Table of Contents

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION
History of Herpetology in Thailand
Physiography
Climate
Habitats
Zoogeography
The Conservation of Reptiles
The Protected Area System
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
SYSTEMATIC SECTION
THE PLATES
1. Big-headed Turtle and leatherback
2. Sea Turtles I
3. Sea Turtles II
4. Pond Turtles
5. Pond Turtles
6. Pond Turtles
7. Tortoises
8. Turtles & Softshell Turtles
9. Softshell Turtles
10. Gliding Lizards I
11. Gliding Lizards
12. Tree Lizards
13. Anglehead Lizards & Crested Lizards
14. Crested Lizards
15. Water Dragon. Phu Wua Lizard & Earless Lizard
16. Butterfly Lizards
17. Snake Skinks & Legless Skinks I
18. Legless Skinks
19. Larut Skink, Striped Skinks & Slender Skinks
20. Slender Skinks II
21. Tree Skink & Skinks
22. Slender Skinks & Ground Skinks
23. Forest Skinks
24. Stream Skinks I
25. Stream Skinks II, Lizards & Cat Gecko
26. Slender-toed Geckos I
27. Slender-toed Geckos II
28. Slender-toed Geckos III
29. Rock Geckos
30. Ground Geckos, House Geckos & Frilly Geckos
31. Four-clawed Geckos & Dwarf Gecko
32. Tockay Geckos
33. Parachute Geckos
34. Monitors
35. Blind Snakes I
36. Blind Snakes II
37. Pipe Snake & Sunbeam Snake
38. Pythons
39. Slug Snakes
40. Tree Snake, White-bellied Snake & Blackheads
41. Trunk Snakes
42. Red Snakes & Racers I
43. Racers II
44. Rat Snakes
45. Wolf Snakes I
46. Wolf Snakes II & Bridle Snakes
47. Kukri Snakes I
48. Kukri Snakes II
49. Kukri Snakes
50. Ringnecks
51. Reed Snakes
52. Bronzebacks
53. Bronzebacks & Keelbacks I
54. Keelbacks
55. Keelbacks
56. Mountain Keelbacks
57. Cat Snakes I
58. Cat Snakes II
59. Whip Snakes
60. Keelbacks & Tree Snakes
61. Water Snakes I
62. Water Snakes II
63. Water Snakes III
64. Kraits
65. Cobras
66. King Cobra
67. Coral Snakes
68. Sea Snakes I
69. Sea Snakes II
70. Sea Snakes III
71. Sea Snakes IV
72. Sea Snakes V
73. Pit Vipers I
74. Pit Vipers II
75. Crocodiles

About the Author

Tanya Chan-ard is the Director of the Reference Collection at the Natural History Museum in Pathum Thani, Thailand.
John W. K. Parr has worked in natural resource management in Southeast Asia for 25 years, specializing in protected-area management. He is a co-founder of the Bangkok's Bang Pu Nature Centre, Thailand's first urban nature education center.
Jarujin Nabhitabhata was formerly the Director of the National Science Museum, Thailand.

Reviews

"Accurate, well written, and user-friendly, this guide will be an invaluable resource for anyone with interests in the rich and diverse reptilian fauna of Thailand. Highly recommended." --CHOICE
"A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand is a concise, yet reasonably thorough field-worthy book that will be of value to herpetologists and naturalists, whether amateur or professional, exploring the rich reptile fauna of Thailand." --The Quarterly Review of Biology