Reptilia 120 - Praying Mantises

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Reptilia 120 - Praying Mantises

Chinese viper
Emerald lizard
Costa Rica

Contents:

Cover story: Praying Mantises

Nobody can escape the fascination of praying mantises. These predatory insects with their alien appearance and martial mating habits have long secured a permanent place in terrariums. We offer an overview of mantids in breeding, the classics, and the latest trends. We also feature an unusual species from the Philippines and look to eastern Germany, where Mantis religiosa has spread.

Editorial
MAGAZINE
DATES

Photo story
The fascination of praying mantises
K. Kunz

Keeping and breeding
Praying mantises. The basics of keeping in terrariums
C. J. Schwarz

REPORTAGE
Praying mantises on the advance in eastern Germany
N. von Lettow-Vorbeck

Biology
Praying mantis, change your tune. On the challenge of identifying praying mantises using the Philippine species Creobroter meleagris as an example
C. J. Schwarz

Reportage
The Chinese viper (Deinagkistrodon acutus): a herpetological and cultural phenomenon
Dr. T. Eimermacher

Keeping and breeding
The banded fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra terrestris). Distribution, habits and breeding
M. Rogner

Rreportage
A display terrarium for fire salamanders
R. Hoppe

Animals of our homeland
The emerald lizard
R. Leptien

SERVICE

WESTERN HERP PERSPECTIVES
But it’s a dry heat
B. Love

ALSO NEAR YOU

Travel
Costa Rica – Paradisiacal biodiversity between the Atlantic and the Pacific
N. Weinbeer

PREVIEW

INCUBATOR
The break
H. Werning

Composition

Feeding recommendation

Technical details

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