A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SNAKES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA BY VFM FITZSIMONS

A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SNAKES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA BY VFM FITZSIMONS. HARDCOVER, CLOTHBOUND, 221 PAGES, 2ND EDITION 1974, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES, IN GOOD CONDITION. 

Of the species and important subspecies of southern African serpents, 70 are found only here, 10 extend northwards, 54 are intruders from the north, 3 are widespread throughout Africa, and 1 the Black and Yellow Sea Snake is occasionally washed up on the eastern and southern shores. Some 65 are non-venomous, 45 are mildly poisonous and 35 are extremely so, but most are useful to man though persecuted through ignorance and fear.