Venomous Snakes

[crocsnhots]

Just got in a new book yesterday, Venomous Snakes: Snakes in the Terrarium by Ludwig Trutnau. I have several other 'hot' books but I was eagerly awaiting the english translation and publication of this book, and haven't been let down.

340pp, 129 colour photos, 171 species descritpions, hard cover
8" wide, 9.5" high, 1" deep

Despite the poor quality cover photo of Ophiophagus hannah, the photos throughout the book are gorgeous, especially Bitis nasicornis on page 128. Other favourites of mine are Vipera wagneri on page 188, Vipera xanthina on page 189, Crotalus polystictus on page 259 and Trimeresurus flavomaculatus mcgregori on page 305.

This is the first (english) book I have ever seen on keeping a wide variety of venomous snakes. Of the species I looked up the information seems correct, although I am not experienced enough with keeping those particular species to say for sure.

The temperatures are in celcius tho, so my American and fahrenheit using Canadian friends might find it somewhat of an inconvenience to lookup the F° conversions repeatedly. Just keep a thermometer closeby and it shouldn't pose a problem.

Anyone else have this book yet? What are your thoughts?

[EmeraldEyes]

I don't have that book, but it looks like one I'd love to get. How much was it? Also, what are some of the other good "hot" books photo wise? I can't wait to see the photo of nasicornis!
Thanks for posing this and letting us know it was out there! Peace, Emmy

[GHOSTSNAKE]

so regret.... .
I could not find it in China .

[herpaworld]

hi all,

i have that book since, i dont know, 4 years. and i **** on it!!! sorry, but its truth. some of the pics are not well specified. for example page 351, this trimerusurus is not a T. venustrus. that one is a Trimerusurus flavomaculatus...

the problem is there, all the Author copy from the other! that spittes me on!!! Sorry again, i know how hard is it to wrigth a book, but i dont have prooft infos ???, so what i dont wright a fu.... book...

The other crazy info is about his Extractor !!!! you like to die... lets follow L. Truthnau, thats the stupid thing i ever hear. ask every medical trained personal,,,,, never!!!!!! never manipulate a wound!!!!! e special you get some bite from a venom snake!!!! sorry Ludwig, thats a eclatant (Major Error)! also his infos about Ophiophagu hannah, for less, for free, thats nothing!!! you dont have any exp.... so dont wright about it!!!! Sorry, i know it is a lot of work, but...... so many pepoles like to follow the instructions of that book!!!!

so long
cheers

[crocsnhots]

Venomous Snakes is available for $74.50 through the publisher; Krieger, I got it cheaper tho because I preordered it. It could also probably be found on amazon.com and amazon.ca, however seeing as this book was just printed (AUGUST 2004) (in english), some online book retailers may not have it in stock yet.

The book covers Elapidae, Viperidae and Crotalidae. I was hoping it would have some information on opisthoglyphs (rear-fanged species), especially the medically significant species, but there are none listed.

I'm going to be picking up several more hot books in the next month or two, but for now, of the books I own, some other good books with lots of hot photos are:

The Venomous Reptiles Of The Western Hemisphere by Jonathan A. Campbell and William W. Lamar -- Although the photos are small on the plates, they are clear and beautifully depict the species represented. One of my favourite books and has over 1400 photos!

Snakes Of The Agkistrodon Complex by Howard K. Gloyd and Roger Conant -- A must have for anyone interested in Agkistrodon species! There are photos of species in this book that I had never even heard of or seen.

Rattler! A Natural History Of Rattlesnakes by Chris Mattison -- Ah, Crotalus, gotta love the buzztails! Lovely photos and information.

The following books aren't specifically about hots but do have a good number of hot photos:

The Atlas of Snakes Of The World by John Coborn -- This massive book contains hundreds of photos of hots!

Field Guide To Reptiles and Amphibians of North America by National Audubon Society -- I love this little book, check out plates 616, 622, 644, 645 & 652 for some of my favs.

Living Snakes of the World in Color by John M. Mehrtens -- The ONLY book I have EVER found with a chapter on keeping opisthoglyph species! Ahaetulla, Boiga, Hydrodynastes (listed as Cyclagras), Dispholidus and even Erpeton!

Hope this helps.

P.S. GHOSTSNAKE, try Krieger Publishing, they might ship to you in China, also try Amazon.com, they're located in the US, but they have shipped up to me in Canada, and I'm pretty sure they ship worldwide. Good luck!

[EmeraldEyes]

Thank you very much for taking the time to list thse books! -Also for the very helpful info. It should save me a lot of time and money hunting for the best photos, as my money is severely limited. Peace, Emmy

[dick visser]

Hello, all of you.

Yes there is a lot of commotion on the book of L.Trutnau but I dont think it is a place to ****t....there are better places to do such things...gggg.
When the book was relaest, it was in German language and at that time it was the best there was ever written on sankes related to the terrarium hobby, everybody was grazy about it and I was one of theme who bought it and enjoydet very much. Even in the present time, when I'm looking for a special species, first 'the Trutnau' and secontly the rest...
But when the time went on and the scientific herpetology was developed quickly the book became less important.
Oh, yes there are totally wrong discriptions and there are false names at some pictures but tell me, where is a better book including that much species Trutnau discribed and including terrarium experiances...? There isn't. Of corse there are many fine herpetological and terrarium books at the moment, but why is this book of Ludwig Trutnau still reprint and sell in many different country's and languages...?
Well I would say, see for your self...

Talking about books: there is a new book about Indian snakes from Romulus Whitaker and Ashok Captain 'Snakes of India'...
Its realy amazing ! I think it is the best ever written about Indian snakes. See for information www.snakesofindia.com
I'm not an agent for this book I'm only totally fascinated...

Greetings **** Visser.