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A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand

A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand described which can be used for identification, including geographic range maps and Science and technology descriptions of their behaviour and habitat, having each plate located close to the relevant descriptions works well. Conservation status is RR 2017/108 described and also whether the species is listed under the Convention for International Trade Tanya Chan-ard, Jarujin Nabhitabhata and John W.K. Parr in Endangered Species. The book also includes descriptions of The Red Data Book Oxford University Press categories used to describe the status of Oxford and New York species. I have to say that the big-headed turtle xxix  314 pp. steals the show as the opening species. With a ISBN 978 0 19 973649 2 (hbck); ISBN 978 0 19 973650 8 head too large to be retracted into the (pbck) carapace, this turtle somewhat resembles a £88 $125 (hbck); £27.50 $39.95 (pbck) tank, so it is all the more surprising when we Also available as an e-book are told that it “climbs occasionally, both up Keywords Guides and handbooks, Reptiles, Thailand inclined tree trunks and over stones and Review DOI 10.1108/RR-03-2017-0074 boulders” (p. 19). Similarly, the narrow-headed softshell turtles are, as the A handy size and informative work including name implies, narrow headed (p. 26). While over 350 turtle, lizard, snake, and crocodile information is given on the physiology and species, this is one of the first field guidebooks behaviour of these species, no explanation is to focus exclusively on the reptiles of Thailand. given as to the reason for these physiological Although initially published in English, it is adaptations. While that may be beyond the explained in the Foreword that there are plans to remit and physical limits of a field guidebook, publish it also in the Thai language. I felt that some explanation would have been The book begins with a useful section useful and possibly helped to make the work explaining how the book is arranged, a more interesting. glossary and the key characteristics used in Among the lizards are included the legless identification. For those new to the study of skinks. At a first glance, these legless lizards reptiles, line drawings of each body type are look like snakes, and I could see the work provided for turtles, lizards and snakes, and being useful to illustrate to students that plates for each species are accompanied by relatedness cannot be based on just how a detailed descriptions. Interestingly, for turtles, species looks – internally, the similarity to the carapace (shell) measurements are used, other lizard species is clear (p. 133). while for lizards, it is the snout-to-vent (anus) The work is reasonably priced, and while it and tail measurements that aid identification. is probably too specialist for those with just a The entire body length measurement is used for snakes – while no guidance is given, I general interest in reptiles, this will be useful imagine that these measurements are taken for those with a specific interest in Thailand or very carefully! for reptile enthusiasts in general. The introduction covers the history of the Mary Robinson Research Analytics Officer, Nottingham study of reptiles in Thailand. Information is University, Nottingham, UK also included about Thailand’s geographic location, climate, habitats and conservation efforts, as well as related organizations. The RR 2017/109 section on the history of herpetology in Thailand describes the key people who played Guide to North American Birds a role in the advancement of knowledge of the National Audubon Society field. New York For each species, in addition to physical URL: www.audubon.org/bird-guide description and illustration, other aspects are Last visited February 2017 Gratis Reference Reviews Keywords Birds, Guides and handbooks, North America Volume 31 · Number 4 · 2017 · pp. 27–30 © Emerald Publishing Limited · ISSN 0950-4125 Review DOI 10.1108/RR-02-2017-0030 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Reference Reviews Emerald Publishing

A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand

Robinson, Mary
Reference Reviews , Volume 31 (4): 1 – May 15, 2017
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described which can be used for identification, including geographic range maps and Science and technology descriptions of their behaviour and habitat, having each plate located close to the relevant descriptions works well. Conservation status is RR 2017/108 described and also whether the species is listed under the Convention for International Trade Tanya Chan-ard, Jarujin Nabhitabhata and John W.K. Parr in Endangered Species. The book also includes descriptions of The Red Data Book Oxford University Press categories used to describe the status of Oxford and New York species. I have to say that the big-headed turtle xxix  314 pp. steals the show as the opening species. With a ISBN 978 0 19 973649 2 (hbck); ISBN 978 0 19 973650 8 head too large to be retracted into the (pbck) carapace, this turtle somewhat resembles a £88 $125 (hbck); £27.50 $39.95 (pbck) tank, so it is all the more surprising when we Also available as an e-book are told that it “climbs occasionally, both up Keywords Guides and handbooks, Reptiles, Thailand inclined tree trunks and over stones and Review DOI 10.1108/RR-03-2017-0074 boulders” (p. 19). Similarly, the narrow-headed softshell turtles are, as the A handy size and informative work including name implies, narrow headed (p. 26). While over 350 turtle, lizard, snake, and crocodile information is given on the physiology and species, this is one of the first field guidebooks behaviour of these species, no explanation is to focus exclusively on the reptiles of Thailand. given as to the reason for these physiological Although initially published in English, it is adaptations. While that may be beyond the explained in the Foreword that there are plans to remit and physical limits of a field guidebook, publish it also in the Thai language. I felt that some explanation would have been The book begins with a useful section useful and possibly helped to make the work explaining how the book is arranged, a more interesting. glossary and the key characteristics used in Among the lizards are included the legless identification. For those new to the study of skinks. At a first glance, these legless lizards reptiles, line drawings of each body type are look like snakes, and I could see the work provided for turtles, lizards and snakes, and being useful to illustrate to students that plates for each species are accompanied by relatedness cannot be based on just how a detailed descriptions. Interestingly, for turtles, species looks – internally, the similarity to the carapace (shell) measurements are used, other lizard species is clear (p. 133). while for lizards, it is the snout-to-vent (anus) The work is reasonably priced, and while it and tail measurements that aid identification. is probably too specialist for those with just a The entire body length measurement is used for snakes – while no guidance is given, I general interest in reptiles, this will be useful imagine that these measurements are taken for those with a specific interest in Thailand or very carefully! for reptile enthusiasts in general. The introduction covers the history of the Mary Robinson Research Analytics Officer, Nottingham study of reptiles in Thailand. Information is University, Nottingham, UK also included about Thailand’s geographic location, climate, habitats and conservation efforts, as well as related organizations. The RR 2017/109 section on the history of herpetology in Thailand describes the key people who played Guide to North American Birds a role in the advancement of knowledge of the National Audubon Society field. New York For each species, in addition to physical URL: www.audubon.org/bird-guide description and illustration, other aspects are Last visited February 2017 Gratis Reference Reviews Keywords Birds, Guides and handbooks, North America Volume 31 · Number 4 · 2017 · pp. 27–30 © Emerald Publishing Limited · ISSN 0950-4125 Review DOI 10.1108/RR-02-2017-0030

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