Looking for Recommended Reading

[abrahm]

I've been a longtime fan of amphibians, especially those of order caudata and surprisingly it was only recently that I found out that there is the possibility of housing these guys. For a long time I lived with parents who didn't want animals in the house beyond a dog, now things are different.

Anyways, long story short, I am now the proud keeper of one Pachytriton labiatus. I love the little guy and I'm enjoying my duties and plan on eventually expanding my collection once, money, space and time permits.

What I wanted to ask was if the community here (which I've been watching for some time) could offer any suggestions on reading materials, both print and internet to help me out. I already know of this wonderful site and livingunderworld.org. I also just purchased "Keeping and Breeding Amphibians : Caecilians, Newts, Salamanders, Frogs and Toads" by Chris Mattison. Any comments on this book?

Anyways, your comments are greatly appreciated and I look forward to posting and reading more

 

[william]

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

this should help you on your way!

i can vouch for the first book on that list, it's excellent, although it doesn't give any information on pachytriton.

i suppose you've already found http://www.caudata.org/cc/ ?

 

[abrahm]

Thanks for the help! I actually own the first book on the list too (Indiviglio) and have found it to be a very good reference so far. Sadly, no pachytriton info though.

I've actually found both the book list and the CC. Both resources are excellent and I have found myself scouring this site along with joining the forum. It seems like a great community! Sometimes though it's nice to have a dead tree version of your information to reference when you can't get to a computer.

Anyone else know of other books, surely there must be more than that short list?

 

[paris]

pachytriton info is hard to get despite it being one of the most popular species on the pet trade, if you look at the CC care sheet i wrote-look at the bottom for the reference list, its not easy data to find! a few of the books/sites i used just had info on regions of distribution. 'amphibians in captivity' by marc 'stanzicantspelltherestofhisnameoffthetopofmyhead' has reference to them with some pictures in it too, i dont have the book with me at the moment.

 

[ester]

Marc Staniszewski - this Marc?