Draco 24 - Spiders

Handbook of forage plants 2nd revised editionMarion Minch is not only a successful breeder of diverse tortoises for many years, but also an excellent connoisseur of native wild herbs. She founded and runs samenkiste.de, which is well known to many tortoise keepers and nature lovers. Her name is inextricably linked with reptile care and species-appropriate nutrition for tortoises. Her handbook of food plants summarises the most important native food plants for herbivorous and omnivorous reptiles. She not only considers tortoises, but also iguanas, spiny-tailed dragons and even chameleons. From the basics of plant biology to native wild herbs to suitable food plants for hardy tropical reptile species, this comprehensive work provides the basis for species-appropriate keeping. In the expanded and supplemented 2nd edition, the plant section is divided according to flower colour. This makes it even easier to identify wild herbs. The work has also been supplemented with a wealth of additional information and many pictures.

Geckos in the terrarium by Astrid FalkThe book offers a comprehensive introduction to geckos and their species-appropriate keeping in terrariums. It explains what you need to think about before buying a gecko and what preparations should be made. The book describes in detail how the terrarium is technically equipped and set up. The care of the animals, their special features and behaviour, their diet, reproduction and rearing of young animals are described, as well as diseases and husbandry problems with tried and tested suggestions for prevention and treatment. Individual gecko species that are particularly suitable for keeping and breeding in terrariums are portrayed in detail in the second part of the book.

Book Jumping Spiders - Phidippus, Hyllus & Plexippus A guide to keeping jumping spiders of the genera Phidippus, Hyllus & Plexippus. Who can resist the charm of jumping spiders? The childlike appearance of their expressive face simply leaves no one cold! In addition, their behavior is extremely exciting to observe, their colors are bright and their requirements for species-appropriate keeping are very easy to meet. No wonder these likeable jumpers are all the rage! This volume in the "Species by Species" series describes in detail what to look out for when buying and keeping them, introduces the most commonly kept species and color forms and provides plenty of tips on how to keep them successfully - so you can be sure they will breed well! Species by Species introduces you to the books in this series, which present the most popular terrarium animals. Each volume offers you detailed, practical care instructions and all the information you need to successfully breed your animals. All important questions from the required tank size to terrarium set-up, technical equipment, species-appropriate nutrition and disease prevention are answered with numerous tricks and tips. Experienced, long-standing breeders reveal how you can encourage the animals to reproduce and raise healthy young. All this in full color, generously illustrated and attractively designed - just about your terrarium animal - species by species

Book "Grow your own live food" - The perfect guide for pet owners Discover practical and detailed instructions on how you can easily breed food for your reptiles, birds, fish or other animals yourself in the book "Breeding live food yourself". With valuable tips on various food insects, their care and breeding, you can save money and ensure a species-appropriate diet for your pets. Contents of the book: Step-by-step instructions for breeding feeder insects Information on the best types of food for reptiles, birds and fish Care instructions and breeding conditions for various live food species Tips for sustainable and cost-effective food production Why breed your own live food? Get healthy, fresh food for your animals Save money and reduce dependence on pet shops Promote the health and well-being of your animals with species-appropriate food Whether you are a beginner or an experienced pet owner, this book provides you with everything you need to successfully breed live food yourself.

Marginata 69 - New Guinea tortoises – the genus ElseyaCover storyThe unrecognised beauties: New Guinea tortoises (Andreas S. Hennig)My experiences with Branderhorst's New Guinea tortoise, Elseya (Elseya) branderhorsti (Ouwens, 1914) (Andreas S. Hennig)Keeping and breeding of Rhodin's New Guinea tortoise, Elseya (Hanwarachelys) rhodini Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges, 2015 (Andreas S. Hennig)PortraitGeoemyda spengleri, Chinese serrated tortoise (Andreas S. Hennig)ReportageMacrochelys temminckii – Experiences and impressions with vulture tortoises part 2 (Reiner Praschag)KeepingAn alternative to year-round keeping of the Egyptian tortoise in the terrarium – my experiences with seasonal outdoor keeping of Testudo kleinmanni (Ricarda Schramm)EtymologySawbacks and living maps part 4: Graptemys gibbonsi, Pascagoula humpback tortoise (Holger Vetter)Classifieds & animal placement

Marginata No. 29 - Madagascan ray turtle Schildkrötenforschung in den TropenSternschildkrötenzwillingeGallaguar-Schildkrötenschutz in Indonesien Inhalt: Editorial Magazin Termine REPORTAGEMadagaskars Südwesten – Heimat einer gestreiften ExotinJutta Hammer REPORTAGE Village des Tortues. Auffangstation für gewilderte Schildkröten Jutta Hammer HALTUNG UND ZUCHT Haltung und Nachzucht der Madagassischen Strahlenschildkröte. Teil 1 Michael Wirth & Peter Fritz POSTER Sulawesi-Sumpfschildkröte Leucocephalon yuwonoi Hans-Dieter Philippen REPORTAGE Zur Situation von Meeresschildkröten in Sri Lanka Sascha Pawlowski REPORTAGE Erfolgreiches Jahr 2010 im Internationalen Zentrum für Schildkrötenschutz (IZS) im Allwetterzoo Münster Elmar Meier, Martina Raffel & Hans-Dieter Philippen REPORTAGE Die Papua-Weichschildkröte (Carettochelys insculpta) und ihre Nachzucht in „Down Under“ Egon Heiss REPORTAGE Conrad Gesner und die Schildkröten Kriton Kunz REPORTAGE Ein nicht alltäglicher Doppelschlupf von Zwillingen bei der Sternschildkröte (Geo­chelone elegans) im Allwetterzoo Münster Jochen Scholdei BuchtippKleinanzeigen Abo & Service Regionalführer

Terraria 62 - Unusual Food Animals Campbell’s Tree Lizard Succulents Contents: Cover Story: Unusual Food Animals A healthy diet plays a decisive role in the successful care and breeding of our terrarium animals. The famous mealworm as a standard food is far from sufficient. Fortunately, specialist retailers now offer a wide range of suitable food insects such as house crickets, crickets, flies or cockroaches, which are available all year in any quantity. However, many pets also like to eat food animals outside the mainstream and some specialists are even dependent on a special diet for their well-being. In this issue of TERRARIA/elaphe, we take a closer look at some of these little-known, rather unusual food animals such as field slugs, woodlice, moth flies or a small-growing fruit fly variant. 3          Territorial 8          Herpetorama             Results of the 17th CITES Conference in Johannesburg – new regulations for some reptiles and amphibians             Synanthrope: Creeping Schnapps             Leaf Climber: Wasted “Time”             Thorny Devil: A Rural Keel-Tailed Iguana   Cover Story 14        Food Animals             A perennial topic in terraristics             Krition Kunz 20        Slippery Snacks             Breeding and use of the Mediterranean field slug as live food             Frank Täufer 25        Woodlice as Food Animals             Dominik Hoffses 30        A Small-Growing Variant of the Fruit Fly: Drosophila melanogaster “Ant”             Boris Stockmann 34        A Frog Farm for Feeding Reptiles and Amphibians: the Painted Disk-Tongued Frog (Discoglossus pictus)             Frank Pasmans, Sergé Bongaerts & An Martel 39        Moth Flies             A new food animal for small nocturnal hunters             Ingo Fritzsche   Panorama 42        Snake searching in the Ecuadorian Chocó rainforest             Daniel Jestrzemski   Research 50        New Species             A new slender boa from the Bahamas: the Conception Silver Boa (Chilabothrus argentum)             Axel Kwet             A new Borneo bush frog from Mt. Kinabalu             Axel Kwet 52        Among Researchers             The Comoros, a forgotten hotspot of diversity             Oliver Hawlitschek 56        Salamandra   Terraristics 60        Ant plants, leaf cacti and other succulent epiphytes for the terrarium             Beat Akeret   Nature and Species Conservation 70        Field Notes             Grass snake eating             Günther Vater             The feeding behaviour of the wall lizard Part 2             Malte Hornig 72        Project to protect the critically endangered tree lizard Abronia campbelli in eastern Guatemala             Brad Lock & Mónica Torres 84        Terrarino – the children’s page              The fire salamander – not a lucky animal             Alexa Sabarth   81        Subscription & Service 86        Also in your area 88        Preview 90        Incubator              No mercy for Mouse Z             Part 2             Heiko Werning

Reptilia 46 - Frogs in danger Leopard geckosGarter snakes "Florida blue"Philippines Contents: 2 EDITORIAL 4 MAGAZINE 11 DATES 14 WESTERN HERP PERSPECTIVESSmall game in the sandby B. Love 16 PHOTO REPORTAGE Amphibian extinction: insight into the history and current researchby S. Lötters 24 REPORTAGENose frogs in danger - Hope for the semi-aquatic nose frog (Rhinoderma rufum)? by K. Busse & H. Werning 34 HERPETOFAUNAThe decline of frog populations in the high Andes of Venezuela by E. La Marca 39 REPORTAGEAmphibian extinction in African style by S. Schick 45 TRAVELClicking, ringing, whistling and shooting - the frogs of Panay by M. Gaulke 51 PORTRAIT AND POSTERTestudo hermanni boettgeriby B. Trapp 56 KEEPING AND BREEDINGThe leopard gecko - not just a beginner's animalKeeping and breeding of Eublepharis macularius in the terrariumby T. Wilms 63 HERPETOFAUNANot every blue garter snake is a "similis" - On distinguishing the blue forms of the common garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis "florida blue" and the Florida garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis similisby M. Hallmen 70 KEEPING AND BREEDINGKeeping and breeding the red-eyed slender-headed turtle Emydura subglubosaby A. S. Hennig 74 HERPETOFAUNANorth America's king of rattlesnakes – Crotalus atrox – Part 2by D. Schmidt 80 REPORTAGEPlanning and construction of a reptile zoo: "Reptilium - Terrarium and Desert Zoo" in Landau - Part 1: The planning phaseby T. Wilms 86 SMALL ADVERTS 94 RAT & TAT 96 LIBRARY 104 GLOSSESThe Costa Cordalis of Weddingby H. Werning

Reptilia 79 - Australian PythonsRoyal tree frogFood breeding woodlicePrivate venomous snake zooContents:The unique herpetofauna of Australia is always at the centre of theInterest among terrarium keepers. This is particularly true of the giant snakes of the fifth continent. We report on them in detail, focussing on the rare forms Pilbara olive python (Liasis olivaceus barroni), Oenpelli's python (Morelia oenpelliensis) and the rough-scaled python (Morelia carinata).EDITORIALMAGAZINEDATES PHOTOSTORYPythons of Australiaby S. Winchell HERPETOFAUNARare and little-known pythons from Australia – Part 1: The rough-scaled python, Morelia carinataby S. Alcini HERPETOFAUNARare and little-known pythons from Australia – Part 2: The Pilbara olive python, Liasis olivacea barroniby S. Alcini HERPETOFAUNARare and little-known pythons from Australia – Part 3: The Oenpelli python, Morelia oenpelliensisby S. Alcini REPORTAGEThe most beautiful of them all – the leafhopper Ancylecha fenestrata von A. Schmidt PORTRAIT and posterChamaeleo hoehneliiby M. DobieyTRAVELIn the footsteps of Darwin through South America. Part 2: From Patagonia to Central Chileby H. Werning--> Literature on all three parts KEEPING AND REPRODUCTIONWoodlice as food animalsby J. Felka WESTERN HERP PERSPECTIVESHas the trade in reptiles and amphibians reached maturity?from B. Love KEEPING AND REPRODUCTIONThe King Tree Frog, Pseudacris regilla. Reintroduction of an old acquaintanceby R. Münzer TERRARIUM DISPLAYSThe serpentarium of the Snakeparadise in Eschlikon in Schweizerby H. Werning LIBRARYSUBSCRIPTION & SERVICEALSO NEAR YOUPREVIEW BRUTKASTEN Bear Country. Quasi live from Yellowstone National Parkby H. Werning

The 130-page book about dyer frogs describes the popular amphibians and shows the different colour variations. 130 pages many colour photos Hardcover Bestseller Authors Peter Janzen and Wolfgang Schmidt Publisher Herpeton The dyer frogs, Dendrobates tinctorius in Latin, are among the most popular frogs in the terrarium hobby. The book describes their way of life, care, breeding and colour varieties. The book is supplemented with many photos.

Reptilia 35 - Mud turtles Phelsum husbandryNose frogsVietnam Contents: 2 EDITORIAL 3 NATURE PROTECTIONNose frogs in danger – Is the semi-aquatic nose frog (Rhinoderma rufum) still found in Chile?by K. Busse 10 MAGAZINE 22 DATES 24 WESTERN HERP PERSPECTIVESMany reasons to be a terrarium keeperby B. Love 26 PHOTO REPORTAGEThe mud turtlesby M. Schilde 32 KEEPING AND BREEDINGKeeping and breeding the white-mouthed box turtle (Kinosternon leucostomum)by M. Schilde 36 KEEPING AND BREEDINGCare and breeding of the Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) as well as Roofed Musk Turtle (Sternorherus carinatus)by A. S. Hennig 41 TRAVELHerpetological news from one of the last lowland rainforests of Vietnamby T. Ziegler 51 PORTRAIT AND POSTERThamnophis cyrtopsisby M. Hallmen 56 KEEPING AND BREEDINGThe Indian star tortoise Geochelone elegans (SCHOEPFF, 1795) – a problematic tropical tortoise?Part 4: Hatching, rearing and diseasesby H.-J. Bidmon 64 KEEPING AND BREEDINGGeneral information on keeping day geckos of the genus Phelsumaby H. Schneider 69 REPORTAGE AND INTERVIEWHealing power from snake venom – New approaches in the development of medicines from animal substancesby K. Kunz 75 REPORTAGEThe art of painting on feathersby R. Fenske 80 REPTILIA ON THE ROADVivarium in the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruheby H. Werning 87 CLASSIFIED ADS 91 ADVICE AND ACTION 94 LIBRARY 104 GLOSSESExposed! (Part 1)by H. Werning

Reptilia 32 Skinks Madagascan reed frogsGrasshopper recipeStar tortoise Contents: 2 Editorial 3 Magazine 11 Dates 14 Western Herp PerspectivesThe value of the nature experiencefrom B. Love 16 Photo reportageSkinkby A. Hauschild 22 HerpetofaunaObservations on Eumeces (=Novoeumeces) schneideri aldrovandiifrom S. Wegner 28 Keeping and breedingOn the care and breeding of Algerian skinks (Eumeces [=Novoeumeces] algeriensis) Peters, 1864by R. Struijk 35 Keeping and breedingAustralian snail skink Cyclodomorphus gerradii Grav, 1845 – Care and breeding 41 ReportageDelicious, these grasshoppersby I. & B. Fritzsche 44 JourneyA journey to the United Arab Emirates - From the mangroves to the scree desertby R. Leptien 51 Portrait and posterElaphe quatorlineatafrom B. Trapp 56 Keeping and breedingThe Indian star tortoise Geochelone elegans (Schoepf, 1795) – a problematic tropical tortoise? Part 1: Appearance, distribution and local breeds, acclimatisation, introduction to the breeding groupby J. Bidmon 66 ReportageJapan in the year of the snakeby A. Kast & M. Mori 71 Herpetofauna The Madagascan marsh frogs of the genus Heterixalusby K. Schmidt, F. Glaw & M. Vences 80 Reptilia on the roadThe snake park "World of Snakes" in Grecia, Costa Ricaby R. Fenske 87 Classifieds 91 Advice and action 94 Library 104 GlossOur author Dr Spechtby H. Werning