RECOMMENDED  READING

A well-researched and very convenient field guide, dealing with everything from lower invertebrates to trees, is: Carruthers, V. (ed.) 1997. The Wildlife of Southern Africa: A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region. Halfway House: Southern Book Publishers.

MAMMALS

Skinner, J.D. and Smithers, R.H.N. 1990. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion. Pretoria: University of Pretoria.

Apps, P. (ed.) 1996. Smithers’ Mammals of Southern Africa: A Field Guide. Halfway House: Southern Book Publishers.

Liebenberg, L. 1990. A Field Guide to the Animal Tracks of Southern Africa. Cape Town: David Philip.

Apps, P. 1992. Wild Ways: Field Guide to the Behaviour of Southern African Mammals. Halfway House: Southern  Book Publishers.

PLANTS

Van Oudtshoorn, F. 1992. Guide to the Grasses of South Africa. Arcadia: Briza Publications.

Van Wyk, B. and Malan, S. 1988. Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region.  Cape Town: Struik.

Palgrave, K.C. 1996. Trees of Southern Africa . 2^nd revised edition. Cape Town: Struik.

Davidson, L. 1981. Acacias: A Field Guide to the Acacias of Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Centaur.

Johnson, D. and S. 1993. Gardening with indigenous Trees and Shrubs. Halfway House: Southern Book Publishers.

BIRDS

Newman, K. 1996. Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa. Green Edition. Halfway House: Southern Book Publishers.

Sinclair, I., Hockey, P. and Tarboton, W. 1993. Sasol Birds of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik.

Trendler, R. 1994. Attracting Birds to your Garden. Cape Town: Struik.

Maclean, G.L. 1993. Robert’s Birds of Southern Africa. 6^th edition. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund.

GRASSES AND SEDGES

Van Oudtshoorn, F. 1992. Guide to Grasses of South Africa. Arcadia: Briza Publications.

Meredith, D. (ed.) 1995. The Grasses and Pastures of South Africa. Cape Town: Central News Agency.

Gibbs Russel, G.E. et al. 1990. Grasses of Southern Africa: Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa. No. 58. Pretoria: Botanical Research Institute.

FROGS

Carruthers, V.C. 1976. A Guide to the Identification of the Frogs of the Witwatersrand.  Johannesburg: Conservation Press.

Passmore, N.I. and Carruthers, V.C. 1995. South African Frogs: A Complete Guide.  Revised edition. Halfway House: Southern Book Publishers and Witwatersrand University Press.

REPTILES

Branch, B. 1988. Bill Branch’s Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik.

Marais, J. 1992. A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa. Halfway House: Southern Book Publishers.