Breeding and Keeping Geckos [Hardcover]

John Coborn (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: TFH Publications; 1995 edition (July 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793801346
• ISBN-13: 978-0793801343
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,883,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born 3/10/41 in Darlington UK.

After school I completed an apprenticeship in laboratory animal technology at the Institute of Cancer Research (UK).

I joined up as a Regular Soldier RAMC 1961-1970 and served in Germany, Malaysia and Borneo as a military hygienist. In Germany I met my wife, Ingrid, to whom I was wed for 44 years before she sadly passed away in 2008. We have five children; two boys and three girls.

I was Reptile Keeper then Curator in Cotswold Wild life Park (Oxfordshire, UK) 1971-1980. During this time I organised the first International Herpetological Symposia and founded ASRA (Association for the Study of Reptilia and Amphibia). I was also one of the founder members of ABWAK (Association of British Wild Animal Keepers).

I was Director of Dudley Zoo 1980-1982.

I took up full time writing in 1984 and have written over 90 books including foreign translations into Dutch, German, Polish and Spanish. I emigrated from the UK to Australia in 1986 when I wrote a number of books for Paradise Press.

Most of my books are on the natural history and the care and breeding of various reptiles and amphibians. My first book was the care and Breeding of Goldfish (K&R Books, 1975). My largest book was Atlas of Snakes of the World (TFH Publications 1990). I have also translated a number of books from Dutch to English and German to English for English publication.

I have written a few books on tropical fish and aquarium keeping as well as a number of bird books. I have written numerous magazine articles and papers for various publications. I have written some books under pseudonym: names I have used include Byron Bjorn, Jo Cobb, John L. Corbett and Joseph B. Stilton.

In 2000 I stopped writing full-time as I was beginning to lose my concentration. I live on a 13 acre property at Nanango, Queensland, Australia where I have a small olive grove. I have two dogs, some chickens, some budgies in an aviary, and a goldfish pond.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Briefly overviews the care spectrum of geckos., March 3, 1999

By 

Leann Christenson ([e-mail]) (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breeding and Keeping Geckos (Hardcover)

This book tries to give an overview of the care and breeding of geckos, falling short of an inclusive "how to" book. It's coverage of classification and biology are good. These areas are often overlooked by many hobbiest. Faithful to its commercial publisher, it promotes various retail products available at pet stores. Many beautiful "foto glaze" pictures of geckos. Some of these pictures are of geckos rarely seen in any general gecko books.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Out dated...., April 1, 2008

By 

M. G. Kuijpers - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Breeding and Keeping Geckos (Hardcover)

This book is a real TFH production, very glossy paper and very very glossy photos.

It tries to explain everything known about geckos in a short almost childish manner and falls (as expected) short in this.

Most of the information on care and breeding is outdated and was current in the beginning of the 90's.

There are way better books on the market today and they are also much more specialised on special gecko families if wanted.

My advice ? Spent your money on those.