Reptiles, Amphibians, and Invertebrates: An Identification and Care Guide
Hobbyists will appreciate this pictorial identification guide and basic husbandry manual covering more than 250 species, subspecies, and color morphs of reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. All animals shown in this volume can be purchased at pet stores and other outlets. The authors advise on the do's and don'ts of purchasing, proper caging, and correct feeding. Each animal profile includes the species' place of origin, its size from hatchling to adult, lifespan, and general behavior...
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Hobbyists will appreciate this pictorial identification guide and basic husbandry manual covering more than 250 species, subspecies, and color morphs of reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. All animals shown in this volume can be purchased at pet stores and other outlets. The authors advise on the do's and don'ts of purchasing, proper caging, and correct feeding. Each animal profile includes the species' place of origin, its size from hatchling to adult, lifespan, and general behavior traits. A wide array of animals are covered—snakes, lizards, skinks, geckos, turtles and tortoises, frogs, toads, salamanders, tarantulas, scorpions, mantids, crabs—and even cockroaches. 269 color illustrations.
IntroductionvPart IReptiles1Snakes2Boas and Pythons3Colubrine Snakes24Lizards69Agamid Lizards70Iguanian Lizards78Skinks96Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards103Plated Lizards and Armadillo Lizards105Geckos108Monitors128Chameleons136Whiptails and Tegus145Lacertid Lizards151Tortoises and Turtles156Tortoises157Basking Turtles166Mud Turtles and Musk Turtles181Side-necked Turtles185Soft-shelled Turtles189Crocodilians191Caiman192Part IIAmphibians194Frogs, Toads, and Treefrogs196Discoglossid Toads197True Toads198Spadefoots205Hyperoliid Frogs206Old World Treefrogs210Narrow-mouthed Toads213True Frogs216Leptodactylid Frogs223Pipid Frogs227Australian and American Treefrogs230Poison Frogs238Newts, Salamanders, and Caecilians244Newts245Mole Salamanders249Caecilians252Part IIIInvertebrates254Arthropods256Tarantulas257Millipedes and Centipedes265Scorpions267Mantids and Stick Insects268Cockroaches270Bibliography271Index273
