Pythons of the World, Volume III

The Pythons of Asia and the Malay Archipelago

Authors: David G. Barker, Mark Auliya and Tracy M. Barker

This hard bound volume in the Pythons of the World Series includes an informative account for each of the 29 species and three subspecies of pythons found in Asia and the Malay Archipelago.  The Malay Archipelago encompasses the nations and territories of the Indo-Pacific islands bounded on the north by Asia and on the south by Australia, including Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Philippines.   This book provides an account and distribution map for each of the 32 taxa.  Each account includes images to illustrate the natural variation of appearance seen in throughout the distribution of that taxon.  371 pages, 383 images and 7 illustrations.