Books...

[raphael]

Anybody know any good books for species outside of the US? Like Petranka's book but for europe or asia.
thanks

 

[nate]

Raphael, check out the book reviews here:

http://www.caudata.org/bibliography.shtml

Griffith's book on European species is good, but not nearly as detailed as Petranka's. Thorn's book is also good, but in French, hehe. It's worth translating though.

 

[raphael]

I think I should make clear that I'm looking for something on Asian species. Thank you for the pointer I'll be checking that out.

 

[j.]

"Studies on Chinese Salamanders" has some useful information on asian species, but it is a little outdated (1989), so some of the classification information is now inaccurate. "The Chine Red Data Book of Endangered Animals (amphibia & reptilia)" also has some useful information, but only contains those species that are endangered, and from China.
Jessica

 

[swan]

There is "Studies on Chinese Salamanders", Ermi Zhao, Yaoming Jiang, Qixiong Hu, Yuhua Yang.
Not as nice and detailed as Petranka's or Griffith's book, but it is the only English language book about Asian, esp. Chinese species that I know of and is pretty good. It was published in cooperation with the Herpetological Society of Japan and the Japan Wildlife Research Center.

 

[henk]

If you read French there's the book of thorn and Raffaelli that discusses captive care for each Euro-asian species in great detail.

 

[chris]

Can you order the Studies on Chinese Sals at normal bookshops, or do you have to go thru someone special?
Chris