Facsimile Reprints

Members and non-members can buy SSAR publications through our bookstore, which is hosted through Wild Apricot. For ease of browsing, we have included summaries of all of our publications here with links to purchasing options at the bookstore. Email us at ssarherps@gmail.com or ssarpubsec@gmail.com with any questions.

All SSAR members receive 10% off the purchase of SSAR books and back issues of journals, as available.

Reprints of classic books. Titles include Holbrook’s North American Herpetology, Sowerby and Lear’s Tortoises, Terrapins, and Turtles, Günther’s[Guenther’s] Biologia Centrali-Americana: Reptilia and Batrachia, and Bogert and Martin del Campo’s The Gila Monster and Its Allies.


Alligators in China: Their History, Description and Identification Fauvel, A.-A. 1879. Alligators in China. Original description of Alligator sinensis, including classical and natural history. 42 p., 3 plates. Click here to purchase.	Anatomy of the Salamander Francis, E. T. B. 1934. The Anatomy of the Salamander. Standard text of salamander anatomy, including osteology, myology, nervous system, and internal organs. Introductions by F. J. Cole and James Hanken. 465 p., 25 highly detailed plates, color frontispiece. Clothbound. Click here to purchase.	Classification der Batrachier: mit Berucksichtigung der Fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien 1871. Catalogue of Batrachia and Reptilia Obtained by McNiel in Nicaragua; Catalogue of Reptilia and Batrachia Obtained by Maynard in Florida. 8 p. Click here to purchase.	Contributions to North American Herpetology Click here to purchase.

Erpetologie Generale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles Click here to purchase.	General Zoology Volume III. Amphibians and Reptiles Click here to purchase.	Gigantic Land Tortoises of the Galapagos Archipelago Click here to purchase.	Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada, Volume 3, Bibliography Click here to purchase.

Herpetological Contributions of Giorgio Jan Jay M. Savage and Roy W. McDiarmid. With an introduction, Annotated Bibliography, Synopsis of Herpetological Taxa, and a Comprehensive Guide to the Iconographie generale des Ophidiens. Click here to purchase.	Herpetological Contributions of Sir Andrew Smith Click here to purchase.	Herpetological Contributions of Wilhelm C. H. Peters (1815-1883) Click here to purchase.	The Herpetology of Cuba Click here to purchase.

Les Tortues de L’Indochine Click here to purchase.	Life and Herpetological Contributions of August Friedrich Schweigger (1783-1821) Click here to purchase.	Life and Herpetological Contributions of Mario Giacinto Peracca (1861-1923) Click here to purchase.	Lizards of Australia and New Zealand Gray, J.E. and A. Gunther. 1845-1875. Lizards of Australia and New Zealand. With introduction by Glenn M. Shea. 82 p. 20 plates (measuring 8.5 x 11 inches). Clothbound.Click here to purchase.

Lizards of Australia and New Zealand Plates Click here to purchase.	Neue Classification der Reptilien and Systematischen Anordnung der Schildkroten Fitzinger, L. 1826 & 1835. Neue Classification der Reptilien and Systematische Anordnung der Schildkroeten. Important nomenclatural landmarks for herpetology, including Amphibia as well as reptiles; world-wide in scope. Introduction by Robert Mertens. 110 p., folding chart. Clothbound. Click here to purchase.	Papers on the Higher Classification of Frogs Cope, E. D. 1864. Papers on the Higher Classification of Frogs. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and Natural History Review. 32 p. Click here to purchase.	Preliminary study of the thermal requirements of desert reptiles Cowles, R. B., and C. M. Bogert. 1944. A Preliminary Study of the Thermal Requirements of Desert Reptiles. With extensive review of recent studies by F. Harvey Pough. Reprinted from Bulletin of American Museum of Natural History. 52 p., 11 plates. Click here to purchase.

Reptile Fauna of Ceylon Ferguson, W. 1877. Reptile Fauna of Ceylon. First comprehensive summary of the herpetofauna of Sri Lanka. Introduction by Kraig Adler. 48 p Click here to purchase.	Reptilium Conspectum Click here to purchase.	Tortoises, Terrapins, and Turtles The finest atlas of turtle illustration ever produced. Introduction by Ernest E. Williams. 26 p., 61 full-page plates (measuring 8.5 × 11 inches). Cantor, Theodore Click here to purchase.	Voyage dans l’Amerique Meridionale Click here to purchase.

	Zoology of Ohio (Herpetological Portion) Kirtland, J. P. 1838. Zoology of Ohio (Herpetological Portion). 8 p. Click here to purchase.	Zoology of Chusan Theodore Cantor. Descriptions of new amphibians, reptiles, and mammals from coastal island near Shang-hai. Introduction by Kraig Adler. Click here to purchase.