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This thread is a listing of books about herpetology and is not confined to Australian only publications. I have made this thread a sticky version so it may be easily accessed by all members searching for reading material. If members can think of any writings that are not listed could you please send me a PM with the title and authors details please and I will add them to this post. Please do not reply to this thread directly.
PYTHONS
The guide to owning an Australian Python - John Coborn
Pythons of Australia - Brian Kend
Boas & Pythons: And other friendly Snakes - John Coborn
Boa constrictor manual - Philippe de Vosjoli, Roger Klingenberg, DVM and Jeff Ronne
A guide to owning a red-tailed Boa - Glen Drewnowski
Boas & other non venomous Snakes - W.Frank
Boas & other non venomous Snakes (updated) - W.Frank
Captive husbandy & propagation of the Boa constrictors and related Boas - David Fogel
The ball Python manual - Philippe de Vosjoli, Roger Klingenberg, DVM, Tracy Barker & David Barker
A guide to owning a ball Python - John Coborn
The general care & maintenance of Burmese Pythons: Including notes on other large Pythons - Philippe de Vosjoli
Burmese Python - John Coborn
Pythons of Australia: A natural history - Geordie Torr
Reproductive husbandry of Pythons & Boas - Richard Ross & Gerry Marzec
Tales of giant Snakes: A historical natural history of Anacondas & Pythons - John Murphy & Robert Henderson
Pythons & Boas - Peter Stafford
Boas & Pythons: Breeding & care - Erik Stoops and Annette Wright
The complete Chondro - Greg Maxwell
Pythons A complete pet owner's manual - Patricia Bartlet & Ernie wagner
Keeping Carpet Pythons - Simon Kortlang & Darren Green
COLUBRIDS
The general care & maintenance of common Kingsnakes - David Perlowin
Kingsnakes: Care & breeding in captivity - Ronald Markel
The general care & maintenance of milk Snakes - Robert Applegate
Milk Snakes: Every species & sub-species in brilliant colour - W.P.Mara
Keeping & breeding corn Snakes - Michael McEachern
A guide to owning corn Snakes - Jerry Walls
ELAPIDS
The Taipan: The worlds most dangerous Snake - Paul Masci and Philip Kendall
MONITORS
Giant Lizards - Robert Sprackland
Living Dragons: A Natural History of the Worlds Monitor Lizards - Rodney Steel
General care & maintenance of popular Monitors and Tegus - Michael Balsai
Monitors, Tegus & related Lizards - Bartlett & Bartlett
Australian Goannas - Matt Vincent & Steve Wilson
Monitor Lizards: Natural history, biology & husbandry - Daniel Bennett
Natural history of Monitor Lizards - Harold F. De Lisle
DRAGONS
Keeping water Dragons - ?????
Keeping Bearded Dragons - Darren Green & Ty Larson
The general care & maitenance of bearded Dragons - Philippe de Vosjoli & Robert Mailoux
The guide to owning a bearded Dragon - David Zoffer & Tom Mazorlig
Bearded & frilled Dragons - David Zoffer and Tom Mazorlig
The general care & maintenance of green water Dragons, sailfin Lizards & Basilisks - Philippe de Vosjoli
The green Iguana manual - Philippe de Vosjoli
Iguana Iguana: Guide for successful captive care - Fredric Frye
SKINKS
Keeping Bluetongue Skinks - ?????
GECKOS
Geckos: Keeping & breeding them in captivity - Jerry & Maleta Walls
Geckos - Bartlett & Bartlett
Geckos - Henkel/Schmidt
General care & maintenance of Tokay Geckos & related species - Sean McKeown and Jim Zaworski
The leopard Gecko manual - Philippe de Vosjoli, Brian Viets, Ron Tremper and Roger Klingenberg
The guide to owning a leopard Gecko - Ray Hunziker
Keeping and breeding Geckos - Herman Seufer
New Zealand Geckos: A guide to captive maintenance & breeding - R.P.V.Rowlands
TURTLES
Australian Freshwater Turtles - John Cann
Practical encyclopedia of keeping & breeding Tortoises and freshwater Turtles - A.C. Highland
Keeping Long-necked Turtles: Chelodina Species - Darren Green
Keeping short-necked Turtles: Chelodina Species - Darren Green
The box Turtle manual - Philippe de Vosjoli and Roger Klingenberg,
General care & maintenance of popular Tortoises - Philippe de Vosjoli
CROCODILES/ALLIGATORS
Australian Crocodiles: A natural history - Grahame Webb and Charlie Manolis
Handbook of Alligators & Crocodiles - Steve Grenard
General care & maintenance of Alligators, Caiman and other Crocodilians - Dan Malone and Theresa Moran
FROGS
A field guide to Australian Frogs - J. Barker, G.C. Grigg & M.J. Tyler
A field guide to Frogs of Australia: from Port Augusta to Fraser Island including Tasmania - Martyn Robinson
Care & breeding of popular tree Frogs - Philippe de Vosjoli, Robert Mailloux and Drew Ready
Whites tree Frogs (Green tree Frogs) - John Coborn
Keeping Frogs in New Zealand - T J. Thornton
The proper care of Amphibians - John Coborn
Keeping & breeding Frogs & Toads - W. P. Mara
Keeping & breeding Amphibians - Chris Mattison
The green & golden bell Frog: Litoria aurea biology & conservation - Edited by G. H. Pyke and W. S. Osborne
GENERAL/FIELDGUIDE
Care of Australian Reptiles in captivity - John Weigel
Snakes alive: Snake experts & antidote sellers of Australia - John Cann
The care of Reptiles & Amphibians in captivity - Chris Mattison
Design & maintenance of deasert vivaria - Philippe de Vosjoli
Reptiles & Amphibians: management in captivity - Eric Rundquist
A practical guide for feeding captive reptiles - Fredric Frye
Reproductive cycles in Lizards & Snakes - Henry Fitch
Snakes & Snake hunting - Carl Kauffeld
Reptile & Amphibian variants: Colours, patterns & scales - H. Bernard Bechtel
A complete guide to scientific & common names of Reptiles & Amphibians of the world - Norman Frank & Erica Ramus
Care of Australian Reptiles in Captivity - John Weigel
Reptile keepers handbook - Susan M. Barnard
Herpetology in Australia: A diverse discipline - Edited by Daniel Lunney and Danielle Ayers
A guide to the Reptiles & frogs of the Perth region - Brian Bush, Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper and David Robinson
A field guide to the Snakes & Lizards of New South Wales - Gerry Swan
A photographic guide to snakes & other Reptiles of Australia - Gerry Swan
A guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea - Mark OShea
Snakes alive - John Cann
A complete guide to Reptiles of Australia - Steve Wilson & Gerry Swan
Reptiles of the Sydney region - Ken Griffiths
A photographic guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Australia - Gerry Swan & The Australian Museum
Green guide ~ Snakes and other Reptiles of Australia - Gerry Swan
A field guide to Reptiles of New South Wales - Gerry Swan, Glenn Shea and Ross Sadlier
The Lizard keepers handbook - Philippe de Vosjol
Lizards in captivity - Richard Wynne
Lizards as a new pet - John Coborn
A step by step book about pet Lizards - AuthorRay Staszko
Lizards of Australia & New Zealand - Gray and Gunther
Keeping & breeding Lizards - Chris Mattison
Lizards: volume 1 & 2 - Manfred Rogner
The biology and evolution of Australian Lizards - Allen Greer
Feeding Insect eating Lizards - David J. Zoffer
Snakes in question: The Smithsonian answer book - Karl H. Ernst and George R. Zug
Australian Snakes: A natural history - Richard Shine
Ecology of Reptiles - Harold Heatwole and Janet Taylor
Biology & evolution of Australian Snakes - Allen Greer
Snakes: As a hobby - Thomas Leetz
Snakes as a new pet - Jake Oberon
A-Z of Snake keeping - Chris Mattison
The encyclopedia of Snakes - Chris Mattison
The proper care of Snakes - A.Gens
Keeping & breeding Snakes - Chris Mattison
Snake: The keeper and the kept - Carl Kauffeld
Keeping Reptiles & Amphibians - Johann Krottlinger
VETERINARY/MEDICAL
Diseases of Reptiles: Principle diseases of lower vertebrates - H. Reichenbach-Klinke and E.Elkan
Husbandry & diseases of captive Reptiles - Helen McCracken
A veterinary guide to the parasites of Reptiles volume 1 Protozoa - Susan Barnard & Steve Upton
Understanding Reptile parasites - Roger J. Klingenberg D.V.M.
Reptile & Amphibian parasites - Eric Rundquist
Reptile medicine & surgery - Douglas R. Mader
What's wrong with my Snake? A user friendly home medical reference manual - John Rossi D.V.M., M.A. and Roxanne Rossi
PYTHONS
The guide to owning an Australian Python - John Coborn
Pythons of Australia - Brian Kend
Boas & Pythons: And other friendly Snakes - John Coborn
Boa constrictor manual - Philippe de Vosjoli, Roger Klingenberg, DVM and Jeff Ronne
A guide to owning a red-tailed Boa - Glen Drewnowski
Boas & other non venomous Snakes - W.Frank
Boas & other non venomous Snakes (updated) - W.Frank
Captive husbandy & propagation of the Boa constrictors and related Boas - David Fogel
The ball Python manual - Philippe de Vosjoli, Roger Klingenberg, DVM, Tracy Barker & David Barker
A guide to owning a ball Python - John Coborn
The general care & maintenance of Burmese Pythons: Including notes on other large Pythons - Philippe de Vosjoli
Burmese Python - John Coborn
Pythons of Australia: A natural history - Geordie Torr
Reproductive husbandry of Pythons & Boas - Richard Ross & Gerry Marzec
Tales of giant Snakes: A historical natural history of Anacondas & Pythons - John Murphy & Robert Henderson
Pythons & Boas - Peter Stafford
Boas & Pythons: Breeding & care - Erik Stoops and Annette Wright
The complete Chondro - Greg Maxwell
Pythons A complete pet owner's manual - Patricia Bartlet & Ernie wagner
Keeping Carpet Pythons - Simon Kortlang & Darren Green
COLUBRIDS
The general care & maintenance of common Kingsnakes - David Perlowin
Kingsnakes: Care & breeding in captivity - Ronald Markel
The general care & maintenance of milk Snakes - Robert Applegate
Milk Snakes: Every species & sub-species in brilliant colour - W.P.Mara
Keeping & breeding corn Snakes - Michael McEachern
A guide to owning corn Snakes - Jerry Walls
ELAPIDS
The Taipan: The worlds most dangerous Snake - Paul Masci and Philip Kendall
MONITORS
Giant Lizards - Robert Sprackland
Living Dragons: A Natural History of the Worlds Monitor Lizards - Rodney Steel
General care & maintenance of popular Monitors and Tegus - Michael Balsai
Monitors, Tegus & related Lizards - Bartlett & Bartlett
Australian Goannas - Matt Vincent & Steve Wilson
Monitor Lizards: Natural history, biology & husbandry - Daniel Bennett
Natural history of Monitor Lizards - Harold F. De Lisle
DRAGONS
Keeping water Dragons - ?????
Keeping Bearded Dragons - Darren Green & Ty Larson
The general care & maitenance of bearded Dragons - Philippe de Vosjoli & Robert Mailoux
The guide to owning a bearded Dragon - David Zoffer & Tom Mazorlig
Bearded & frilled Dragons - David Zoffer and Tom Mazorlig
The general care & maintenance of green water Dragons, sailfin Lizards & Basilisks - Philippe de Vosjoli
The green Iguana manual - Philippe de Vosjoli
Iguana Iguana: Guide for successful captive care - Fredric Frye
SKINKS
Keeping Bluetongue Skinks - ?????
GECKOS
Geckos: Keeping & breeding them in captivity - Jerry & Maleta Walls
Geckos - Bartlett & Bartlett
Geckos - Henkel/Schmidt
General care & maintenance of Tokay Geckos & related species - Sean McKeown and Jim Zaworski
The leopard Gecko manual - Philippe de Vosjoli, Brian Viets, Ron Tremper and Roger Klingenberg
The guide to owning a leopard Gecko - Ray Hunziker
Keeping and breeding Geckos - Herman Seufer
New Zealand Geckos: A guide to captive maintenance & breeding - R.P.V.Rowlands
TURTLES
Australian Freshwater Turtles - John Cann
Practical encyclopedia of keeping & breeding Tortoises and freshwater Turtles - A.C. Highland
Keeping Long-necked Turtles: Chelodina Species - Darren Green
Keeping short-necked Turtles: Chelodina Species - Darren Green
The box Turtle manual - Philippe de Vosjoli and Roger Klingenberg,
General care & maintenance of popular Tortoises - Philippe de Vosjoli
CROCODILES/ALLIGATORS
Australian Crocodiles: A natural history - Grahame Webb and Charlie Manolis
Handbook of Alligators & Crocodiles - Steve Grenard
General care & maintenance of Alligators, Caiman and other Crocodilians - Dan Malone and Theresa Moran
FROGS
A field guide to Australian Frogs - J. Barker, G.C. Grigg & M.J. Tyler
A field guide to Frogs of Australia: from Port Augusta to Fraser Island including Tasmania - Martyn Robinson
Care & breeding of popular tree Frogs - Philippe de Vosjoli, Robert Mailloux and Drew Ready
Whites tree Frogs (Green tree Frogs) - John Coborn
Keeping Frogs in New Zealand - T J. Thornton
The proper care of Amphibians - John Coborn
Keeping & breeding Frogs & Toads - W. P. Mara
Keeping & breeding Amphibians - Chris Mattison
The green & golden bell Frog: Litoria aurea biology & conservation - Edited by G. H. Pyke and W. S. Osborne
GENERAL/FIELDGUIDE
Care of Australian Reptiles in captivity - John Weigel
Snakes alive: Snake experts & antidote sellers of Australia - John Cann
The care of Reptiles & Amphibians in captivity - Chris Mattison
Design & maintenance of deasert vivaria - Philippe de Vosjoli
Reptiles & Amphibians: management in captivity - Eric Rundquist
A practical guide for feeding captive reptiles - Fredric Frye
Reproductive cycles in Lizards & Snakes - Henry Fitch
Snakes & Snake hunting - Carl Kauffeld
Reptile & Amphibian variants: Colours, patterns & scales - H. Bernard Bechtel
A complete guide to scientific & common names of Reptiles & Amphibians of the world - Norman Frank & Erica Ramus
Care of Australian Reptiles in Captivity - John Weigel
Reptile keepers handbook - Susan M. Barnard
Herpetology in Australia: A diverse discipline - Edited by Daniel Lunney and Danielle Ayers
A guide to the Reptiles & frogs of the Perth region - Brian Bush, Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper and David Robinson
A field guide to the Snakes & Lizards of New South Wales - Gerry Swan
A photographic guide to snakes & other Reptiles of Australia - Gerry Swan
A guide to the Snakes of Papua New Guinea - Mark OShea
Snakes alive - John Cann
A complete guide to Reptiles of Australia - Steve Wilson & Gerry Swan
Reptiles of the Sydney region - Ken Griffiths
A photographic guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Australia - Gerry Swan & The Australian Museum
Green guide ~ Snakes and other Reptiles of Australia - Gerry Swan
A field guide to Reptiles of New South Wales - Gerry Swan, Glenn Shea and Ross Sadlier
The Lizard keepers handbook - Philippe de Vosjol
Lizards in captivity - Richard Wynne
Lizards as a new pet - John Coborn
A step by step book about pet Lizards - AuthorRay Staszko
Lizards of Australia & New Zealand - Gray and Gunther
Keeping & breeding Lizards - Chris Mattison
Lizards: volume 1 & 2 - Manfred Rogner
The biology and evolution of Australian Lizards - Allen Greer
Feeding Insect eating Lizards - David J. Zoffer
Snakes in question: The Smithsonian answer book - Karl H. Ernst and George R. Zug
Australian Snakes: A natural history - Richard Shine
Ecology of Reptiles - Harold Heatwole and Janet Taylor
Biology & evolution of Australian Snakes - Allen Greer
Snakes: As a hobby - Thomas Leetz
Snakes as a new pet - Jake Oberon
A-Z of Snake keeping - Chris Mattison
The encyclopedia of Snakes - Chris Mattison
The proper care of Snakes - A.Gens
Keeping & breeding Snakes - Chris Mattison
Snake: The keeper and the kept - Carl Kauffeld
Keeping Reptiles & Amphibians - Johann Krottlinger
VETERINARY/MEDICAL
Diseases of Reptiles: Principle diseases of lower vertebrates - H. Reichenbach-Klinke and E.Elkan
Husbandry & diseases of captive Reptiles - Helen McCracken
A veterinary guide to the parasites of Reptiles volume 1 Protozoa - Susan Barnard & Steve Upton
Understanding Reptile parasites - Roger J. Klingenberg D.V.M.
Reptile & Amphibian parasites - Eric Rundquist
Reptile medicine & surgery - Douglas R. Mader
What's wrong with my Snake? A user friendly home medical reference manual - John Rossi D.V.M., M.A. and Roxanne Rossi