen van Nederlandsch Oost-Indië. E.J. Brill, Leiden, 22 p., (1) 19 plates. $400.00

Parker, William Kitchen. 1876. On the structure and development of the skull in the Batrachia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 166 (2): 601-669, 9 plates. Org. wprs. $110.00

Parsons, I. 1766. An Account of Some Peculiar Advantages in the Structure of the Asperae Arteriae, or Wind Pipes, of Several Birds, and in the Land-Tortoise. Philosophical Transactions. 56: 204-215, 2 folding plates. $140.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1857. Üeber Amblyodipsas, eine neue Schlangengattung aus Mossambique. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1856 (December): 592-595. Complete issue. Abblyodipsas nov. gen. $25.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1857. Vier neue amerikanische Schlangen aus der Familie der Typhlopinen und daruuber einige vorläufige Mittheilungen. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1857 (August): 402. Complete issue. Rhinotyphlops nov.gen., Rhinotyphlops albirostris sp. nov., Typhlops flavoterminatus sp. nov., Stenosoma macrolepis sp. nov., Stenosoma fallax sp. nov. $25.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1858. Über eine neue Schlangengattung, Rhoptrura. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1858 (Juni): 340-341. Complete issue. Rhoptrura reinhardtii. $25.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1858. Üeber die Typhlopinen oder blödsichtigen Schlangen und über neue dahin gehörige Arten. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1857 (November): 508-509. Complete issue. $25.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1859. Nachrichten von Hrn. Fedor Jagor, der auf eigne Kosten nach Ostindien und den Philippinen gereist ist und von der Akademie mit Instructionen für das Sammeln naturwissenschaftlicher Gegenstände versehen wurde. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1859 (März): 269-271, 1 plate. Complete issue. Hydrodipsas gen. nov., Hydrodipsas elapiformis. $40.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1859. Nachrichten von Hrn. Fedor Jagor, der auf eigne Kosten nach Ostindien und den Philippinen gereist ist und von der Akademie mit Instructionen für das Sammeln naturwissenschaftlicher Gegenstände versehen wurde. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1859 (März): 269-271, 1 plate. Complete issue. Hydrodipsas gen. nov., Hydrodipsas elapiformis. $40.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1859. Über die Hrn. Dr. Hoffmann in Costa Rica gesammelten und an das Königl. zoologische Museum gesandten Schlangen. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1859 (März): 275-278, 1 plate. Complete issue. Colobognathus gen. nov., Colobognathus hoffmanni sp. nov., Hydromorphus gen. nov., Hydromorphus concolor sp. nov., Bothriechis gen. nov., Bothriechis nigroviridis sp. nov. $40.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1863. Bemerkungen über verchiedene Batrachier, namentlich über die Original-exemplare der von Schneider und Wiegmann beschriebenen Arten des zoologischen Museums zu Berlin. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1863 (Februar): 76-82. Complete issue. Rana ehrenbergii sp. nov., Xenorhina gen. nov., Xenorhina oxycephala. $35.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1863. Über einige neue Arten der Saurier-Gattung Anolis. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1863 (März): 135-149. Complete issue. Anolis tropidonotus sp. nov., Anolis spectrum sp. nov., Anolis humilis sp. nov., Anolis cumingii sp. nov., Anolis binotatus sp. nov., Anolis hoffmani sp. nov., Anolis (Draconura) capito sp. nov., Anolis intermedius sp. nov., Anolis tigrinus sp. nov., An. $40.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1865. Nachtrag zu seiner Abhandlung über Typhlopina. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1865 (Juni): 259-263, 1 plate. Complete issue, contains another herpetological paper. Typhlops (onychocephalus) güntheri sp. nov., Typhlops (onychocephalus) obtusus sp. nov. $45.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1867. Üebersicht der aus dem Nachlass des Baron Carl von der Decken Stammenden und auf seiner Ostafrikanischen Reise gesammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1866 (December): 884-892. Complete issue. Miniopterus minor sp. nov., Crocidura albicauda sp. nov. Philothamnus punctatus sp. nov.,Atractaspis fallax sp. nov. $45.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1869. Über neue Saurier (Chaunolæmus multicarinatus, Tropidolepisma richardi und Gymnodactylus steudneri) und Batrachier (Cyclohamphus fasciatus und Hyla gracilenta). Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1869 (November): 786-790. Complete issue. Polychrus (Chaunolaemus) multicarinatus nov. subgen. et sp. nov., Tropidolepisma richardi sp. nov., Gymnodactylus steudneri sp. nov., Cyclorhamphus fasciatus sp. nov., Hyla gracilenta sp. nov. $45.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1874. Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus). Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1874 (Juni): 368-377, 1 plate. Lacerta carinata sp. nov., Lacerta spinalis sp. nov., Diploglossus (Celestus) variegatus sp. nov., Euprepes (Tiliqua) laeviceps sp. nov., Euprepes (Euprepis) hildebrandtii sp. nov., Euprepes (Mabuia) microstictus sp. nov, Sepsina (Rhinoscincus) tetradac. $45.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1874. Üeber neue Amphibien (Gymnopis, Siphonops, Polypedates, Rhacophorus, Hyla, Cyclodus, Euprepes, Clemmys). Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1874 (October): 616-624, 2 plates. Gymnopis multiplicata sp. nov., Siphonops brevirostris sp. nov., Polypedates crossleyi sp. nov., Rhacophorus madagascariensis sp. nov., Hyla parvidens sp. nov., Hyla calliscelis sp. nov., Cyclodus (Homolepida) nigricans sp. nov., Euprepes (Mabuia) virga. $50.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1876. Über die von S. M. S. Gazelle mitgebrachten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1876 (August): 528-535, 1 plate. Complete issue. Amphibolurus imbricatus sp. nov., Coloscincus gen. nov., Coloscincus truncatus sp. nov.,. $45.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1879. Über neue Amphibien des Kgl. zoologischen Museums (Euprepes, Acontias, Typhlops, Zamenis, Spilotes, Oedipus). Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1879 (August): 773-779, 1 plate. Complete issue. Euprepes (Tiliqua) guineensis sp. nov., Acontias lineatus sp. nov., Typhlops ligatus sp. nov., Typhlops cuneirostris sp. nov., Typhlops curvirostris sp. nov., Zamenis fischeri sp. nov., Spilotes rhombifer sp. nov., Spelerpes (Oedipus) parvipes sp. nov.,. $45.00

Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig. 1879. Über neue Amphibien des Kgl. zoologischen Museums (Euprepes, Acontias, Typhlops, Zamenis, Spilotes, Oedipus). Monatsberichte der königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1879 (August): 773-779, 1 plate. Euprepes (Tiliqua) guineensis sp. nov., Acontias lineatus sp. nov., Typhlops ligatus sp. nov., Typhlops cuneirostris sp. nov., Typhlops curvirostris sp. nov., Zamenis fischeri sp. nov., Spilotes rhombifer sp. nov., Spelerpes (Oedipus) parvipes sp. nov.,. $40.00

Peters, Wilhelm C. H. 1880. Bericht über den Reisenden Hrn. Dr. O. Finsch. Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1879: 982-983. Complete issue of this journal in original wrappers. $15.00

Peters, Wilhelm C. H. 1882. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl Seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Zoologie III. Amphibien. Druck und Verlag, Berlin, xvi, 192 p., 33 Plates (28 colored). Quarter cloth and marbled boards with a red label on the spine. This is the scarce colored edition of the herpetology volume. $5800.00

Peters, Wilhelm C. H. 1882. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl Seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Zoologie IV. Flussfische; V. Insecten und Myriopoden; VI Botanik I and II; Atlas. Druck und Verlag, Berlin, xii, 116 p.; xxii, 566 p.; xxii, 304 p. 48 plates; pp.- 305-584, plates 48a-60; Atlas: 114 plates (all of the zoology plates except the 35 insect plates). Bound in green cloth and boards. The mammal and bird plates are in color, except for the osteology plates. Four of the herpetology plates are colored, none of the fish plates are colored. $7500.00

Pope, Clifford H. 1935. The Reptiles of China: Turtles, Crocodilians, Snakes, Lizards. Natural History of Central Asia. 10: xlvii, 604 p. (includes 27 plates). "This was the first comprehensive review of Chinese reptiles, based not only on Pope's own collections but on his examination of available museum material elswhere; even today, dispite the active herpetological research and publication taking place in China, his book is still the major synthesis on the topic."–(Adler p.94). $500.00

Roesel von Rosenhof, August Johann. (1753-)1758. Historia naturalis Ranarum nostratium / Die naturliche Historie der Froesche hiesigen Landes. Johann Joseph Fleischmann, Nuernberg, (10), viii, 116, 48 engraved plates (24 handcolored each with an uncolored key plate), 1 colored, engraved frontis. Folio, Leather spine and corners with marbled boards. Seven raised bands and gilt tooling on spine. A very clean copy of the most well known and most desirable book on amphibians.

"The present volume is one of the classics of amphibiology. The illustrations are of the finest and the whole work is admirably done. The title and text appear both in Latin and german and there is a preface by A. von Haller—altogether a very valuable, early contribution to the literature of the batrachia." — Wood, 1931.

August Johan Roesel was born into an Austrian noble family in Augustenburg, near Arnstadt, Germany on March 30, 1705. Following the early death of his father, his godmother, the reigning princess of Arnstadt-Schwarzburg, assumed responsibility for his education. She encouraged his artistic ability and in 1720 he was apprenticed to his uncle, Wilhem Roesel von Rosenhof, a well known painter. Four years later Rosel went to Nuremburg to continue his art training under the supervision of Johan Daniel Preisler.

In 1726 Rosel went to the Danish court in Copenhagen to paint portraits and minatures. His paintings were so well received that he was asked to settle in Denmark. Unwilling to stay in Denmark he returned to Germany in 1728. During his journey back to Nuremberg, a high fever forced him to to stay in Hamburg for four-weeks. While in Hamburg, an aquaintance brought him a copy of Maria Sybilla Merian's book, Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium (1705). This book inspired Roesel to do a similar study of German species.

After returning to Nuremburg, Roesel began studying the local fauna in his spare time. After years of study, the first part of his Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung was published (1740). The book was praised for its outstanding illustrations, but Roesel also defined insects systematically and divided them into natural groups. Today he is considered the Father of German Entology.

Insects were not the only animals Rosel was studying, and in 1753, the same year he added von Rosenhof to his name, the first part of his Historia Naturalis Ranarum Nostratium/Die natürliche Histoire der Frösche hiesigen Landes was published. This book was completed in 1758 and Abrecht von Haller contributed a preface to the work.

The text of this book is in parallel columns of Latin and German, thus the double title. At a time when most zoological texts contained mere descriptions of animals (e.g., Catesby 1731-43. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands; Seba 1734-1765. Locupletissimi rerum Naturalium Thesauri; or Linnaeus 1759. Systema Naturae), Roesel von Rosenhof described the natural history of amphibians in great detail. He could probably be considered the Father of Herpetological Natural History.

Roesel von Rosenhof had begun a companion volume on lizards and salamanders, but in early 1759 a stroke paralyzed his left side. He died shortly after on March 27, 1759. (Adler, 1989; Gues, 1975)

Nissen ZBI 3464, BMNH p. 1720, Wood p. 541, Engelmann p. 422, Agassiz p. 211, Savage p. 655, Waterhouse p. 341. $25000.00

Schinz, Heinrich Rudolf. 1833–1835. Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Reptilien Nach den neuesten Systemen bearbeitet. Weidmann, Leipzig, iv, 240 p. iv; 102 plates. Folio, Bound in two volumes with original wrappers bound inside. Contemporary half calf, spines with red and green gilt lettered labels, marbled boards. Light waterstain at the upper margin of the text volume. Minor foxing on plates.

Schinz was a professor of zoology in Zürich and publishes a series of illustrated zoological works. The reptile volume was issued in both colored and uncolored editions. The 102 lithographic plates are recognized as being among the finer illustrations of these animals and was featured in Aramata's (1990) Atlas Anima volume 3 Amphibians and Reptiles — a book which is explores great natural history illustrations. The reptile volume is much more difficult to find than Schinz's volumes on fish, birds, or mammals.

Nissen ZBI 3671, BMNH p. 1835, Vanzolini p. 48, Agassiz p. 264, Englemann p. 422, Waterhouse p. 358. $2500.00

Schinz, Heinrich Rudolf. 1833–1835. Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Reptilien Nach den neuesten Systemen zum gemeinnuetzigen Gebrauche entworfen un mit Beruecksichtigung fuer den Unterricht der Jugend Bearbeitet. Nach der Natur un den vorzueglichsten Originalien gezeichnet und lithographirt von K.J. Brodtmann. Weidmann, Leipzig, iv, 240 p. iv; 102 (101 colored) plates. Folio, Contemporary half calf, tooled spine with gilt titling, marbled boards. A very fine copy.

Schinz was a professor of zoology in Zürich and publishes a series of illustrated zoological works. The reptile volume was issued in both colored and uncolored editions. The 102 lithographic plates are recognized as being among the finer illustrations of these animals and was featured in Aramata's (1990) Atlas Anima volume 3 Amphibians and Reptiles — a book which is explores great natural history illustrations. The reptile volume is much more difficult to find than Schinz's volumes on fish, birds, or mammals.

Nissen ZBI 3671, BMNH p. 1835, Vanzolini p. 48, Agassiz p. 264, Englemann p. 422, Waterhouse p. 358. $7500.00

Shaw, George and James Francis Stephens. 1800-1826. General Zoology or Systematic Natural History. Kearsley, London, Complete set of the original 14 volumes. Vol. I Mammalia (2 parts bound as 1): xvi., unnumbered plate, 1-552, 121 plates; Vol. II Mammalia (2 parts bound as 2): pp. 1-560, plates 122-232; Vol. III Amphibia (2 parts bound as 2): viii, 1-312; viii, 313-615 p., 140 plates; Vol. IV Pisces (2 parts bound as 2): viii, pp 1-632, plates 1-92; Vol. V. Pisces (2 parts bound as 2) pp. 1-463, 93-182; Vol VI, Insecta (2 parts bound as 2): pp 1-509, plates 1-137; Vol VII Aves (2 parts bound as 2)) pp. 1-504, plates 1-71; Vol. VIII Aves (2 parts bound as 1): pp. 1-558, plates 1-84; Vol. IX Aves (2 parts bound as 1): xvi, pp. 1-548, plates 1-70; Vol. X. Aves (2parts bound as 1): xx, pp. 1-766, plates 1-60; Vol. XI Aves (2 parts bound as 1): pp. 1-646, plates 1-52; Vol. XII Aves (2 parts bound as 1): pp 1-297, 1-264, plates 1-64; Vol. XIII Aves (2 parts bound as 1): pp 1-264, 1-290, plates 1-63; Vol. XIV Aves & General Index (2 parts bound as 1): pp. 1-385, 1-334, plates 1-44. All of these volumes are in very good condition with little foxing, 8°. The engraved plates for vols. 1-5 principally by Mr. Heath, Vols 5-14 by Mrs. Griffiths. A nice set of the important systematic text, with numerous original descriptions. Scarce as a complete set. $5000.00

Sherborn, Carolo Davies. 1899. An Index to the Generic and Trivial Names of Animals Described by Linnaeus, in the 10th and 12th Editions of his "Systema Naturae". The Manchester Museum, Manchester, viii, 108 p. Wrappers, Complete index of both the tenth and twelth editiond. $100.00

Sherborn, Carolo Davies. 1922-1933. Index Animalium sive index nominum quae ab A.D. MDCCLVIII Generibus et Speciebus Animalium Imposita Sunt. Sectio Secunda a Kalendis Ianuariis, MDCCCI usque ad Finem Decembris, MDCCCL. British Museum (Natural History), London, cxlviii, 7056 p., 1098 p. Original wrappers, untrimmed, Complete in 33 volumes. Part one was published in 1902 and covers the years 1758-1800 - It is not included here. This is the complete part two, covering the years 1801-1850. A terrific reference for anyone doing systematic work. $450.00

Siebold, Carol Theodor Ernest de. 1828. Observationes quaedam de Salamandris et Tritonibus. Augusti Petschii, Berolini, vi, 30, 1 plate. No wprs. considerable foxing on the first couple of pages and the plate. $225.00

Storer, D. Humphreys and William B. O. Peabody. 1839. Reports of the Fishes, reptiles and Birds of Massachusetts. Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State, Boston, xvi, 426, 4 plates. $250.00

Tomes, Charles S. 1875. On the development of the teeth of the newt, frog, slowworm, and green lizard. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 165 (1): 285-296. Clothbound, in the Complete issue of this journal. Also includes two other herpetological papers by Albert Günther and Charles S. Tomes. $850.00

Tomes, Charles S. 1875. On the structure and development of the teeth of Ophidia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 165 (1): 297-302. Clothbound, in the Complete issue of this journal. Also includes two other herpetological papers by Albert Günther and Charles S. Tomes. $850.00

Vaillant, Léon and Guillaume Gandidier. 1910. Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar publiée par Alfred et Guillaume Grandidier. Volume XVII Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles. Première Partie: Crocodiles et Tortues. LiImprimerie Nationale, Paris, iv, 86 p., 27 plates. Clothbound, one double plate is loose, otherwise very good condition. "Vaillant's "most magnificent work in herpetology, co-authored with Guillaume Grandidier, was the volume on turtles and crocodiles (1910) in the "Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar" series, with its exquisit colored plates. Regrettably, no other herpetological volumes were issued in this series." - Adler 1989. $6000.00

Van Denburgh, John. 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America. Volume I. Lizards and Volume II. Snakes and Turtles. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences. 10: 1–1028. Clothbound with original wrappers bound inside. Bindings loose and in poor condition, but the inside is in very good condition. Stamped, "University of Kansas Libraries Edward H. Taylor Herpetological Collection". "As Holbrook's "North American Herpetology" (1842) did for eastern North America, Van Denburgh's magnum opus "The Reptiles of Western North America," in two large volumes (1922), laid the foundation for the present-day herpetological studies in the American West." (Adler p.72). $240.00

Waite, Edgar R. 1898. A Popular Account of Australian Snakes. Thomas Shine, Sydney, 72 p., 16 color plates. Original cloth, hinges cracking. This is perhaps the first herp field guide. $1000.00

Wied-Neuwied, Alexander Philipp Maximilian Prinz zu. 1822–1831. Abbildungen zur Naturgeschihte Brasiliens herausgegeben. Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar, ca. 60 p., 67 (of 90) plates. Folio, Half calf with marbled boards, spine with 6 raised bands, black label with gilt lettering. Front wrapper from (apparently) Lieferung 9 boound in. Each plate accompanied by one page of text in both German and French. Some text pages refer to more than one plate. Included in this incomplete copy are 51 of the 56 herpetology plates (1 uncolored), 13 mammal plates, and 3 bird plates.

"Wied's first exploration was in Brazil, where he spent the period 1815-1817 studying the natural history and primative Indian tribes of the forested areas in the coastal states north of Rio de Janeiro. His collections there were rich in reptiles, especially snakes. On returning to Neuwied he published his observations in three large works: a semi-popular account of the journey ("Reise nach Brasilien," in two volumes, 1820-1821, with appendix in 1850) which was translated into several languages, a scientific treatise on the vertebrates in a magnificent atlas of handcolored plates in folio ("Abbildungen," in 15 parts [1822]1823-1831), and a separate scientific text (Beitrage," in four volumes, 1825-1833, with herpetology mainly in volume one).

Prince Max, as he was known to his contemporaries, was the first well-trained naturalist to explore Brasil, and these books established his reputation as a biologist and ethnologist of the first rank. The 90 plates in the "Abbildungen," 56 of them on reptiles, were taken from originals drawn and colored by the prince himself, and these formed the basis for his descriptions of many new species." — Adler, 1989

"This excellent and finely colored Atlas of South American fauna was published both in German and French. The 15 parts (each with six plates) were issued at irregular periods." — Wood, 1931

"Ninety plates were published, in 15 Lieferungen of 6 plates each, accompanied by a separately printed text in German and French, covering the mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians of Wied's trip through the middle Atlantic forest. The plates bear no number or date; fortunately, the Isis von Oken reviewed at least 14 of the 15 parts, and I find it possible to establish [a] chronology for the reptiles." — Vanzolini, 1977

Nissen ZBI 4398, BmNH p. 2315, Wood p. 627, Vanzolini p. 29, Savage p. 824, Waterhouse p. 428, Engelmann p. 303;. $12500.00

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