Reptiles, Amphibians and Invertebrates

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-06-01
Publisher(s): Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Summary

Hobbyists will appreciate this pictorial identification guide and basicusbandry manual covering more than 250 species, subspecies, and colourorphs of reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. All animals shown in thisolume can be purchased at pet stores and other outlets. The authors advisen the do's and don'ts of purchasing, proper caging, and correct feeding.ach animal profile includes the species' place of origin, its size fromatchling to adult, life span, and general behaviour traits. A wide array ofnimals are covered - snakes, lizards, skinks, geckos, turtles and tortoises,rogs, toads, salamanders, tarantulas, scorpions, mantids, crabs - and evenockroaches.

Table of Contents

Introduction v
PART I: REPTILES 1(193)
Snakes
2(67)
Boas and Pythons
3(21)
Colubrine Snakes
24(45)
Lizards
69(87)
Agamid Lizards
70(8)
Iguanian Lizards
78(18)
Skinks
96(7)
Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards
103(2)
Plated Lizards and Armadillo Lizards
105(3)
Geckos
108(20)
Monitors
128(8)
Chameleons
136(9)
Whiptails and Tegus
145(6)
Lacertid Lizards
151(5)
Tortoises and Turtles
156(35)
Tortoises
157(9)
Basking Turtles
166(15)
Mud Turtles and Musk Turtles
181(4)
Side-necked Turtles
185(4)
Soft-shelled Turtles
189(2)
Crocodilians
191(3)
Caiman
192(2)
PART II: AMPHIBIANS 194(60)
Frogs, Toads, and Treefrogs
196(48)
Discoglossid Toads
197(1)
True Toads
198(7)
Spadefoots
205(1)
Hyperoliid Frogs
206(4)
Old World Treefrogs
210(3)
Narrow-mouthed Toads
213(3)
True Frogs
216(7)
Leptodactylid Frogs
223(4)
Pipid Frogs
227(3)
Australian and American Treefrogs
230(8)
Poison Frogs
238(6)
Newts, Salamanders, and Caecilians
244(10)
Newts
245(4)
Mole Salamanders
249(3)
Caecilians
252(2)
PART III: INVERTEBRATES 254(17)
Arthropods
256(15)
Tarantulas
257(8)
Millipedes and Centipedes
265(2)
Scorpions
267(1)
Mantids and Stick Insects
268(2)
Cockroaches
270(1)
Bibliography 271(2)
Index 273

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