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

(vol. I): pp. 354, 138 text-figures – some in color, 3 of 4 folding distribution maps (includes maps 1, 3, and 4 -- map 2 on ecto-parasites was never issued); (vol. II): pp. 270, 71 text-figures – some in color, 13 folding distribution maps.  Publisher's simulated brown crocodile-skin over cloth (hardcover) with color pictorial stiff wrappers bound in place, sm 4to.  This work provides a detailed survey of the distribution, ecology, conservation status of the caiman and crocodiles of South America including Trinidad and Tobago.  Volume I covers crocodiles of Colombia.  Volume II presents covers the crocodiles of Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Guayana Francesa, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brasil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay.  A very scarce work that draws together much information on South American caimans and crocodiles not available elsewhere.  The faux crocodile skin binding is very unusual.  I cannot find any evidence of other copies bound in this same way.  The quality and style of the binding appears to be one put on by the publisher.  Perhaps a very limited number of copies were bound in this special way.  The text is in Spanish with Latin names used throughout.  No ownership marks.