Bushveld - A South African Field Guide (Paperback, 2nd Edition)

This revised, updated and expanded second edition of Lee Gutteridge's comprehensive field guide covers a broad cross-section of the most prominent species of flora and fauna of the South African Bushveld, including large parts of the Kruger Lowveld; all combined into one user-friendly manual that can be used by tourists and professional field guides alike.

With over 4,200 colour photographs, sketches and diagrams describing over 1,300 species, laid out in accessible, colour-coded sections, everything you'll need to know on a Bushveld safari is in here:

• Ecology
• Large Mammals
• Bats
• Mammalian diseases
• Birds
• Reptiles
• Amphibians
• Scorpions
• Spiders
• Butterflies and moths
• Tracks and signs
• Wild Flowers
• Trees
• Grasses
• Fungi
• Euphorbias

Many of South Africa's foremost experts in their particular disciplines have contributed to this guide: Vincent Carruthers and Louis du Preez (amphibians), Jonathan Leeming (scorpions and spiders), Louis Liebenberg (tracking), Paul van Gaalen, Hendri Coetzee and Adam Riley (birds), Rolf Becker and Alma Moller (euphorbias), Teresa Kearney and Ernest Seamark (bats), Marieka Gryzenhout (fungi), Johan Marais and Jens Reissig (reptiles), Marius Coetzee (birds and mammals) and Frits van Oudtshoorn (grasses); these are but a few of the renowned professionals who have so enthusiastically supported this project.