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1) (16351)  Babcock, Harold L. The Turtles of New England..  Boston: Society of Natural History, 1919. First edition. $1,800 More…
2) (18625)  Baird, Spencer F. United States and Mexico Boundary Survey, Part II: Zoology of the Boundary: Reptiles of the Boundary with 41 lithographed plates..  Washington, DC: U. S. Department of the Interior, 1857. First edition. $400 More…
3) (18328) Barbour, T. and Carr, Jr., A. F. Antillean Terrapins. Cambridge, MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1940. First edition. $600 More…
4) (18361) Barbour, Thomas and Ramsden, Charles T. The Herpetology of Cuba.. Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1919. First edition. $350 More…
5) (18359) Bedriaga, Jacques de. Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N.M. Przewalski nach Central-Asien unternommenen Reisen Zoologischer Teil. Band III, Abtheilung 1: Amphibien und Reptilien. Lieferung 1 to 4, complete in four parts.. Saint Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1898-1912. First edition. $6,500 More…
6) (18610) Boulenger, George Albert. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma: Reptilia and Batrachia.. London: Taylor and Francis, 1890. First edition. Sold
7) (18085) Brocchi, Paul Louis Antoine. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale, ouvrage Public par ordre du Ministre de l’Instruction Publique. Recherches Zoologiques. Troisieme Partie, 2e Section: Etude des Batraciens de l'Amerique Centrale.. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1881-1883. First edition. $3,750 More…
8) (16091) De Kay, James E. Zoology of New York or the New York Fauna, Part III: Reptiles and Amphibia + Part IV: Fishes, in 2 volumes, complete (the rare hand-colored plate edition).. Albany: W. and A. White and J. Visscher, 1842. First edition. $4,500 More…
9) (18627) De Smedt, Johan. The Vipers of Europe. Halblech, Germany: JDS Verlag, 2006. First edition in English. $125 More…
10) (18139) Eichwald, Eduardus. Fauna Caspio-Caucasia nonnullis observationibus novis illustravit. Petropoli (=St. Petersburg): Litteris Typographiae Diarii Gall. Politic. Petropoli, 1841. First edition. $13,850 More…
11) (18049) Gunther, Albert C. L. G. Biologia Centrali-Americana: Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Published by the editors, F. DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin, 1885-1902. First edition. $9,750 More…
12) (18297) Higgins, S. B. Ophidians, zoological arrangement of the different genera, including varieties known in North and South America, the East Indies, South Africa, and Australia: Their poisons, and all that is known of their nature; their galls, as antidotes to the snake-venom. New York: Boericke and Tafel, 1873. First edition.  $250  More… 
13) (18294) Medem, Federico. Los Crocodylia de sur America. Volume I: Los Crocodylia de Colombia, Volume II: Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Guayana Francesa, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brasil, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay.. Bogota: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1981-1983. First edition. $575 More...
14) (18256) Okada, Yaichiro. The Tailless Batrachians of the Japanese Empire. Nishigahara, Tokyo, Japan: Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station, 1931. First edition.  $650 More...
15) (18738) Oldham, C. F. The Sun and the Serpent: A Contribution to the History of Serpent-Worship. London: Archibald Constable, 1905. First edition.  $150   More…
16) (18712) Pitman, Captain Charles R. S. A Guide to the Snakes of Uganda. Kampala: Uganda Society, 1938. First edition.  $1,250   More…
17) (18740) Pritchard, P.C.H. and Trebbau, P. The Turtles of Venezuela, this is the Patrons’ Edition, in two volumes, limited to 300 copies, each signed by the authors (Pritchard and Trebbau), the artist (Voltolina), and the two editors (Alder and Savitzky), this is copy no. 124.. Athens, OH: Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians, 1984. Limited edition. $750  More…
18) (18373)  Rooij, Nelly de. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago, volume I: Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria + volume II: Ophidia, 2 volumes, complete..  Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1915-1917. First edition.  $1,250   More...
19) (18741) Schleich, H. Herman and Kastle, Werner (editors). Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal.. Ruggell, Germany: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag, 2002. First edition. $425 More...
20) (18737)  Spawls, Stephen and Branch, Bill. Dangerous Snakes of Africa: Natural History, Species Directory, Venoms and Snakebite..  Sanibel Island, FL: Ralph Curtis Publishing, 1995. First edition. $175 More...
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(18343) Strecker, John K. Collected Herpetological Papers of John K. Strecker, 1902-1927. Numerous places of publication and publishers, 1902-1927. First edition. $450 More…
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(18739) Taylor, Edward H. The Caecilians of the World.. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1968. First edition. $325 More…