The prairie garter snake

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

The Dyer Frog by Dirk Wagner 64 pages Format: 14.8 x 21 cm 67 colour photos Contents: Foreword Relationship Description Distribution, habitat and way of life Colour forms Care Socialisation Poison Species protection Acquisition Transport and quarantine The terrarium Terrarium technology Light Warmth Water and humidity Furnishing and planting Food Care work Health Breeding Further information Literature

Everything about the highly interesting agate snails 64 pages Format: 14,8 x 21 cm numerous colour photos Author Andreas Leiss Publisher NTV Content: Systematics and physique The fascinating biology: From the life of the agate snails All information on species-appropriate husbandry: from suitable terrariums to furnishings, technology and feeding. Successful breeding: Mating stimulation and rearing of young animals Problem solutions: How to avoid the most common care errors and how to help sick animals Brilliant photos

Draco 21 - Lizards Contents: 2 Editorial 4 The true lizards of the family Lacertidae – an overviewWolfgang Bischoff 28 Lizards in the terrariumMichael Kroninger & Mike Zawadski 38 The lizards of GreeceBenny Trapp 43 On the ecology and terrarium husbandry of the Eastern Giant Green Lizard, Lacerta media israelica PETERS, 1964Hans Esterbauer 48 The Canary Island lizard Gallotia galloti (OUDART, 1839)Ingo Kober 60 Es Vedrá – a mystical island and its lizardsMike Zawadski & Michael Kroninger 68The greens from the KaiserstuhlWalther Rohdich 72 Omanosaura – the Arabian collared lizardsRolf Leptien 76Observations on an Aschaffenburg wall lizard populationMartin Felke 82 The Mongolian Desert Runner, Eremias argus PETERS, 1869Uwe Schlüter 87 Book box 94 Magazine

Draco 19 - Madagascar Contents: 2 Editorial 4 The herpetofauna of Madagascar:Diversity, way of life and endangermentFrank Glaw 22 Journey to the east of MadagascarSebastian Wolf 30 Masoala – The eye of the forestNicolá Lutzmann 37 Mysterious Madagascar boas: Sanzinia & Acrantophis Frank Glaw & Kathrin Glaw 44 On the road in the “Reserve Speziale” of AnkaranaHans-Peter Berghof 50 In search of chameleons along the Route National 2 from Antananarivo to the east coast near Ambila-LemaitsoNicolá Lutzmann, Guy Kremer, Nico van Steendam & Achim Flamme 56The gecko genera of MadagascarPatrick Schönecker & Andreas Böhle 68 Biology, care and breeding of the short-headed day gecko (Phelsuma breviceps) BOETTGER, 1894 Patrick Schönecker 7 The “Madagascan poison dart frogs”– Keeping and breeding of Mantella Hartmut Lipp 82 A journey through the Madagascan highlandsAndreas Böhle 90 Magazine

Reptilia 113 - RhacodactylusThe giants of New Caledonia Arum familyRed spitting cobraMilos Cover story: Rhacodactylus, the giants of New Caledonia. EditorialMAGAZINEDATES Photo storyRhacodactylus – Diverse giants from New CaledoniaP. Schoenecker Keeping and breedingDark giants in the terrarium: keeping and breeding Rhacodactylus leachianus , the local form from Mont KoghisP. Schoenecker ReportageIn search of New Caledonian giant geckosC. Langner Keeping and breedingThe local variants of Rhacodactylus leachianus in terrarium keeping Part 1: Grande TerreS. Cemelli PlantsArum plants in the terrarium Part 1: Species diversity, biology and special featuresB. Akeret Keeping and breedingThe jewel of venomous snake keeping. The red spitting cobra, Naja pallida, as a pet in the terrariumO. S. Rudolphi ReportageQueensland's spiders and their venoms Part 2: The araneomorph spiders T. J. Hauke ALSO NEAR YOUService Animals of our homelandThe fire-bellied toadR. Leptien WESTERN HERP PERSPECTIVESWalk the boardsB. Love JourneyFeta cheese, sun and snakes. Welcome to Milos!A. Schmid PREVIEW BRUTKASTENChuckwalla anecdotes. Part 2H. Werning

Reptilia 112 - Venomous Spiders & Spider Venoms Building an outdoor enclosure for tortoisesPrairie horned snakeCubaContents: Cover story: Venomous spiders & spider venomsAll spiders are venomous, including tarantulas, which are particularly popular in terrariums. Nevertheless, they are largely harmless to humans, but are often considered dangerous. This becomes a problem when legislators believe they need to protect the public from these “dangerous animals”. But how dangerous are venomous spiders really? We provide an overview, take a tour of the spider fauna in Australia, the kingdom of all venomous animals, and cover the keeping of venomous spiders in terrariums, from tarantulas to black widows. EditorialMAGAZINEDATES WESTERN HERP PERSPECTIVESFrog paradise EuropeB. Love Photo story“Venomous spiders” in terraristicsK. Kunz ReportageQueensland’s spiders and their venoms Part 1: The mygalomorph spidersT. J. Hauke Bibliography Keeping and breedingVenomous yet harmless – the genera Loxosceles and Sicarius in the terrariumG. Ackermann & A. Leetz ReportageStung by a tarantula? The South Russian tarantula (Lycosa singoriensis) in BurgenlandH.-J. Luef TERRARIUM PRACTICEOutdoor enclosure for tortoises 2.0M. Hallmen KEEPING AND BREEDINGRediscovering an old acquaintance: the Prairie Corn Snake (Pantherophis emoryi emoryi)K. Kessler Animals of our homelandThe smooth newtR. Leptien ServiceLibraryALSO NEAR YOU JourneyCuba all inclusive. Beaches, cocktails, anoles and roll-tailed iguanasI. Kober PREVIEW BRUTKASTEN Chuckwalla anecdotes Part 1H. Werning

NTV, amphibians at the garden pond André de Saint-Paul, Ingo Brand & Wolfgang Schmidt 104 pages 96 photos Format: 16,8 x 21,8 With references to"Chemistry in the garden pond""Safety at the garden pond""Design" Content: You will not only get a beautifuland interesting small biotope to theown property, but can also be usedmake an important contribution to nature conservation! Everything you need to know in order for amphibians to settle in your pond The amphibian-friendly garden pond Large species part with splendid pictures With "amphibian calendar" for the garden pond Press commentaries: Following a taste of the time more and more garden pond friends lay themselves ponds, many of them become so-called natural ponds. Surely, only the fewest investors consider thereby, what they can cause. For these a book appeared, which can answer each question, which they could ask, exhaustively, if it refers to the topic: Amphibien at the garden pond . Who knows them all, toads, toads, frogs and newts? All animal species that before man had settled in the places of today's ponds had long been resident and indigenous and had been suppressed for the time being. What to do when they return suddenly and inconspicuously? Many gardeners are aware of the fact that this can happen in well-designed gardens and have been described in some articles (...). So what should we do to get to know these new citizens of the garden better and, if possible, to help them even more? Very simple: Buy and read the book discussed here!Rarely has a book summarized so much worth knowing about this topic so succinctly and comprehensibly.Some garden friends, who are not quite firm with the determination, will use the many clear photos beside the text, in order to determine its pond inhabitants correctly. The text leaves also no wish open, there are chapters about the animal species themselves and such, which have apparently secondary meaning, but for a longer existence of pond and animal are extremely important: "Nature as a model", "Legal regulations", "Settlement of amphibians", "Water supply", "Pond technology" and "Safety at the garden pond" are just a few examples. Everything is presented very clearly and comprehensibly for zoological laymen and is also exciting to read.Conclusion: A 5-star book!Walther Rohdich in The Aquarium 08/2002Recommended(...)Altogether (...) a recommendable book for garden owners who are interested in amphibians, as well as for all amphibian friends and those who want to become one.Petra Kölle in DATZ 9/2002(...)(This book) is intended to serve those who want to create a garden pond in their garden that is as close to nature as possible.The book first of all examines the question of whether the garden pond can be a Noah's ark for amphibians and what position amphibians occupy in the biotope garden pond. The next chapter gives a brief overview of amphibians: evolution, systematics, way of life, catching prey, breathing, voice, reproduction, from egg to lurch, migrations and enemies and diseases. This gives everyone the basic knowledge they need to better understand amphibians. (...)In the following kind descriptions all amphibian-types native with us are introduced except for two (...) in text and picture. Thereby, distribution, way of life and reproduction are discussed in detail. The garden ponds for amphibians are taken into account afterwards, whereby also the remaining garden is included in the discussion. The question "Fish and amphibians in a body of water - is that possible?", which is important for many people, is answered as well as questions about legal regulations, settlement in one's own garden and the construction and maintenance of a garden pond. (...)The last part of the book is about safety at the garden pond, care tips and an "amphibian calendar", which gives an overview of important events in the course of the year of the native species. At the end there is a glossary, a bibliography and an index.The book can be considered as quite successful and gives also the interested layman the possibility of making itself fast familiar with the topic. (...) Altogether a recommendable reading for "newcomers" or advanced readers who are interested in this topic.Peter Janzen, DGHT-AG Anuren, in elaphe 3/2002A feel-good garden for frogsA beautiful garden pond is not just a piece of quality of life. It can also make a contribution to nature and species conservation, according to André de Saint-Paul, Ingo Brand and Wolfgang Schmidt in the book "Amphibien am Gartenteich", published by Natur und Tier - Verlag. Location, pond type, water supply, planting and technology - nothing is left out. In addition the Artenteil equipped like the entire book with excellent color photos presents all domestic tail and frog through species with detailed information and refers also to their special needs.Review in Dresdner newest News of 30.05.2002(...)The book shows the right way. More and more garden owners want to create a piece of nature with frogs, toads and newts.One is also reasonably informed about the work involved in setting up and maintaining such a watercourse. The care of the small water is also important, and here the author gives many care tips.Also the amphibian calendar is valuable, which clearly tells each owner of a garden pond what is happening at which time of the year in his water and when he can find which kind of amphibian there.Get a beautiful and interesting small biotope on your own property. Well informed you can make an important contribution to nature conservation!