Lizards of the World (eBook)

A Guide to Every Family

Mark O'Shea (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2021
240 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21183-1 (ISBN)

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A lavishly illustrated overview of the world's lizardsLizards are one of nature's great success stories: survivors from the time of the dinosaurs, they have taken advantage of almost every habitat on earth, from tropical rainforest to Arctic tundra and even our homes. From chameleons and skinks to geckos and iguanas, there are close to 7,000 species of lizards around the world. This expert guide explores their extraordinary diversity and adaptations.Lizards of the World features an in-depth introduction covering the evolution, anatomy, and lifestyle of lizards, followed by profiles of species from every family, accompanied by stunning color photographs. This invaluable guide highlights the enormous range of habitats, appearance, and activity among lizards. Many thrive in extreme conditions, and have adapted to keep cool, warm, or hydrated. Some can protect themselves by changing color to blend in with their surroundings, while others have fringed toes enabling them to run across sand, or can parachute out of a predator's reach. Covering diet and reproduction as well as defense strategies and conservation, Lizards of the World showcases the unique natural history and beauty of these remarkable creatures.More than 200 detailed photographic images80+ lizard families and subfamiliesExploration of lizard biology, behavior, habits, and distributionBroad coverage and in-depth treatment by a world-renowned herpetologist

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.5.2021
• Reihe/Serie: A Guide to Every Family
• Reihe/Serie: A Guide to Every Family
• Zusatzinfo: 350+ color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Ablepharus • Acanthodactylus • acontias • Agamidae • Alligator lizard • Amphibian • Amphisbaena alba • Amphisbaenia • Anguimorpha • Anguis • Anguis fragilis • anoles • Anolis • Arachnid • Arthropod • Autotomy • Bearded Dragon • Bipes (genus) • Borneo • Camouflage • carnivores • Chuckwalla • common basilisk • Critically endangered • crustacean • Ctenophorus • Ctenosaura • Ctenosaura similis • Cyclura • Desert iguana • Dewlap • Dibamidae • draco lizard • earthworm • eastern fence lizard • endemism • Erhard's wall lizard • Forelimb • Fossil • frills • Fringe-toed lizard • Gambelia • Gecko • Gekkota • gila monster • Glass lizard • Greater earless lizard • green anole • Green Iguana • Gymnophthalmidae • Heloderma • Herpetology • Hispaniola • Horned lizard • horns • Iguana • Iguania • Iguanidae • Indian Ocean • insect • Invertebrate • Jaw • komodo dragon • Lace monitor • Lacertidae • Lacertoidea • larva • Laudakia • Legless lizard • legless lizards • Lepidosauria • Liolaemidae • Liolaemus • Lizard • Mammal • Marine iguana • Megalania • Mexican beaded lizard • millipede • monitor lizard • Namaqua chameleon • New Guinea • nile monitor • organism • Osteoderm • paraphyletic • parietal eye • Plestiodon • Plumed basilisk • Pogona • predation • prehensile tail • Pygopodidae • quadrupedal • Rainforest • reflex bleeding • regrowing tails • Reptile • Rhinoceros iguana • Rhynchocephalia • rodent • sacrificing tails • Sand Lizard • sand lizards • Savannah monitor • scales • Scincomorpha • Sexual Dimorphism • Sitana ponticeriana • Skink • slowworms • South America • Southeast Asia • Squamata • SVL • sympatry • tail autotomy • Taxon • Termite • Tokay gecko • tuatara • Typhlosaurus • Uromastyx • Vegetation • Veiled chameleon • Venom • Venomous snake • Vertebrate • Vertebrates • viviparous lizard • Western Green Lizard • whiptail lizards • WINGS
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21183-3 / 0691211833
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21183-1 / 9780691211831