Books

This is a list of most of the books relevent to the UK. Some of the older books are out of print but you should be able to get most of them second hand.

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British Amphibians & Reptiles
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  • A Field Guide to the...
    Amphibians and Reptiles of Britain and Europe

  • E. Nicholas Arnold
    Illustrated by Denys W. Ovenden

  • Second Edition 2002, first published 1978
  • HarperCollins, London
  • ISBN 0 00 219964 5
  • £19.99, 288 pages, h/b, 13x20cm
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  • Great Crested Newt Conservation Handbook

  • Tom Langton, Catherine Beckett, Jim Foster

  • First Published 2001
  • Froglife, Halesworth, Suffolk
  • ISBN 0952110644
  • 55 pages, s/b, A4 21x30cm
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  • Atlas of amphibians and reptiles in Britain

  • H R Arnold

  • Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, research publication no. 10
  • First Published 1995
  • HMSO
  • ISBN 0 11 701824 4
  • £8.95, 40 pages, s/b, A4 21x30cm
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  • Amphibians and Reptiles
    ~ A Natural History of the British Herpetofauna

  • Trevor Beebee and Richard Griffiths

  • Number 87 in the New Naturalist series
  • First published 2000
  • HarperCollins, London
  • ISBN 000 220083 X (h/b) or 000 220084 8 (p/b)
  • £34.99, 270 pages, h/b, 15x22cm
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  • Snakes and Lizards

  • Tom Langton, illustrations by Denys Ovenden

  • First Published 1989
  • Whittet Books Ltd, London
  • ISBN 0-905483-77-4
  • £6.95, 125 pages, h/b, 15x21cm
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  • Frogs & Toads

  • Trevor Beebee, illustrated by Guy Troughton

  • 1993 Reprint; First published 1985
  • Whittet Books Ltd, London
  • ISBN 0-905483-38-3
  • £?, 121 pages, h/b, 15x21cm
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  • Lives of British Lizards

  • Colin Simms

  • First published 1970
  • Goose & Son, Norwich
  • ISBN 900404 10 8
  • 128 pages, h/b, 14x22cm
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  • The Adder

  • Peter Stafford

  • No. 18 in the Shire Natural Histroy Series
  • First published 1987
  • Shire Publications, Princes Risborough
  • ISBN 0 85263 879 5
  • £1.95, 24 pages, booklet, 15x21cm
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  • Lizards of the British Isles

  • Peter Stafford

  • No. 46 in the Shire Natural History Series
  • First published 1989
  • Shire Publications, Princes Risborough
  • ISBN 07478 0028 6
  • £1.95, 24 pages, booklet, 15x21cm
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  • The Common Toad

  • Fred Slater

  • No. 60 in the Shire Natural History Series
  • First published 1992
  • Shire Publications, Princes Risborough
  • ISBN 07478 0161 4
  • £2.50, 24 pages, booklet, 15x21cm
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  • Reptiles and Amphibians in Britain

  • Deryk Frazer

  • Number 69 in the New Naturalist series
  • First published 1983
  • Collins, London
  • ISBN 0 00 219706 5
  • 256 pages, h/b, 15x22cm
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  • The British Amphibians and Reptiles

  • Malcolm Smith

  • Number 20 in the New Naturalist series
  • Third edition 1964, First published 1951
  • Collins, London
  • 322 pages, h/b, 15x22cm