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Greetings,
There's an effort underway at Thamnophis.com to determine the level of interest that garter snake keepers have in getting Europe's best garter snake book (Strumpfbandnattern) translated from German into English. If the interest level is great enough, it might tell the authors that it would be economically feasible reprint the book in English. New copies of Strumpfbandnattern (written in German) sell for the equivalent of $35 USD. In comparison, The Garter Snakes by Rossman et al. is widely considered to be the best book on garter snakes written in English. New copies sell for $64 USD.

The current version of Strumpfbandnattern, written in German, can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.ms-verlag.de/index.php?120&backPID=158&swords=strumpfbandnattern&tt_products=309

and the poll to determine if it would be worthwhile to translate the book is located at the following link:
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/general-talk/211-strumpfbandnattern.html

Thanks,
Rick

Hello - Since you mentioned the Rossman book, I thought interested readers might want to know that it is available from the publisher for a huge discount during their annual holiday sale.

The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology
by Douglas A. Rossman, Neil B. Ford, Richard A. Seigel

published in hardcover at $65, now $13 until 12/31/06

Details at: www.oupress.com/bookdetail.asp?isbn=0-8061-2820-8