A Photographic Guide to Snakes & Other Reptiles of Sri Lanka - Softcover

Das, Indraneil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847738850 ISBN 13: 9781847738851

Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd

Synopsis

This useful portable guide - perfect for visitors to this reptile-rich country - provides a comprehensive overview of the wide variety of snakes, lizards, crocodiles, and turtles and tortoises to be found there. More than 150 species, primarily native but with the odd exotic, are included in the book. Each description is supported by a clear colour photograph taken where possible in the reptile's natural habitat. The guide looks at the more common reptiles as well as focusing on some of the rarer, and in many cases highly endangered, species. This new edition has been thoroughly updated by the author to take into account changes in nomenclature and classification.

About this title

About the Author:

Indraneil Das is Professor of Herpetology at the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation, Universiti of Malaysia Sarawak. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford, England, and was a Fulbright Fellow at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, USA. His other books include photographic guides to the reptiles of India (2002) and Borneo (2005), also published by New Holland. His most recent work is the definitive A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-East Asia, published by New Holland in 2010. Indraneil Das is a frequent contributor to scientific journals such as the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology and the Journal of Herpetology.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
• ISBN 10: 1847738850
• ISBN 13: 9781847738851
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2