Centipedes in Captivity: The Reproductive Biology and Husbandry of Chilopoda Hardcover – February 25, 2014

This is the definitive book on centipedes. In the past fans of the hobby have been restricted to internet resources or a short black and white pamphlet style book from the same author. But finally, we have a full color hardcover book for our hobby and anyone interested in keeping these amazing animals. At 222 pages with nice clear color pictures and individual care sheet like sections of many different species that are commonly kept in the pet trade this book is great. Also with updated or correct scientific names so someone who is a amatuer as myself can more easily order and ID centipedes from online or brick+mortar pet stores. I highly recommend this book to anyone keeping centipedes or thinking of getting one. The only complaint I have is I wish it came with a dust jacket.

This book sometimes uses technical anatomical terms, without accompanying illustration, to help the noob reader (like me) figure out what is being talked about. If you know nothing about centipedes I suggest you find a chart or glossary detailing all these terms!With that said I am absolutely loving this book. It's in-depth, it's full of pictures... There's even some sense of humor sprinkled in its writing. I was also surprised to find the Puerto Rican S. alternans being mentioned here!

Got the book expecting great photographs and documenting and got exactly that. This books is great for someone looking to learn more about centipedes, or an experienced keeper looking for breeding info. The only flaw is outdated taxonomical errors but that’s what happens over time.

Incredible book with outstanding photographs! Very difficult to find info on keeping centipedes as pets...this book is so welcome and helpful!!!

Its verry Nice

Yes this is a very informative book with a lot of photos and illustrations on every page. My only dislike was the paper wasn't very good quality for a book of such expense ! Which is why it got 4 stars not 5.

Great book many thanks

Very good book!

I am a Biologist and found the content of the book to be very good. Probably the best one for centipedes currently on the market but I would like to criticize the author's suggestion for the size of the terrarium. He states that they could be kept in small jars but that would be detrimental to the life span and quality of life of the centipedes since they are fast active hunters that can cover considerable distances, therefore they require more space than ambush predators like bird spiders or praying mantises. He often states that many of his centipedes had a short life span and always attributed their deaths to other causes without questioning whether that could be due to the fact that some were kept in tiny containers. I have always kept my centipedes in decent sized terrariums (3 times longer than the length of the animal in length and 1,5x times in width) and never had such problems of my animals dying within a short period of time.

Librio in lingua inglese molto esaustivo sul particolare argomento, le scolopendre raramente vengono riprodotte in cattività anche per il loro complicato sessaggio....questo libro aiuta molto....la qualità della carta poteva essere superiore