Marginata 16 - African spurred tortoises

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

Terraria 27 - The Panther Chameleon The African Horned ViperSea turtles in Bali Contents: With its spectacular colours, the panther chameleon, Furcifer pardalis. enchants every reptile enthusiast. Fortunately, however, it is not only one of the most beautiful lizards of all, but is also easy to keep and breed for a chameleon. Carsten Schneider presents the basics of caring for and breeding these beautiful animals step by step. And it goes without saying that this cover story will be particularly colourful. EDITORIALMAGAZINEGondwanaland – a pioneering project at Leipzig Zoo, Part 3Andreas S. Henning Change of staff at Museum Koenig in Bonn: Wolfgang Böhme leaves, Dennis Rödder arrivesAxel Kwet & Heiko Werning A brief encounter with Alpine newts (Salamandra atra)Chritiane Kohlruss SupersilkKriton Kunz Lookup News on the pointed-head agamas of the genus PseudocalotesJakob Hallermann TERRAglobalHard days in TabaconasMaik Dobiey TOPICThe colourful panther. About the chameleon Furcifer pardalis Carsten Schneider The keeping of panther chameleonsCarsten Schneider The breeding of the panther chameleon Carsten Schneider Diseases and treatment options for the panther chameleonCarsten Schneider The Tierra Caliente red-kneed tarantula, Brachypelma auratum – a highland tarantula from the Mexican highlands?Boris F. Striffler The African horned viper, Cerastes cerastes cerastes Georg Jachan Small but nice: Proyek Penyu – the sea turtle breeding station in Pemuteran on Bali Martin Hallmen Ranas de Cristal. In search of glass frogs in north-east HondurasAlexander Gutsche New speciesFat prey from MadagascarJörn Köhler … and new “fat frogs” from BrazilAxel Kwet AMONG RESEARCHERSWho belongs to whom? In search of tadpoles and frogs in the eastern lowlands of BoliviaArne Schulze CATCH THE EYELarge and small large ones – the terrarium system of Stefanie and Jochen GeigerMichael Wirth NEAR YOUSUBSCRIPTION & SERVICEPREVIEW INCUBATORIn reality, I was always completely indifferent to clothing (for Wolfgang Böhme) Heiko Werning

NTV - Plants in the Terrarium 408 pages over 1205 illustrations Format: 17.5 x 23.2 cm Hardcover Author Beat Akeret Contents: If you want to fulfil your desire to bring a piece of nature into your home with a terrarium, you cannot do without plants to create a natural habitat for your pets. Plants not only increase the visual value of a terrarium, they also improve the climate and provide the animals with cover and hiding places. Some amphibians and reptiles are also very closely tied to certain plants. Planting in the terrarium therefore fulfils a whole range of functions and is an important part of the furnishings.This book offers everything you need to know about caring for terrarium plants, designing near-natural terrariums and selecting suitable plant species! With 400 pages and over 1000 illustrations, this is probably the most comprehensive German standard work on the subject of terrarium planting!

Draco 39 - European Snakes Contents: Editorial The snake fauna of EuropeAndreas Schlüter Vipera ammodytes: on abnormal vipers and hybridsMario Schweiger The four-lined snake – Elaphe quatuorlineata (Lacépède, 1789)Sascha Esser The snakes of northern Spain - travel impressions from the Cantabrian Mountains and neighbouring areasGuido Kreiner European water snakes: Field observations, husbandry and breeding of Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758), Natrix maura (Linnaeus, 1758) and Natrix tessellata (Laurenti, 1768)Michael Wirth & Rainer Hähnlein Queens of European snakes: Four-lined snake (Elaphe quatuorlineata), Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus) and Leopard snake (Zamenis situla)Michael Wirth

Terraria 41 - Tuscany Diadem snakeFolding-breasted pelomedusa Contents: Cover story: Tuscany Just in time for the season – Tuscany is a dream destination right on our doorstep. But it's not only lovers of good food, exquisite wines and gentle landscapes who will get their money's worth here, but also reptile and amphibian enthusiasts. In the cover story of TERRARIA/elaphe, we present the herpetofauna of this treasure trove of Europe, offer a herpetological travel guide and discuss the ecological role of the frequent forest aisles there for reptiles. TerritorialHerpetorama Cover storyTuscany. A herpetological overviewMichael Wirth Tuscany for herpetotouristsMichael Wirth The secret of the firebreaksMichael Wirth Panorama TerraglobalReptile search with obstacles - Part 2Joachim Bulian Of considerable size: The fire salamanders of the Near East – Salamandra infraimmaculataJürgen Fleck Research New speciesList of reptiles newly described in 2012Axel Kwet Among researchersIn search of distribution limits in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa RicaJohannes Köhler Salamandra Terraristics ClassicsThe red-throated anole The diadem snake, Spalerosophis diadema cliffordi A somewhat different snakeHelmut Kantz Care, mating and breeding of the West African folding-breasted pelomedusa turtle (Pelusios castaneus)Marvin Pawlinsky Nature and species conservation Field notesHawksbill turtles off GreeceEric Egerer Plastic frog?Martin Dieckmann Lizards in Israel. Observations on twoPhoenicolacerta speciesJürgen Gebhart Also in your vicinitySubscription & ServiceGallery“The crowning glory of creation is at the end of the food chain”Turtle art by Michael RichterKlaus-Peter Pfeifer & Martina Raffel Preview Incubator Expired. Part 1Heiko Werning

Draco 01 - Chameleons Contents: 2 Editorial 4 Chameleons, the ancestry and systematics of the terrestrial lions, by P. Necas/D. Modry 20 On the trail of chameleons in southern Africa, by D. Jörgens 25 The play of colours of chameleons, by T. Stegemann 29 The tongue of the chameleons, by T. Stegemann 32 Chameleons in human care - review and current status, by G. Masurat 52 The Yemen Chameleon Chamaeleo calyptrates, by U. Dost 57 Coccidial infections in Chamaeleo calyptratus – a ‘trivial’ problem in the terrarium? by D. Modry, P. Necas, B. Koudela 61 On the keeping and breeding of Chamaeleo pfefferi, by A. Böhle and F. Steffen 63 About the terrestrial, leaf or stump-tailed chameleons of the genera Brookesia and Rhampholeon, by W. Schmidt 68 The chameleon in African mythology, by D. and M. Schuster 77 Magazine 86 Book box 89 Family Chamaeleoniade - List of recent species and subspecies

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

Tortoise library 2 - Greek tortoise  Holger Vetter 325 pages 150 colour photos Distribution maps Format: 15 x 21.5 cm Contents: This book is by far the most comprehensive collection of information on the range of the Greek tortoise: Testudo hermanni