Reptile Life in the Land of Israel

This book addresses both beginners (amateurs and youth) and advanced readers (students and researchers). The book draws data from over1,800 cited sources. It comprises a general introduction to reptile life, biased towards local interests (ecology and life history)with 80 illustrations, followed by exhaustive reports on 104 Israeli species and shorter comments on 19 selected additional species.

Dichotomic keys enable identifying all species. The species reports emphasize sexual and age differences, heed individual variation and indicate the statistical solidity of all data. Almostall are illustrated with photograph, head sketch showing scutellation and a map of locality records that also reports the material seen. The photographs clearly portray all species, often with scale, with attention to geographical origin and age and sex differences, and include examples of nuptial coloration, mating posture, egg laying and hatching, as well as threat behavior and predation.