Stephen Spawls is a herpetologist with a particular interest in the reptiles of East Africa. He was co-author of A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa and Dangerous Snakes of Africa and author of Kenya: A Natural History. Steve has written many key papers on the reptiles and amphibians of the region. Tomáš Mazuch is a Czech herpetologist and author of Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Abubakr Mohammad is an independent researcher on the natural heritage of Sudan, and he is the country’s leading expert on its herpetofauna.

• IntroductionHow to use this bookWhat are amphibians and reptiles?Northeast Africa: the landscape and zoogeography of the herpetofaunaObserving, gathering data and collecting reptilesAmphibian and reptile conservationSome brief notes on amphibian and reptile taxonomyIdentifying amphibians and reptilesSafety; observing and handling amphibians and reptiles; snakebiteAmphibia ReptiliaAcknowledgementsFurther reading and resourcesIndex

Stephen Spawls is a herpetologist with a particular interest in the reptiles of East Africa. He was co-author of A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa and Dangerous Snakes of Africa and author of Kenya: A Natural History. Steve has written many key papers on the reptiles and amphibians of the region. Tomáš Mazuch is a Czech herpetologist and author of Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Abubakr Mohammad is an independent researcher on the natural heritage of Sudan, and he is the country’s leading expert on its herpetofauna.

• IntroductionHow to use this bookWhat are amphibians and reptiles?Northeast Africa: the landscape and zoogeography of the herpetofaunaObserving, gathering data and collecting reptilesAmphibian and reptile conservationSome brief notes on amphibian and reptile taxonomyIdentifying amphibians and reptilesSafety; observing and handling amphibians and reptiles; snakebiteAmphibia ReptiliaAcknowledgementsFurther reading and resourcesIndex

Stephen Spawls is a herpetologist with a particular interest in the reptiles of East Africa. He was co-author of A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa and Dangerous Snakes of Africa and author of Kenya: A Natural History. Steve has written many key papers on the reptiles and amphibians of the region. Tomáš Mazuch is a Czech herpetologist and author of Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Abubakr Mohammad is an independent researcher on the natural heritage of Sudan, and he is the country’s leading expert on its herpetofauna.

• IntroductionHow to use this bookWhat are amphibians and reptiles?Northeast Africa: the landscape and zoogeography of the herpetofaunaObserving, gathering data and collecting reptilesAmphibian and reptile conservationSome brief notes on amphibian and reptile taxonomyIdentifying amphibians and reptilesSafety; observing and handling amphibians and reptiles; snakebiteAmphibia ReptiliaAcknowledgementsFurther reading and resourcesIndex