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REPTILE LIFE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL WITH COMMENT...

The author  born Munich 1931  graduated from the Hebrew Reali School of Haifa (Biology Trend)
and earned his MSc and PhD (Zoology) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. There he taught
vertebrate zoology and herpetology during 1953 to 1999 and curated the National Collection of
Amphibians and Reptiles. He researched many different aspects of reptile life and published
over 440 abstracts  articles and research papers and one book  A Guide to the Reptiles and
Amphibians of Israel  Nature Reserves Authority  Jerusalem  1995 (in Hebrew). He continues
researching as professor emeritus. Werner had co-founded the Society for the Protection of
Nature in Israel  is a honorary member of the Zoological Society of Israel and is a Research
Associate of the Senckenberg Museum  Dresden. This second book  initially written in Hebrew 
addresses both beginners (amateurs and youth) and advanced readers (students and researchers) 
through each topic starting with a paragraph marked for beginners. The book draws data from
over 1 800 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 97 Israeli species and shorter comments on 18 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.
Almost all 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 behaviour and predation.

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