Reptilia 42 - Box turtles

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

NTV, Life with tarantulas ISBN: 978-3-86659-042-7 Karin Manns 176 pages numerous colour photos Format: 16.8 x 21.8 cm Contents: Karin Manns is an animal psychologist and loves tarantulas. She was not deterred by the fact that little is known about diseases of these animals and their treatment, but sought contact with an experienced vet to find out more about this topic. In this book, she not only describes some revealing case studies of successful treatments and the methods used, but also shares very personal experiences of keeping tarantulas together and considers whether distinguishing between "aggressive" and "less aggressive" species makes sense. Life with tarantulas – intense and very close to the animal! Foreword and acknowledgements The tarantula as a pet Keeping and care Breeding tarantulas Species portraits Morphology and anatomy Morphology Anatomy Diseases and treatment options in tarantulas Bacterial diseases: cause, diagnosis, treatment Case studies Neurotoxic diseases: cause, diagnosis, treatment Metabolic diseases: cause, diagnosis, treatment Fungal diseases: cause, diagnosis, treatment Further risks for our tarantulas Injuries Moulting problems Motor disorders “Tarantula cancer” Nematodes Moulting delay Apathy Cessation of venom production Deformation of the limbs and body structure Anus closure Administration of medication Social behaviour in tarantulas Coexistence of two males Avicularia avicularia Coexistence of a female and a male Avicularia avicularia Joint rearing and keeping of Avicularia metallica Inter-species communal housing of tarantulas of the genus Avicularia Joint rearing and care ofPoecilotheria regalis Joint rearing and keeping ofPoecilotheria ornata Summary Aggressive vs. tame tarantulas: a meaningful distinction? Case study: Pterinochilus murinus Closing words References Press reviews Karin Manns is an animal psychologist and loves tarantulas. She was not deterred by the fact that little is known about the diseases of these animals and their treatment, but sought contact with an experienced vet to find out more about this topic. Species portraits and a chapter on social behaviour round off this fascinating book. Zoologischer Zentral Anzeiger 2/2009

Marginata 38 - Turtle Hybrids Breeding of the radiated three-keeled turtleBreeding of the areolate flat tortoise Part IIITurtle Honour Grove in Kunduz Contents: EditorialMagazineDatesOVERVIEWChecklist of turtle hybrids known to date – natural hybrids as well as those created in human care Hans Volker Karl & Hans - Dieter PhilippenFIELD RESEARCHCentral Vietnam: On the trail of East Asian "stream turtles" and hybridsTorsten Blanck & Sebastian BraunPORTRAITMexican gopher tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri Agassiz, 1854)Hans - Dieter PhilippenREPRODUCTIONMulti-year keeping and breeding of the radiated three-keeled turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii)Uli BollackREPRODUCTIONExperiences with keeping and breeding the areolate flat tortoise (Homopus areolatus) under different conditions in Namibia and Switzerland. Part 3: Indoor and outdoor terrariumsMarcel Reck & Lydia Reck-RinggenbergPRACTICEIncubation as natural as possibleChristine DworschakREPORTAGEFour-toed tortoises (Agrionemys h. horsfieldii) in northern AfghanistanFrank JoistenOBITUARYIn memoriam Jutta WiechertHans - Dieter PhilippenREPORTAGETurtle sanctuary Playa Ostional in Costa RicaRolf & Angela SommerClassifiedsBook tipSubscription & ServiceRegional guide

Reptilia 70 - Mambas Outdoor terrariumFalse water cobraWarty newts Contents: 2 EDITORIAL 4 MAGAZINE 13 DATES 16 WESTERN HERP PERSPECTIVESDoctor Frankenstein's work continuesBy B. Love 18 PHOTO REPORTAGEMambasBy J. Valverde 26 HERPETOFAUNAObservations on the behaviour of the greencoloured mambas (Dendroaspis viridis,D. angusticeps and D. jamesoni kaimosae) in the terrariumBy R. Aeberhard 31 KEEPING AND BREEDINGDendroaspis jamesoni kaimosae –Keeping and first experiences with the breeding of Jameson's MambaBy R. Aeberhard 38 TRAVELNorth Carolina's southern coastal plain –A paradise for reptile enthusiastsBy H. Luef 51 PORTRAIT AND POSTERMauremys rivulataBy B. Trapp 55 KEEPING AND BREEDINGBreeding of the Vietnamese and theLaos warty newtBy P. Bachhausen & G. Espallargas 65 KEEPING AND BREEDINGHydrodynastes gigas – from rearing tobreeding the false water cobraBy R. Meierkord 70 HERPETOFAUNAFringed-finger lizards (Acanthodactylus) in the wild and in the terrariumPart 3: The Acanthodactylus cantoris groupBy U. Schlüter 76 REPORTAGEFrom one make two – Conversion of an outdoor terrarium for snakesPart 1: The technical side of the conversionBy M. Hallmen 85 FAQ – FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSDead leaf mantisesBy K. Kunz 91 LIBRARY 104 INCUBATOR Zoo director – Part 1By H. Werning

Reptilia 11 - Galapagos Cultural history of the Solomon IslandsSea turtles off MadeiraWrinkled gecko Contents: EditorialLetters to the editorMagazinesDatesWestern Herp Perspectives: The Terrarium TrapB. Love Photo reportageGalápagosH. Werning HerpetofaunaThe Galápagos giant tortoiseB. Schramm ReportageSpecies conservation hunt on GalápagosH. Stoldt ReportageEl niño and the Galápagos reptilesH. Stoldt Keeping and breedingThe Egg Snake Dasypeltis atraD. Modry and P. Neças Portrait and posterBrachypelma emiliaP. Klaas HerpetofaunaSea turtles off MadeiraProf. T. Dellinger and Prof. P. Wirtz Keeping and breedingThe poison dart frog Minyobates minutusM. Schulte TerraristicsProphylaxis and quarantineProf. P. Kölle and Prof. R. Hoffmann Herpetology and cultureAmphibian and reptile myths of the MelanesiansDr. H.-J. Hermann Reptilia on the roadLeipzig ZooS. Hennig LibraryAdvice and actionIncubator

Draco 28 - Live food Contents: 2 Editorial 4 Live food for amphibians and reptiles– History and basicsUrsula Friedrich 22 The professional handling of food animals – Basic requirement for a species- and animal-appropriate diet for reptiles and amphibiansThomas Wilms 32 Some aspects of breeding your own food animalsStefan Ziesmann 39 The pea aphid – an unusual food animalLars Österdahl 42 Breeding the common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)– Many paths lead to successMarco Wagemann 50 Tropical cockroaches – lively insect lovers, valuable food animals or even both?Andreas Bauer 58 Oven fish breeding – a way to provide a little variety in the diet of our vivarium animals with little effort!Marco Wagemann 64 The breeding of aquatic snails Cornelia Gabler 67 Agate snails – not only an extraordinary food animalUwe Geissel 71 Tubifex breedingCornelia Gabler 74 Small mammals as food animals – using the house mouse (Mus musculus) as an exampleThomas Wilms & Beate Löhr 86 Book box

All about corn snakes 88 Seiten 62 Abbildungen Format: 16,8 x 21,8 cm Autor Wolfgang Schmidt Inhalt: Kornnattern gehören schon seit jeher zu den beliebtesten Terrarientieren. Nahezu jeder engagierte Terrarianer hat sie schon kennen gelernt. Doch woher kommt das starke Interesse gerade an dieser Kletternatter? Die Antwort liegt sicherlich in erster Linie im Wesen der Schlange begründet. Als besonders friedfertige Natur ist sie daher nicht nur dem fortgeschrittenen Terrarianer zu empfehlen, sondern sie eignet sich auch ausgezeichnet für den Einstieg in die Terraristik.Der Autor geht intensiv auf die Pflege und Zucht der Tiere ein, spart aber auch Themen wie Krankheiten und deren Behandlung nicht aus. Neben den drei Unterarten stellt er Farbformen vor, die sich mittlerweile auch hierzulande grosser Beliebtheit erfreuen.

Reptilia 99 - Saving energy in terraristics Red-backed spiderIncubation of monitor lizard eggsHind Indian hinged tortoise Contents: EDITORIALMAGAZINE AROUND THE WORLD IN 5 YEARSWaiting with turtlesA. Pachmann DATES WESTERN HERP PERSPECTIVESAgainst winter depressionB. Love PHOTOREPORTAGEEnergy revolution in the terrarium. Ideas and suggestions on how to reduce power consumption and energy costs when keeping terrarium animalsB. Akeret REPORTAGEAmphibians and reptiles in the energy-saving house. Opportunities and possibilities of the Renewable Energy Sources Act for terrarium husbandryT. Eisenberg REPORTAGELarge terrariums for giant snakes and saving energy – a contradiction?S. Müller KEEPING AND BREEDINGKeeping and breeding the red-backed spider (Latrodectus hasselti)M. Schmidt HERPETOFAUNAFringed-finger lizards (Acanthodactylus) in the wild and in the terrarium. Part 6: The Acanthodactylus-boskianus groupU. Schlüter REPRODUCTIONOn the incubation of clutches of Varanus kingorum, King's dwarf monitorR. Vitt REPORTAGELooking for snakes on a family holiday. A drama in three actsT. Schmidt REPORTAGEThe tortoises of Kalogria (Peloponnese)M. Rogner ANIMALS OF OUR HOMEThe grass frogR. Leptien Test runLibrarySUBSCRIPTION & SERVICEALSO NEAR YOU TRAVELVisiting Cuora galbinifrons on Hainan, ChinaT. Blanck PREVIEW BRUTKASTEN I would even let myself be locked up for REPTILIA – Part 1H. Werning