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John Worthington-Hill
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 53
Age : 37
Location : Norfolk, UK
Points : 4661
Registration date : 2011-10-08
| Subject: Any recommendations for a field guide to snakes of India?  Sun 15 Jan - 19:36 | |
| Hey!
I'll be spending a lot of this year in India. Can anyone recommend a decent field guide to snakes?
Captain and Whitaker's 'Snakes of India' is probably too big and too expensive to be dragging through the bush...
Cheers guys!
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| | | | Peter van Issem
Serpent Chief
Number of posts : 707
Age : 56
Location : GERMANY
Points : 6364
Registration date : 2009-03-08
| | Subject: Re: Any recommendations for a field guide to snakes of India? Sun 15 Jan - 20:17 | |
| Yes, you are right, its a little bit to heavy, but unfortunly the very best! And maby the only with such a big bunch of exelent pictures! All the others deal only with parts of Indias wildlife, and not country wide! In my opinion, the one and only for this job! Maby you don´t have to carry it to whole day, maby pictures and compare at the end of the day!? | |
| | | | Sami Heikkinen
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| | Subject: Re: Any recommendations for a field guide to snakes of India? Mon 16 Jan - 0:08 | |
| I had these small guides with me in India
A guide to the Snakes of Maharashtra, Goa & Karnataka by Neelimkumar Khaire
A photographic guide to snakes and other reptiles of India by Indraneil Das
Have a happy herping!
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| | | | John Worthington-Hill
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 53
Age : 37
Location : Norfolk, UK
Points : 4661
Registration date : 2011-10-08
| | Subject: Re: Any recommendations for a field guide to snakes of India? Mon 16 Jan - 0:31 | |
| Yes I have the I. Das guide. It is a handy little book but not very detailed and far from comprehensive. No doubt Whitaker and Captain's is best, but there doesn't seem to be much inbetween... Though as you say Peter, probably worth the investment and used as an evening reference book  Thanks for the advice and well wishes! | |
| | | | Peter van Issem
Serpent Chief
Number of posts : 707
Age : 56
Location : GERMANY
Points : 6364
Registration date : 2009-03-08
| | Subject: Re: Any recommendations for a field guide to snakes of India? Mon 16 Jan - 0:54 | |
| Hi John,
I´m not sure, but the fieldguide to buy here in Europe will not be the best Idee. When it comes out years ago, I bought this Book with a friend of mine together. we bought 10 books and get two free copys of them. So we have payed only 10 and got 12! We ordered them directly in India! It takes some weeks, but everthing was fine! Maby you can find this guide in an Indian bookstore, for a better price!? And, maby not the best way, buy one of the ,,Indian Issues´´ then the english version was to the one with the highest price. The reason was, to support the other ,,Indian Copys´´ soo that people in India (with not su much money) can buy them also. It was planed, that it comes out in a english version and 3-4 Indian ,,Dialects´´ (I hope this word is correct ;-). This are much cheeper, but have the same pictures with sientific names! As an ID book, more than enought! | |
| | | | John Worthington-Hill
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 53
Age : 37
Location : Norfolk, UK
Points : 4661
Registration date : 2011-10-08
| | Subject: Re: Any recommendations for a field guide to snakes of India? Mon 16 Jan - 18:10 | |
| Hi Peter, It is quite, though I'm sure justly, expensive. So you have 2 spare copies now!?  I was wondering about buying the book in India. I'm sure the Indian and English versions will both be cheaper. So maybe I'll take the I. Das guide and try to get hold of Snakes of India while there... Cheers Peter! | |
| | | | Peter van Issem
Serpent Chief
Number of posts : 707
Age : 56
Location : GERMANY
Points : 6364
Registration date : 2009-03-08
| | Subject: Re: Any recommendations for a field guide to snakes of India? Tue 17 Jan - 0:55 | |
| Hi John,
unfortunely no, I sold all the others and have now (what a pitty) only one. When I see a chance to buy an aditional one, for a good price, I will bought them for sure.
From some books I have two, one for ,, work with´´ and one for good!
When we sell this book, people was wondering about the price around 60€ and says ,,to expensive´´ now I´see it on Amazon for 125 US. | |
| | | | John Worthington-Hill
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 53
Age : 37
Location : Norfolk, UK
Points : 4661
Registration date : 2011-10-08
| | Subject: Re: Any recommendations for a field guide to snakes of India? Tue 17 Jan - 23:42 | |
| Haha, no worries Peter  Yea very expensive in UK, think I'll wait untill I'm there... | |
| | | | Peter van Issem
Serpent Chief
Number of posts : 707
Age : 56
Location : GERMANY
Points : 6364
Registration date : 2009-03-08
| | Subject: Re: Any recommendations for a field guide to snakes of India? Wed 18 Jan - 1:26 | |
| Maby you can also contact DRACO BOOKS, the publisher. I spok today with a friend and aske him, if he has a copy for left, but he has sold all! He got an Indian one, nearly the same pictures, but smaler, good quality, and this issue is not so heavy! only a 1/3 like the english one, for a ,,field guide´´ much better! | |
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