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Bta Book List 2020 BTA BOOK LIST 2020 Phone: 0822937054 / 0823371355 Email: [email protected] TICK ISBN TITLE AUTHOR PRICE TO ORDER AMPHIBIANS 9781775845447 Frogs of Southern Africa Du Preez/Carruthers R 380.00 ARTHROPODS (INSECTS & SPIDERS) 97817758405843 Field Guide to Insects of South Africa Picker/Griffiths/Weaving R 325.00 9781868727247 Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa Steve Woodhall R 270.00 9781775846529 Scorpions of Southern Africa Jonathan Leeming R 285.00 9781770078017 Spiders: An Identification Guide For Southern Africa Filmer R 190.00 9781775841982 Insectopedia Erik Holm R 240.00 9781770074866 What’s that Butterfly? Steve Woodhall R 180.00 BIRDS AND BIRDING 9781770092419 Beat about the bush. Birds Trevor Carnaby R 360.00 9781770078765 Newman's Birds Of Southern Africa Newman R 270.00 9781868728794 What’s that Bird? Newman R 195.00 9780620506298 Roberts Nests And Eggs Tarboton R 220.00 9781431701209 500 Common Bird Calls in Southern Africa Newman R 220.00 9781770076785 Bird Calls For Beginners Newman R 130.00 9781770078000 More Bird Calls For Beginners Newman R 130.00 FISHES 9781868726431 Complete Guide to Freshwater Fishes of S Africa Paul Skelton R 235.00 REPTILES 9781770073753 Chameleons of Southern Africa Tolley & Burger R 180.00 9781868729326 Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa Johan Marais R 325.00 9781770073869 Guide to the Reptiles of southern Africa Alexander & Marais R 325.00 9781770077713 What's That Reptile Marais R 195.00 9781868722815 Snakes & Snakebite in Southern Africa Johan Marais R 190.00 9781770074637 Tortoises, Terrapins & Turtles Bill Branch R 155.00 MAMMALS 9781770092402 Beat about the bush. Mammals Trevor Carnaby R 300.00 9781775841111 Stuarts' Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa Chris & Tilde Stuart R 345.00 9781770079137 Smither's Mammals of Southern Africa Peter Apps R 320.00 9780986992605 Mammals Of The Kruger National Park Veronica Roodt R 135.00 9780986992667 Mammals Of Botswana And Surrounding Areas Veronica Roodt R 135.00 9781920544850 Wild Ways Apps & Meakin R 185.00 ASTRONOMY 9781770072152 Stargazing from Game Reserves in Southern Africa Anthony Fairall R 135.00 9781868727384 Starwatching Anthony Fairall R 160.00 9781770076242 Starwise Anthony Fairall R 120.00 9781770078598 Guide to the Night Skies of Southern Africa Mack R 140.00 FLORA & OTHER 9991202420 Common Wild Flowers of the Okavango Delta Veronica Roodt R 125.00 9781875093922 Field Guide To The Acacias Of South Africa Smit R 140.00 9781770079113 Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa Van Wyk, et al R 370.00 9781770093751 Trees & Shrubs of Mpumalanga & KNP Schmidt et al. R 390.00 9781875093175 Guide to Grasses of Southern Africa Van Oudtshoorn R 275.00 Grasses Of The Kruger National Park And Surrounding 9780986992674 Veronica Roodt R 125.00 Bushveld 9781770072404 How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa Van Wyk, et al R 260.00 9991202412 Trees and shrubs of the Okavango Delta Veronica Roodt R 125.00 Wild Flowers, Waterplants And Grasses Of The 9780986992681 Veronica Roodt R 125.00 Okavango Delta And Kalahari 9781775846765 Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa Manning R 340.00 GEOLOGY / GEOMORPHOLOGY 9781770071483 The Story of Earth & Life McCarthy & Rubidge R 295.00 9781770070622 Geological Journeys Norman &Whitfield R 270.00 9781868729852 Field Guide To Rocks And Minerals of SA Cairncross R 310.00 Pocket Guide To Rocks And Minerals Of Southern 9781770074439 Cairncross R 155.00 Africa 9781770074859 How on earth? McCarthy R 230.00 TRACKS AND TRACKING 9781868720088 Guide to Tracks and Tracking in Southern Africa Louis Liebenberg R 155.00 Field Guide To The Tracks And Signs Of Southern, 9781770073609 Chris & Tilde Stuart R 310.00 Central & East African Wildlife On track Quick ID Guide to southern & East African 9781920572532 Chris & Tilde Stuart R 65.00 animal tracks 9781770079557 Scatalog: Quick ID Guide to SA Animal Droppings Murray R 65.00 WILDLIFE GENERAL 9781920217068 Game Ranger In Your Backpack Emmett/Pattrick R 275.00 ECOLOGY, VELD AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 9781875093946 Bushveld – Ecology and Management Van der Walt R 195.00 9781770075856 The Story of Life & the Environment Van As et al. R 320.00 9781920217297 Veld Management Van Oudtshoorn R 255.00 ALL PRICES INCLUDE VAT, BUT EXCLUDE POSTAGE FEES. PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. .
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