Customer Reviews

Reptiles, Amphibians, and Invertebrates: An Identification and Care Guide

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I liked nearly everything about this book. The format of one species per page with a high quality color photo made it wonderful to use. This info is for all the popular animals kept in captivity. The content of information was great, with one exception. I wish the temperature ranges for species were given, but the author directs the reader to other book titles with this and more detailed information.

If you really like to go to reptile shows to get your pets, this book is really great to carry with you. It consists of numerous one page entries on individual species. It includes nearly all of the reptiles (including snakes) and amphibians that you would encounter in the pet trade. Although I wish it had more information on whether or not a certain animal was easy to handle or good for beginners/experts, etc, it's a good "shotgun" herp book to have since it details lots of different species not just a select few. So if you ever have wondered how long a long-tailed lizard gets when you are at your local herp show, you can easily look it up in this book.

GREATEST book ever written for herpers. I call this my bible for reptile buying, keeping or just plain informational. So many uses and so quick for referencing a reptile before buying.

Although I wasn't expecting much from this book beyond some quick simple information on various species, I was still dissappointed. The care information is poor in many cases when I compared it to several other expert sources. Basic care info is missing like temperature and humidity requirements. My main reason to get this book was for the photos and species identification and in some cases that was incorrect. For example the what is supposed to be a photo of a Forest Hinge-back Tortoise looks more like a Home's Hinge-back Tortoise [...] I can't recommend this book to anyone looking to provide good quailty care to their pet. Or to help identify a species. Pass on this book.

I would like to review this book but it never arrived.
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