‘CURRENT Therapy in Reptile Medicine and Surgery’ is the new title from two prolific authors, Dr Mader and Professor Divers. They have not disappointed, by bringing together international experts to produce an excellent review of current therapy in this developing field.

The book is broken down into four sections: advances in reptile medicine; advances in anaesthesia, surgery and analgesia; advances in amphibian medicine; and advances in biology, conservation, law and research. The first section is an interesting mix of various topics from husbandry …