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Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo
by Kate Jackson  Publisher Comments In 2005 Kate Jackson ventured into the remote swamp forests of the northern Congo to collect reptiles and amphibians. Her camping equipment was rudimentary, her knowledge of Congolese customs even more so. She knew how to string a net and set a pitfall...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians (Audubon Society Field Guide)
by Audubon Publisher Comments Why are some frogs able to freeze solid and still survive? How can secretions from amphibians offer scientists clues for treating human ailments? What allows reptiles and amphibians to regenerate their limbs? Reptiles & Amphibians, an exciting new...
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Life in Cold Blood
by David Attenborough Synopsis "Admirably illustrated, this book completes Attenborough's great exploration of the world's main animal groups. He shows us the lives of amphibians and reptiles in all the fascinating detail we have come to expect from him.--Philip Rainbow, Natural...
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Timothy, Or Notes of an Abject Reptile (06 Edition)
by Verlyn Klinkenborg Publisher Comments Few writers have attempted to explore the natural history of a particular animal by adopting the animal's own sensibility. But Verlyn Klinkenborg has done just that in Timothy: an insightful and utterly engaging story of the world's most famous tortoise,...
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Snake
by Drake Stutesman Publisher Comments A snake smells with its tongue, hears with its flesh, and breathes under the sand with one lung; it can copulate for days with one snake or with fifty at once; it has infrared radar; and it can induce spontaneous bleeding if threatened. With all these...
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Ampibians of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia
by Charlotte C. Corkran Synopsis Frogs, toads and slamanders are important indicators of the environment. this fully revised edition of this innovative field guide describes the life histories, habitat requirements and vulnerabilities of amphibians in the Pacific Northwest....
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Turtles of the World
by Franck Bonin Synopsis Franck Bonin, Bernard Devaux, and Alain Dupr have traveled the world together to study turtles in their natural habitats. In this complete guide to the world's nearly 300 species of turtles, the authors reveal intimate, little-known details of these...
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Tokay Gecko Care (Quick & Easy)
by Allen R. Both Synopsis The Quick & Easy series features educational, value-priced books. All pet owners will benefit from reading the wide variety of titles in this series, each offering an abundance of advice in a delightfully concise format. This book gives detailed care...
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Reptiles and Frogs in the Bush; Southwestern Australia.
by Brian Et Al Bush Book News Annotation In this companion to A Guide to the Reptiles and Frogs of the Perth Region (1995), Australian herpetologists present an informative guide to these creatures in another biodiversity hotspot. The well-illustrated guide includes maps; a biogeography of...
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Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation
by James R Spotila Publisher Comments For more than a hundred million years, sea turtles have been swimming in the world's oceans. These magnificent, long-lived creatures spend their lives in the water, coming ashore to lay their eggs. Upon hatching, the baby turtles leave the nest and enter...
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A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa
by Johan Marais Publisher Comments An authoritative round-up of all the snakes of the region....
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Nature's Fading Chorus, P
by Gordon L Miller Publisher Comments Naturalists in every age have been intrigued by frogs, toads, and salamanders. They have seen these amphibians in a variety of guises - as beings with magical powers or implicit moral lessons, as the products of spontaneous generation, as heralds of the...
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Tortoise (Animal)
by Peter Young Publisher Comments Tortoise is the first cultural history of these long-lived and intriguing creatures, which have existed for more than 200 million years. The book covers tortoises worldwide, in evolution, myth and reality, ranging across paleontology, natural history...
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Steve Irwin: The Incredible Life of the Crocodile Hunter
by Trevor Baker Publisher Comments On September 4, 2006, Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray while filming at the Great Barrier Reef. Known as the "Crocodile Hunter," after his TV series of the same name, Steve was only 44, and his untimely death robbed the world of one of its greatest...
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Turtles (Wild Guides)
by Charles Fergus Synopsis Turtles are thought to be the oldest and most primitive of all living reptiles. This Wild Guide goes beyond the cursory knowledge that many people hold about turtles. It explains the physical adaptations that allow a creature to live inside a hard...
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Seahorses, Pipefishes, and Their Kin (Animals in Order)
by Sara Swan Miller Publisher Comments Meet the gasterosteiformes, a scientific order of animals that includes seahorses, tubesnouts, trumpetfish, shrimpfish, seadragons, and several others. Some of the animals featured include pygmy seahorses, banded pipefishes, cornetfish, and brook...
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Snakes Are Hunters (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science: Stage 2)
by Patricia Lauber Publisher Comments < h4 align=center> Snakes< /h4> < p> Slithering, scaly, and sly -- snakes are fascinating reptiles. They are also hunters. Find out how snakes survive in the wild, and how they capture their prey.< /p>...
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Biology and Conservation of Ridley Sea Turtles
by Pamela T Plotkin Synopsis The smallest of the sea turtles, olive and Kemp's ridleys are the only marine turtles to exhibit mass-nesting behavior, known as arribadas. This fascinating phenomenon, during which one could literally walk shell-to-shell across a beach, is considered...
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A Sheltered Life
by Paul Chambers Publisher Comments For millennia the mighty giant tortoises lived in isolation on remote oceanic islands such as the Galapagos, Seychelles and Mauritius. Then in the sixteenth century sailors discovered that they were good to eat, and their strategic location led to a...
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Field Guide To Western Reptiles & Amphibians 3RD Edition
by Robert C Stebbins Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 514-518) and index....
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