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SNAKES OF ARABIA: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SNAKES OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND ITS SHORES
Written by Damien Egan. Illustrated by Damien Egan.
Stock no. 1824896
Published by Motivate Publishing. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Arabian Heritage Guides. An indispensable snake field guide. Card wraps. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781860632396. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE PRIVATE LIFE OF ADDERS
Written by Rodger McPhail.
Stock no. 1824751
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The adder, Britain's only venomous reptile, captured on camera as never before: hunting, striking, sloughing, courting, fighting, giving birth... Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781906122294. Light rubbing to top and tail of spine, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, creased to top edge of rear panel with a 1" closed tear at flap edge, previous bookseller's bar-coded label to rear panel.

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LEOPARD TORTOISES
Written by Richard Fife; Jerry D. Fife.
Stock no. 1324149
Published by The Turtle And Tortoise Preservation Group. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

The Natural History, Captive Care, and Breeding of Stigmochelys pardalis. Turtles of the World series. Testudinidae Number 4. Cardwraps. 97 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 0963813064. SIGNED by the author (Richard Fife) to title-page. Small, light mark to lower corner of front cover. Neat barcode label to rear cover.

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THE CHINESE ALLIGATOR ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, CONSERVATION, AND CULTURE
Written by John Thorbjarnarson; Xiaoming Wang.
Stock no. 1324125
Published by The John Hopkins University Press. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Comprehensive details about the biology, behavior, history, and cultural and conservation significance of the animal thought to be the basis of the Chinese dragon legend. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 265 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9780801893483. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly creased at edges and has a neat barcode label to rear panel.

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SNAKES OF THE WORLD A CATALOGUE OF LIVING AND EXTINCT SPECIES
Written by Van Wallach; Kenneth L. Williams; Jeff Boundy.
Stock no. 1324051
Published by CRC Press. 1st PB 2017. Almost very good condition.

Covering all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 and 2012, comprising 3,509 living and 274 extinct species allocated to 539 living and 112 extinct genera. Cardwraps. 1209 pages. This is a very heavy volume! ISBN: 9781138034006. Cover edges are worn and slightly grubby. Top corner of rear cover is slightly creased. Top corners of first 350 pages have been lightly affected by a small damp patch. Neat barcode label to rear cover.

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A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO SNAKES AND OTHER REPTILES OF SRI LANKA
Written by Indraneil Das; Anslem De Silva.
Stock no. 2140247
Published by New Holland Publishers (uk) Ltd. 1st thus 2011. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour photos. Second edition. ISBN: 9781847738851. Creasing to covers; some chipping to corners. Creasing also to corners; some marks.

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AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES (NN 87)
Written by Trevor J.C. Beebee; Richard A. Griffiths.
Stock no. 1322999
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A natural history of the British herpetofauna. New Naturalist No. 87. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 270 pages. ISBN: 000220083X. Minimal bumping to spine. Front free-endpaper is creased else contents are fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed/worn at edges/corners.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS & OTHER COLD-BLOODED ANIMALS
Written by Maurice Burton.
Stock no. 2139211
Published by Octopus Books Ltd.. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Photographs and b/w diagrams. ISBN: 0706404580. Some knocks/bumps along cover edges. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks.

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REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA
Written by Harold G. Cogger.
Stock no. 1823696
Published by Reed. 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised and expanded. A basis for detailed studies of the biology and ecology of Australian reptiles and frogs and for anyone wishing to broaden their knowledge of Australia's wildlife. Green cloth boards, white titles. B/w & colour photos and distribution maps. xxi and 688 pages including index. ISBN: 073010088X. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top of spine and has a few minor marks.

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LIVING SNAKES OF THE WORLD IN COLOR
Written by John M. Mehrtens.
Stock no. 1823695
Published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Over 540 photographs in full colour, a definitive reference for the hobbyist, nature love and professional alike. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 480 pages including index. ISBN: 080696460X. A few minor marks to boards and text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE HERPETOCULTURE OF LEOPARD GECKOS: TWENTY-SEVEN GENERATIONS OF LIVING ART
Written by Philippe De Vosjoli; Ron Tremper; Roger Klingenberg.
Stock no. 2135353
Published by Advanced Visions Inc.. 2005. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0974297127. Some knocks/small creases to cover corners and some internal pages.

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