Practical Reptile Keeping

Practical Reptile Keeping is the only monthly herp care magazine published in English. Launched in 2009, it attracts an international readership and is packed with advice on how to look after and breed snakes, lizards, tortoises, turtles, amphibians and bugs. As well as stunning photography, each issue features technical help, product information and health care advice to keep your animals in tip-top condition, plus breeding details and the latest news relating to this group of creatures from around the world.

Welcome

Camels offer new hope to snakebite victims • Featuring stories that include a first-hand insight into what it is like working with local communities while studying anacondas in the Amazon, the discovery of three new amphibian species in the Andes of northwestern Peru, how a very rare lizard is being helped in its fight for survival and more, including a fascinating discovery about monitor lizards plus news about the oldest pterosaur found in North America, while starting here with the unexpected and remarkable involvement of camels in the treatment of snake bites.

Hidden gems in the mist

How endangered lizards could beat the heat

Living with anacondas

New discoveries about monitors

North America's oldest known pterosaur found

Making the right choice! • Timothy Zedi provides a personal list of the most suitable snakes and those to avoid when starting out in the hobby, based on his extensive experience.

Managing new acquisitions for your collection • It is always exciting when you obtain a new individual for your collection, but this is not without its risks, in terms of introducing disease. Appropriate quarantine measures are therefore vital. There is also the question of minimising stress on your new acquisition, helping it to settle in with you, as Dr James Brereton explains.

Herbs and intestinal health • Veterinary surgeon Dr Nick Thompson, BSc (Hons) Path Sci., BVM&S, VetMFHom, MRCVS, explains the risks to the intestinal health of reptiles, and herbs that can assist in promoting health in this area of the body.

Turtles as pets

Keeping White's tree frog

REPTILE FOCUS • Northern rubber boa (Charina bottae)

Planted enclosures - big and small • Dr Jason Randall MSc meets up with Andrew Stephenson, and discovers how he started developing planted zoo enclosures, and has now become recognised internationally for his expertise in this area. Andrew also passes on tips for those wanting to design planted vivariums at home.

New thoughts on old problems • Reptile breeder and veterinary surgeon Dr Tariq Abou-Zahr BVSc MRCVS considers the main issues that have plagued generations of reptile keepers, and potential new ways of tackling them successfully.

Out of Africa Life in water • In this instalment of his series examining how reptiles have adapted to different environments, Paul Donovan focuses on how members of this group have successfully adopted an aquatic lifestyle.

Adventures in Madagascar Part Three • Joshua Ralph sends another report back from the field in central-eastern Madagascar, detailing more of his findings and research within the Andasibe area. In this issue, he details the hard work that went into finding some amazing species, including Uroplatus geckos and many species of amphibian.

Practical Reptile Keeping