Author: Eric R. Pianka
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520234017
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This book provides an overview of the diversity of lizards and their major adaptive features. The authors discuss the latest research findings and provide new hypotheses about lizard diversity.
Lizards
Author: Eric R. Pianka
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520234017
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This book provides an overview of the diversity of lizards and their major adaptive features. The authors discuss the latest research findings and provide new hypotheses about lizard diversity.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520234017
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This book provides an overview of the diversity of lizards and their major adaptive features. The authors discuss the latest research findings and provide new hypotheses about lizard diversity.
The Wild Side of Pet Lizards
Author: Jo Waters
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410910226
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Explains the types, characteristics, habitats, diet, behavior, and common problems of lizards.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410910226
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Explains the types, characteristics, habitats, diet, behavior, and common problems of lizards.
Handbook of Lizards
Author: Hobart Smith
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501717995
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The most thorough treatment of lizards of the United States and Canada when first published in 1946, Handbook of Lizards has become a landmark among herpetologists and lizard specialists. Hobart M. Smith spent years compiling and organizing information on 136 species of lizards for this classic study. With more than 300 illustrations, including black-and-white photographs, labeled drawings, range maps, and illustrated keys, this volume serves as a still-relevant and convenient reference guide to the study of North American lizards. Darrel Frost, a prominent lizard specialist, provides a foreword for the 1995 paperback edition that underscores the work's relevance for herpetology today. In the first section, Smith covers in concise fashion the habits, life history, habitats, methods of collection and preservation, and structural features of lizards. The second section of the book considers each species under topics that are conveniently arranged for studying both living lizards and laboratory specimens: range, type, locality, size, color, scalation, recognition characters, habitat and habits, and references. Smith also discusses problems for further study and gives recommendations for special investigations of each species. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501717995
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The most thorough treatment of lizards of the United States and Canada when first published in 1946, Handbook of Lizards has become a landmark among herpetologists and lizard specialists. Hobart M. Smith spent years compiling and organizing information on 136 species of lizards for this classic study. With more than 300 illustrations, including black-and-white photographs, labeled drawings, range maps, and illustrated keys, this volume serves as a still-relevant and convenient reference guide to the study of North American lizards. Darrel Frost, a prominent lizard specialist, provides a foreword for the 1995 paperback edition that underscores the work's relevance for herpetology today. In the first section, Smith covers in concise fashion the habits, life history, habitats, methods of collection and preservation, and structural features of lizards. The second section of the book considers each species under topics that are conveniently arranged for studying both living lizards and laboratory specimens: range, type, locality, size, color, scalation, recognition characters, habitat and habits, and references. Smith also discusses problems for further study and gives recommendations for special investigations of each species. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography.
Lizards
Author: David P. Badger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610604406
Category : Lizards
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Looks at the behavior and physical characteristics of twenty-nine lizard species.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610604406
Category : Lizards
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Looks at the behavior and physical characteristics of twenty-nine lizard species.
Lizards
Author: Daniel A. Greenberg
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761415800
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Provides information on the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and various species of lizards.
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761415800
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Provides information on the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and various species of lizards.
Snakes and Other Reptiles
Author: Andrew Solway
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781403482242
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes the characteristics, habitats, and behavior of different kinds of snakes and other reptiles.
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781403482242
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Describes the characteristics, habitats, and behavior of different kinds of snakes and other reptiles.
Lizards
Author: Laura Marsh
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426309228
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces readers to lizards, looking at what they have in common, as well as some of the special traits and abilities that individual species have.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426309228
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Introduces readers to lizards, looking at what they have in common, as well as some of the special traits and abilities that individual species have.
The Natural History of Fishes, Amphibians, & Reptiles, Or Monocardian Animals
Author: William Swainson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Reptiles
Author: Ruth Miller
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781410913487
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Discusses characteristics of different reptiles that belong to vertebrates with backbones and live in hot, dry regions.
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781410913487
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Discusses characteristics of different reptiles that belong to vertebrates with backbones and live in hot, dry regions.
Lizards of the World
Author: Gordon H. Rodda
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421438232
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
The first, definitive reference on the natural history and ecology of every one of the known 6500+ species of lizards, spanning the entire globe. Our planet is literally crawling with lizards. More than 6500 species are known to science, and new species are being discovered annually. In this monumental work, eminent researcher Gordon Rodda has created the first compilation of the natural histories of all the world's lizards and amphisbaenians, as well as the Tuatara. Although other books have attempted to survey the scope of adaptations present in the world's lizards, only Rodda has been able to quantify and summarize all species or higher taxa. Analyzing the relationships among traits such as morphologic characteristics, reproductive strategies, and food sources, Rodda uncovers novel insights into reptile ecology. Identifying 14 recurring character syndromes across all the world's lizards, he proposes a new lens for categorization. He also touches on • common names • geographic range • length • mass • age • maturation • differences between the sexes • nominal variables, including diel activity cycle and foraging mode • home range • predator avoidance tactics • thermal biology • social spacing • climate envelope • habitat and microhabitat • reproduction • parental care • diet • population density • conservation status • ecological business models Rodda's alphabetical taxon accounts provide an instantly retrievable sketch of every species, genus, and family. Outlining more than 1500 statistically significant associations extracted from a data matrix composed of more than 300 conditions tabulated—to the extent known—for all 6528 species of lizards, Lizards of the World will be the go-to source for the next generation of reptile ecologists, as well as herpetology students and serious herpetoculturists.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421438232
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
The first, definitive reference on the natural history and ecology of every one of the known 6500+ species of lizards, spanning the entire globe. Our planet is literally crawling with lizards. More than 6500 species are known to science, and new species are being discovered annually. In this monumental work, eminent researcher Gordon Rodda has created the first compilation of the natural histories of all the world's lizards and amphisbaenians, as well as the Tuatara. Although other books have attempted to survey the scope of adaptations present in the world's lizards, only Rodda has been able to quantify and summarize all species or higher taxa. Analyzing the relationships among traits such as morphologic characteristics, reproductive strategies, and food sources, Rodda uncovers novel insights into reptile ecology. Identifying 14 recurring character syndromes across all the world's lizards, he proposes a new lens for categorization. He also touches on • common names • geographic range • length • mass • age • maturation • differences between the sexes • nominal variables, including diel activity cycle and foraging mode • home range • predator avoidance tactics • thermal biology • social spacing • climate envelope • habitat and microhabitat • reproduction • parental care • diet • population density • conservation status • ecological business models Rodda's alphabetical taxon accounts provide an instantly retrievable sketch of every species, genus, and family. Outlining more than 1500 statistically significant associations extracted from a data matrix composed of more than 300 conditions tabulated—to the extent known—for all 6528 species of lizards, Lizards of the World will be the go-to source for the next generation of reptile ecologists, as well as herpetology students and serious herpetoculturists.