Dixon, James R.

Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas: With Keys, Taxonomic Synopses, Bibliography, and Distribution Maps.

College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1987. First edition. Pp. xii, 434; 25 black-and-white photos, 18 text-figures (line-drawings), 156 maps. Publisher's original red cloth, spine with black title block lettered in silver, lg 8vo. Presents a complete review of 204 species and 283 taxa of amphibians and reptiles. Complete keys to all species are provided. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Corner of front endpaper is clipped; a bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 6670

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Dobbs, J. S.

Reptilian Disease: Recognition and Treatment

Hollywood, FL: R. Curtis Books, 1973. First edition. Pp. (2), 42; 7 figures (black-and-white photos and line-drawings). Color pictorial stiff wrappers, 8vo. The author, J.S. Dobbs, is Director of the Atlanta Zoological Parks in Georgia. No ownership marks and almost no signs of use. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8573

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Duellman, William E. (editor)

The South American Herpetofauna: Its Origin, Evolution, and Dispersal.

Lawrence, KS: Museum of Natural History, 1979. First edition. Pp. (9), 485; 172 text-figures, photos and maps. Original pale green printed wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, sm 4to. Monographs of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, no. 7. No ownership marks. Slight rubbing to wraps at front joint; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 6685

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Duges, Alfredo

Elementos de Zoologia

Mexico City: Oficina Tip. de la Secretaria de Fomento, 1884. First edition. Pp. viii, 479; 11 full page plates (some partly hand-colored), some text charts and graphs. Publisher's original one-quarter red morocco leather, spine with four raised bands lettered in gilt in one compartment and with 6 decorative gilt panel lines, over thick marbled boards, lg 8vo. This volume is a general review of zoology by a well-known Mexican herpetologist often referred to as ""the Father of Mexican Herpetology"". There is a short section on reptiles and amphibians in the volume. The text is in Spanish. The only ownership mark is an old oval name stamp of 'Libreria de Educacion' on the bottom corner of the title page. There are also a few neat marginal ink annotations in the text - these appear to be corrections to the text so they may have come from an errata sheet. Rare work seldom offered. Some wear to the outer leather joints, light soiling to one endpaper; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7595

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Duges, Alfredo

Eumeces altamiraani, A. Duges + Elaps diastema, Var. michoacanensis, A. Duges + Intestino de Crocodilus americanus

Mexico City: Imprenta de Ignacio Escalante, 1892-1896. Pp. 477-478, 485-492; 1 fine hand-colored plate, 1 monochrome text-figure. Extract (no wrappers issued), lg 4to. From La Naturaleza volume 2, number 1. Presents the original descriptions of two new herpetological species both illustrated on one fine hand-colored plate; also included is a note on the internal anatomy of the American crocodile now known as Crocodylus acutus. The hand-colored image of Elaps diastema is brilliantly colored. This work also contains the description of a new tick species, Ixodes herrerae. The text is in Spanish. Originally from the library of Karl P. Schmidt with his signature on the front page. Later from the library of George Sprague Myers with his circular name stamp. Rare work. Faint browning to the margins of some text pages; a clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7370

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Duméril, A. M. Constant, Bibron, Gabriel, Duméril, Auguste H. A., and Bour, Roger

Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles (General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of Reptiles), in six volumes, complete

Ithaca, NY: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2012. Reprint. Pp. 6986; 120 plates with color illustrations, 120 plates with black-and-white illustrations. Publisher’s red cloth, with black title/author boxes on the spine and front cover that are lettered in gilt, panel lines in gilt on the spine and surrounding black boxes on the spine and front cover, thick 8vo. A full-size facsimile reprint of the historically important work Erpétologie Générale originally published between 1834 to 1854 in 9 volumes plus an atlas of color plates. This reprint is limited to 400 copies only. The text is in French with a 107-page introduction in English by Roger Bour. This reprint is from the SSAR series “Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology.” Erpétologie Générale has never been reprinted, yet it remains of continuing value to a broad community of academic zoologists, museum and zoo curators, and conservationists, and especially to herpetologists working in developing countries. As this set is in 6 volumes, extra postage will be required to ship the set. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 9526

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Duvernoy, G.L.

Fragments sur les Organes Genito-Urinaires des Reptiles et Lues Produits.

Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1848, First edition. Pp.101, 2 hand-colored folding lithographs. Contemporary half morroco over dark blue marbled boards, ornately marbled endpapers, sm 4to. Duvernoy is also known for his work on the tear ducts of snakes; he was also the author, in part, of the reptile portion of Cuvier's classic Le Règne Animal. Some scattered foxing at the beginning and end of work, faint marginal damp stain that never touches the text, otherwise a very good copy in an attractive period binding..

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Book number: 2046

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology reptiles snakes genitourinary excetory Natural Sciences Natural Science

Duvernoy, G. L.

Memoire sur quelques particularites des Organs de la Deglutition de la Classe de Oiseaux et des Reptiles

Strassbourg: Société du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1838. First edition. Pp. 24; 5 full page lithographed plates (plate V has one image partly hand-colored). Early gray wrappers, 4to. Mémoires de la Société du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg II, p. 1-24. A rare and early monograph on the muscles of swallowing in reptiles and birds by G. L. Duvernoy. No ownership marks. Some foxing to the title page and several of the plates; overall a very good copy..

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Book number: 8362

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Fitzinger, Leopold

Neue Classification der Reptilien (and) Entwurf einer Systematische Anordnung der Schildkroeten.

Ithaca: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1997. Reprint Pp. vi, (8), 1-66, 22-23, (2), 105-128, (4, ads); some black-and-white photos, one large folding chart. Publisher's original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with Fitzinger's signature in gilt on the front cover, 4to. This volume provide facsimile reprints of two of Fitzinger's papers. An introduction by Robert Mertens provides a background to the life of Fitzinger and to his herpetological contributions. This volume is from the research library of herpetologist Kevin W. Marx with his signature on the front endpaper. A fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 5964

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Fraser, Thomas and Elliot, R.H.

A Contribution of the Study of the Action of Sea-Snake Venoms, Part I. - Venoms of Enhydrina valakadien and Enhydris curtus

London: The Royal Society, 1904. First edition Pp. 31, 26 text-figures. Original brown printed wrappers, (printed publisher's index slip laid in at front), 4to. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, ser. B, vol. 197 (B. 232). No ownership marks, a fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 2725

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles

Galindo-Leal, Carlos

Of Two Worlds: Frogs, Toads and Salamanders of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico / De Dos Mundos: Sapos, Ranas y Salamandras en la Peninsula de Yucatan, Mexico.

Saint-Paul, MN: Pangaea, 2003. First edition. Pp. xvii, 133, (1); numerous color drawings of frogs, toads and salamanders. Original red pictorial stiff wrappers, lg 8vo. The text is presented simultaneously in both English and Spanish. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 6594

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Gardner, Susan C. and Oberdorster, Eva (editors)

Toxicology of Reptiles.

Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis, 2006. First edition. Pp. (14), 310; some text-figures and graphs. Publisher's original color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lettered in white on the spine and front cover, 8vo. In the series ""New Perspectives: Toxicology and the Environment."" Presents ten chapters on all aspects of reptile toxicology by noted authorities in the field. Scarce work. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 6596

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Goin, Coleman J. and Goin, Olive B.

Introduction to Herpetology, second edition

San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1971. Second edition. Pp. xi, 353, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s black cloth, lettered in white on cover and spine, 8vo. This text is designed for a one semester course on herpetology and is an updated and corrected edition. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on the page edges. Neat underlining on pages 143 and 191. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9174

Catalogue: Herpetology - Herpetofaunas

Gravenhorst, J. L. C.

Beiträge zur genauern Kenntniss einiger Eidechsengattungen

Breslau and Bonn: Academia Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae, 1837. First edition. Pp. 713-784; 3 finely engraved plates by C. Weitz. Recent dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (original gray wrappers bound in place), 4to. The front wrapper has an old paper label with the original signature of Gravenhorst. According Vanzolini (1977: p. 56) in An annotated bibliography of the land and fresh-water reptiles of South America (1758-1975): this is ""an extremely important paper for the herpetology of western South America."" This work presents new and little-known species of South American lizards. From the research library of herpetologist Kraig Adler with his small name stamp and printed name label on the title page. No other ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8346

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Gravenhorst, J. L. C.

Über Phrynosoma orbicularis, Trapelus hispidus, Phrynocephalus helioscopus, Corythophanes cristatus und Chamaeleopsis hernandesii

Breslau: Academia Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae, 1837. First edition. Pp. (2), 911-958; 3 finely engraved plates by Carl Weitz. Recent dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 4to. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. vol. 16, no. 2. A detailed monograph on Phrynosoma orbiculare (Mexican Plateau horned lizard), Agama hispida (Common Spiny Agama), Phrynocephalus helioscopus (Toadhead Agama), Corythophanes cristatus (Smooth helmeted iguana) and Corytophanes hernandesii (Hernandez's Helmeted Basilisk). From the research library of herpetologist Kraig Adler with his small name stamp and printed name label on the title page. No other ownership marks. Small marginal repair mended on title page and the first page of the text; a tight copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 8347

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