Available-From the Sixth World Congress of Herpetology which just met in Brazil, 8/17/-22/08.

Book of Abstracts, CD, copy of Richard Vogt‚s new book on Amazonian Turtles. Limited numbers.

The Sixth World Congress of Herpetology met in Manaus, Brazil, August 17-22 attractted 548 registrants attended from 43 countries.

Material was printed for an attendance of 600, so there is a limited supply available of the following items,

1. THE COMPLETE PROGRAM of plenary speakers, symposia, oral speakers, posters, and the abstracts of these presentations is available on CD for $5.plus $5 for postage and handling to USA addresses.

2. THE ABSTRACT BOOK, soft cover, 421 pages, (only 100 were printed, 45 are available. $50.each. plus $25. postage to the U.S. (Original printing cost was $80.00 so this is a deal.)

3. THE SPECIAL EDITION FACSIMILE THE SSAR REPRINT FOR THE 6WCH OF "THE LIFE AND HERPETOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF AUGUST FRIEDRICH SCHWEIGGER (1793-1821) 386 pp. $25.,plus $15 postage to the U.S.

4. SAFARI HATS, the front of the hat with the logo of the WCH and the back flap with the logo of the 6WCH $20.,plus $8 postage.

If you are going to the Turtle Survival Alliance meeting in Tucson, AZ, Sept 17-20, 2008 (check their website for further details of the conference) you can skip the shipping fees and reserve a copy(s) by emailing Richard Vogt at vogt@inpa.gov.br .You can pay for the items at the conference.

If you are not going to the conference, email him about shipping the items you want from the U.S., while he is here, how much, etc.

Payment is to be made via money orders or checks drawn on USA banks can be deposited in PNC Bank P7-PFSC-04-C, 500 First St, Pittsburgh PA 15213.

Check should be made out to Richard C. Vogt, checking account 5-62-6504.

If you want to make a direct wire transfer deposit to the account you must add the $12. service fee to the bill, the ABA code is 043000096 return code P125523.

In addition Richard Vogt has a limited number of copies of his brand new book available about the turtles of the Amazon. He calls it the „The Bible of the Turtles of the Amazon." It is filled with his data and photos collected over the last 20 years in the Brazilian Amazon Basin.

Available in English, Portuguese and Spanish versions:
Amazonian Turtles (English),
Tartarugas da Amazônia (Portuguese)
Tortugas Amazónicas ( Spanish),
Richard Vogt, 2008, soft cover, 104 pages, with color photos on nearly every page.

$40. for any language, plus $20. postage and handling to USA addresses. These books
are not yet available anywhere else, you can also contact him vogt@inpa.gov.br to bring copies to be picked at the TSA meeting, saving the postage fee.

Mailing address:
Richard C, Vogt/INPA/CPBA/Caixa Postal 478/Manaus, AM/BRAZIL 69083-000
vogt@inpa.gov.br/phone/fax 55 92 3643 3394