Broadley, Donald G. (revision): FitzSimons' Snakes of Southern Africa

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Broadley, Donald G. (revision) : FitzSimons' Snakes of Southern Africa

(Johannesburg: Delta Books, 1983) 0908387040

ISBN 0908387040

4to; original fawn cloth, with gilt-on-brown spine title; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 376, incl. index; large regional map; profusely illustrated with full-colour plates after P.J. Smit's outstanding watercolours, line drawings, photographs and distribution maps. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed, and somewhat sunned, especially to spine panel; occasional light spotting. Very good condition. "FitzSimons' Snakes of Southern Africa is the definitive study of the 160 species and subspecies of snakes known to occur in the southern African subcontinent … Dr Donald Broadley, who assisted with the preparation of the first edition, has revised and updated the entire book, which now includes 117 line drawings illustrating details of head scaling, 92 photographs, 83 distribution maps and 81 colour plates of original watercolours by the eminent animal artist, the late P.J. Smit. A new chapter on venom and the treatment of snakebite has been provided by Dr P.A. Christensen, consultant at the South African Institute of Medical Research."

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