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16-Sep-04, 09:54 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | | | But what's it about? |
16-Sep-04, 09:59 PM
| | | I was talking about Rick Shine's book.... I'll take a stab though and say cooking? 
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16-Sep-04, 10:34 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-04 Location: Sydney | | | | Yeh is agree....its fantastic. Great read and some great pictures. I bought it at the expo. Well worth a read!!
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16-Sep-04, 10:56 PM
|  | Yes, that Hix Moderator | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Sydney | | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by instar Crikey thanks Fuscus, biology of frogs and reptiles sounds good, Ive gotta stock up. Thnx again!  | You'll be lucky to find it, Inny. The Royal Zoological Society of NSW don't have copies left, and I can't find the publisher's website to see if they've got any. But it was printed in 1984, so they probably don't have any left.
If you do find some, they'll probably be expensive: Amazon.com knows of two secondhand copies being sold for $126 and $180 (that's in US dollars). 
Hix
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17-Sep-04, 04:34 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 33  | | | | Taronga zoo and the Australian museum usually sell copies of "The biology of frogs and reptiles" Its more of a scientific publication though
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17-Sep-04, 10:22 PM
| | Yes, that Hix Moderator | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Sydney | | | Very scientific. It contains 63 papers on ecology, phylogeny, physiology etc. Of the 63 papers, only 4 are on husbandry - and one of those is concerned with an exotoc lizard.
Considering the cost, most amateur reptile keepers wouldn't bother with it.
Hix
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17-Sep-04, 10:39 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Brisbane | | | | A book that everyone should have in the collection....had my hard cover copy since 1991.... |
17-Sep-04, 10:46 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | | Probably gone soft by now Gammy |
17-Sep-04, 10:47 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: In the ironically named sunshine coast, surrounded by nerds and nurses | | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by africancichlidau Das Große Buch der Australischen Schlangen. Eine Naturgeschichte.
I HAVE to get this one! Anyone know what it is about?  | Das Große Buch der Australischen Schlangen. Eine Naturgeschichte. =
The big book of Australian Snakes. A Natural history. |
17-Sep-04, 10:49 PM
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17-Sep-04, 10:56 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Brisbane | | | | afro...pages are worn....but the cover is still very hard.... :wink: |
17-Sep-04, 11:01 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | | Have the same problem myself Gammy |
17-Sep-04, 11:11 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Brisbane | | | very good.....................................  |
17-Sep-04, 11:41 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-03 Location: In the ironically named sunshine coast, surrounded by nerds and nurses | | | Speaking of books, I may have got hold of a new hard cover of "Pythons of the world, Vol 1"
Cost more than $12 though. |
18-Sep-04, 06:11 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: North Brisbane Metro | | | | Are you getting it from the vpi bookshop ?
Thats where i got mine from fuscus
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