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Atlas and red list of the reptiles of S.A., Lesotho...

Postby Frédéric Seyffarth » Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:16 pm

Hello,

Does someone has a copy of this new book? It seems good, but i would like to have a comment or two before buy it.

Thanks a lot!

Fred
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Re: Atlas and red list of the reptiles of S.A., Lesotho...

Postby Martti Niskanen » Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:15 am

I haven't got a copy (missed a chance to buy a copy signed by all the authors, dammit), but used the book quite a bit whilst in SA last year. A nice book and easily worth buying. You get a lot of book for the money.
http://www.wits.ac.za/newsroom/newsitem ... 23782.html
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Re: Atlas and red list of the reptiles of S.A., Lesotho...

Postby Rémon ter Harmsel » Sun Mar 01, 2015 1:39 pm

Ordered it 3 weeks ago, got it last week. Finally an atlas with pictures and distribution maps of ALL species, not just descriptions of a few with the rest of the genus merely listed. I ordered my copy through one of the authors, but it is also on the Chimaira stocklist now.
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Re: Atlas and red list of the reptiles of S.A., Lesotho...

Postby Gabriel Martínez » Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:55 am

Hi,

You have to think that it is an Atlas (IUCN), so for conservation and generally for taxonomy is awesome. But the book doesn´t say nothing about habits, description, etc... of species. Anyway, based on the photos is easy to identify the species, and distribution maps are great to know where to check in this huge country.

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Re: Atlas and red list of the reptiles of S.A., Lesotho...

Postby Frédéric Seyffarth » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:26 pm

Hello friends,
Thanks to all for your answers!
I will buy it for sure, as i had some other good comments about it.
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Re: Atlas and red list of the reptiles of S.A., Lesotho...

Postby Rémon ter Harmsel » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:51 am

I don't think you will regret that!! ;)
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