I find it odd that an area with such a diverse array of herpetofauna as the Congo basin is so poorly represented in literature. I did have some luck though. Here are some titles that I found:

Snakes of South West Africa,1983

The identification of the poisonous snakes of British W. Africa, 1944

Snake report 721: A comparative study of the herpetological fauna of the former West Cameroon, Africa, 1979

I'm going to look at the library (if they can find them, it'll definitely be on loan) and I'd really like to find a copy of "Snake report 721." I googled it and found some scientific papers that cited it but haven't found it yet.

I would really like to know what areas the first book covers. Does anyone have this book?

Terry

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• Are there snakes in Africa? LOOK! - terrylove, Sat Jun 3 10:42:16 2006
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