Field guides
- The Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guide to Peru. David L Pearson and Les Beletsky.
- Illustrated Guide to the Trees of Peru. TD Pennington, C Reynel and A Daza.
- A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). Alwyn H Gentry.
- The Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians of the Tambopata Reserved Zone, Madre de Dios, Peru. A Field Checklist. Tambopata Reserve Society.
- Neotropical Rainforest Mammals. Louise H Emmons.
- Birds of Peru. TS Schulenberg, DF Stotz, DF Lane, JP O'Neill and TA Parker.
- Guide to the Frogs of the Iquitos Region, Amazonian Peru. LO Rodriguez and WE Duellman.
- Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourists Guide. Bartlett & Bartlett.
Recommended Books
- Neotropical Companion. An Introduction to the Animals, Plants and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics. John Kricher.
- Mammals of the Neotropics: The Central Neotropics - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil. Kent H. Redford, John F. Eisenberg, and Fiona Reid.
- Monkeys of the Amazon. Nick Gordon.
- Cusco Amazonico: The lives of amphibians and reptiles in an Amazonian rainforest. WE Duellman.