I recently ran across a book on Ebay I couldn't resist getting. The front had sort of a cheesy picture of a taipan in a gaping posture, but the description and its potential sounded nice. The book is called "Dangerous Snakes of Australia, An Illustrated Guide to Australia's Most Venomous Snakes." It is the revised edition, and is authored by Peter Mirtschin and Richard Davis. The color picture section alone was worth the $6 I paid on Ebay. There are tons of pictures of the various species of tiger snakes and their various color forms, even an albino common tiger is listed. There are also numerous pictures of some of the lesser known Australian elapids (to us here in the US anyway), like the broad-headed snakes, banded snakes, and pale-headed snakes. On top of the pictures, there are reams of information including scale counts, individual species info, danger ratings, etc. Definitely a book anyone would want to get who is interested in Australian elapids.
-Chance
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Good book on Aussie Elapids
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Hi mate
There is a more recent edition of the same book (we have both as well as a second copy of the recent one for use in the field). They are fantastic little books indeed 
Cheers
B
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Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
Deputy Director
Australian Venom Research Unit
University of Melbourne
Great to hear! Is it available from any publishing companies in Australia, or will I have to do like this on and just sort of hope for the best on Ebay? 
Hmmm.... have you tried Amazon? If its not available there, email Peter directly: Peter Mirtschin
Cheers
Bryan
