Spanish book

[francesco]

can anyone advise me on a good book on the amphibians of the iberian peninsula?
Btw the book Serge advised me was brilliant so to give you an idea I'm looking for something similar.
Cheers

 

[sergé]

If you want something cheap...you can download for free on the Spanish herpetological society website the Red list book...http://www.herpetologica.org/

 

[francesco]

since my parents are going to Barcelona I'll make them buy me a present

so what about something more expensive?

 

[juan]

Hi Franchesco, the book "Los anfibios de España" of Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (1.985) written by Mario Garcia Paris, is a good book. Another book, "Los anfibios y reptiles de Madrid" of Agencia Medio Ambiente of Madrid is a good book too, but related to the Madrid area.

 

[sergé]

Yep, I agree, but both books are rather old. I'll have to look in my shelfs to see which ones I have, I have bought a lot of the books that have come out on Spain. By the way; the Atlas of Portgual written by Malkmus is also very nice...and there is a new by Portugese herpetologists written up dated book in progress that is planned to appear this year!

 

[francesco]

what about this one:
Distribución y biogeografía de los anfibios y reptiles en España y Portugal (Monograf¸ás de Herpetolog¸á) 1997
I found it flicking through amazon

 

[juan]

It is more or less good in the reference of distribution,(in my opinion, there are very default in the north distribution almost) but the another two what I said are better in desarrollo, photos and habitat

 

[michael]

Pleguezuelos : Distribución y biogeografía de los anfibios y reptiles en España y Portugal (Monografiás de Herpetologiá) 1997 is sold out unfortuantely.....
There is a relatively new title:
Salvador & García París: Anfibios españoles. Canseco editores. Talavera de la Reina (2001). Which I think is a good choice.
Another "new" title covering the whole iberian herpetofauna is: Barbadillo et al: Anfibios y Reptiles de la Península Ibérica, Baleares y Canarias. Geo Planeta; Barcelona (1999).
For the price a good choice, too.

And of course the standard title (unfortunately not yet in my library...

):
Garcia Paris et al: Fauna Iberica: Amphibia. Madrid, 2004.
I can only judge from the reptiles volume which ist PERFECT.... ;-)

Hope this helps
Michael

 

[sergé]

I must say that the Salvador - Paris book is rather disappointing, I would not recommend it. And the 1997 book is more or less adapted in the red list book that you can download for free...so... I still need to check my book shelfs...

 

[alexander]

I advise you to visit the site:
http://www.mma.es/gal/conserv_nat/inventarios/inv_biodiversidad/html/anfibios_reptiles/anfibios.htm
(There are good "Referencias más significativas" there)

¡Hasta luego, amigos!

(Message edited by alex_tsukanov on March 23, 2006)