Author: Mark O'Shea
Publisher: Ivy Press
ISBN: 1782409572
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Get Book
Book Description
Lizards of the World is ultimate book on these fascinating creatures, featuring the all the different types of lizard worldwide. As survivors from the time of the dinosaurs, lizards are scaly, cold-blooded, living fossils—relics from a prehistoric world that remain alive and well in ours. Lizards exert a morbid fascination, in many mythologies they are dark creatures, symbolizing death and misfortune. From chameleons and skinks to geckos and iguanas, Lizards of the World brings these creatures firmly into the light, to reveal their extraordinary diversity Found in almost every type of terrain globally, there are almost 6,500 species of lizard, including lizards with frills, horns, or wings, those that drop their tails, and others that squirt blood from their eyes. Here, the lizard family and subfamily profiles, organized phylogenetically, are illustrated with stunning photography. Each profile includes a population distribution map, a table of essential information, and a fascinating commentary revealing notable characteristics, fresh scientific understanding, and the diversity of species. Written by world-renowned herpetologist Mark O’Shea, Lizards of the World is a magnificent showcase of the natural history and beauty of these remarkable reptiles.
Author: Jennie Erin Smith
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307720268
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Get Book
Book Description
Tortoises disappear from a Madagascar reserve and reappear in the Bronx Zoo. A dead iguana floats in a jar, awaiting its unveiling in a Florida court. A viper causes mayhem from Ethiopia to Virginia. In Stolen World, Jennie Erin Smith takes the reader on an unforgettable journey, a dark adventure over five decades and six continents. In 1965, Hank Molt, a young cheese salesman from Philadelphia, reinvented himself as a “specialist dealer in rare fauna,” traveling the world to collect exquisite reptiles for zoos and museums. By the end of the decade that followed, new endangered species laws had turned Molt into a convicted smuggler, and an unrepentant one, who went on to provide many of the same rare reptiles to many of the same institutions, covertly. But Molt soon found a rival in Tommy Crutchfield, a Florida carpet salesman with every intention of usurping Molt as the most accomplished reptile smuggler in the country. Like Molt, Crutchfield had modeled himself after an earlier generation of natural-history collectors celebrated for their service to science, an ideal that, for Molt and Crutchfield, eclipsed the realities of the new wildlife-protection laws. Zoo curators, caught between a desire for rare animals and the conservation-minded focus of their institutions, became the smugglers’ antagonists in court but also their best customers, sometimes simultaneously. Crutchfield forged ties with a criminally inclined Malaysian wildlife trader and emerged a millionaire, beloved by some of the finest zoos in the world. Molt, following a string of inventive but disastrous smuggling schemes in New Guinea, was reduced to hanging around Crutchfield’s Florida compound, plotting Crutchfield’s demise. The fallout from their feud would result in a major federal investigation with tentacles in Germany, Madagascar, Holland, and Malaysia. And yet even after prison, personal ruin, and the depredations of age, Molt and Crutchfield never stopped scheming, never stopped longing for the snake or lizard that would earn each his rightful place in a world that had forgotten them—or rather, had never recognized them to begin with.
Author: Jen Green
Publisher: Facts On File
ISBN: 9781604132564
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Get Book
Book Description
Designed to introduce middle school students to the diverse species that make up the reptilian and amphibian classes. Includes more than 100 articles that describe in detail specific groups of cold-blooded vertebrates; illustrated by colour photographs, drawings, and maps.
Author: Jill McDonald
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0593174976
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Get Book
Book Description
Learn from home and explore the world with these fun and easy board books! The latest in the hit Hello, World! board book series teaches toddlers all about reptiles—with easy-to-understand facts about snakes, lizards, turtles, tortoises, crocodiles and alligators. Hello, World! is a series designed to introduce first nonfiction concepts to babies and toddlers. Told in clear and easy terms ("Green pythons are born red or yellow. They turn green in their first year") and featuring bright, cheerful illustrations, Hello, World! makes learning fun for young children. And each page offers helpful prompts for engaging with your child. It's a perfect way to bring science and nature into the busy world of a toddler, where learning never stops. Look for all the books in the Hello, World! series: • Solar System • Weather • Backyard Bugs • Birds • Dinosaurs • My Body • How Do Apples Grow? • Ocean Life • Moon Landing • Pets • Arctic Animals • Construction Site • Rainforest Animals • Planet Earth • Reptiles • Cars and Trucks • Music • Baby Animals • On the Farm • Garden Time • Planes and Other Flying Machines • Rocks and Minerals • Snow
Author: Jason Glaser
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736854214
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Get Book
Book Description
A brief introduction to horned lizards, discussing their characteristics, range, habitat, food, offspring, and dangers. Includes a range map, life cycle diagram, and amazing facts.
Author: Thomas Palmer
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820354112
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Get Book
Book Description
In this entertaining book, first published in 1992, Thomas Palmer introduces us to a community of rattlesnakes nestled in the heart of the urban Northeast. Recognizing the unexpected proximity of rattlers in our urban environs, he examines the ecology, evolution, folklore, New England history, and American culture that surround this native species.
Author: Tom Jackson
Publisher: Hungry Tomato (R)
ISBN: 154150089X
Category : Reptiles
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Get Book
Book Description
"Find out where the world's weirdest reptiles live and hunt, along with some of their most bizarre behaviors. Illustrated spreads designed to engage young readers and keep them captivated as they learn accessible, fun facts"--
Author: Erick Pianka
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253343666
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Get Book
Book Description
Monitor lizards (genus Varanus) have attracted a great deal of interest--these large and impressive lizards are often the centerpiece of reptile house exhibits. Monitors tend to be fairly wary and difficult to observe--therefore they are not particularly tractable research subjects, but they have nevertheless received an extraordinary amount of attention from devoted students.Varanoid Lizards of the World is a comprehensive account of virtually everything important that is known about monitor lizards, beginning with detailed species accounts and proceeding to various modern comparative analyses. Where possible, people who have had detailed field experience with a particular species have assembled species accounts. In the process of reporting what is known, we also identify what remains to be learned about these lizards. We hope to establish a prototype showing how such a diverse monophyletic group can be exploited both to identify and to understand the actual course of evolution. As such, this effort becomes a protocol for future workers to follow for other groups of closely-related species.
Author: Scott Weidensaul
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
ISBN: 9780831795917
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Get Book
Book Description
Color photos and accompanying text describe reptiles and amphibians.
Author: Patricia Brennan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780716614517
Category : Reptiles
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Get Book
Book Description
Questions and answers explore the world of animals.
