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            Salamanders and Newts of the World
           Jean Raffaëlli

3rd Edition 

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Salamanders and Newts of the world
3rd Edition
Jean Raffaëlli

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About the author : Jean Raffaëlli

French herpetologist, journalist and author born on 2 July 1954 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. After many years spent in Africa during his childhood with his parents, Jean fell in a total passion with Salamanders & Newts (also known as urodeles), when arriving in France at the age of 10 years old and first observed in local ponds these first incredible amphibians. Then, the interest toward urodeles never ended. After studying Litterature and foreign langages, He worked and travelled in many countries, from Moscow to Washington as journalist for the Agence France Presse, Paris (Crystal Price of Albert Londres) or in his beloved Central America (Honduras, Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica) during the last decades. In his special field of Herpetology (the study of reptiles and amphibians), He made fascinating discoveries on the behaviour, life history, ecology, taxonomy and distribution of Newts & Salamanders including a new classification with Professor Alain Dubois (National Museum of Natural History in Paris) and developed new revolutionary concepts on conservation in captivity for these endangered amphibians. In fact, Jean Raffaëlli personally kept and bred more than 250 species in his own breeding facilities built in Bretagne, which represents the most complete living collection of urodeles. The author published several papers and four books including the first encyclopaedia on all Newts & Salamanders in 2007. More than 15 years after this unique book, Jean Raffaëlli decided to publish the third edition for the first time available in English, describing all known species. In 2022, a new species was named Raffaëlli’s spiny crocodile newt (Echinotriton raffaellii) after him as a special tribute and recognition of His major contribution to Herpetology. Hence, this new essential book is the most complete achievement of Jean’s life and will be for sure a “must have” for all international herpetologists and enthusiasts of the world.

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