Lizard World

Author : Mark O'Shea
Publisher : Ivy Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781782409571

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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 : Gordon H. Rodda
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421438245

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The first, definitive reference on the natural history and ecology of every one of the known 6500+ species of lizards, spanning the entire globe. Our planet is literally crawling with lizards. More than 6500 species are known to science, and new species are being discovered annually. In this monumental work, eminent researcher Gordon Rodda has created the first compilation of the natural histories of all the world's lizards and amphisbaenians, as well as the Tuatara. Although other books have attempted to survey the scope of adaptations present in the world's lizards, only Rodda has been able to quantify and summarize all species or higher taxa. Analyzing the relationships among traits such as morphologic characteristics, reproductive strategies, and food sources, Rodda uncovers novel insights into reptile ecology. Identifying 14 recurring character syndromes across all the world's lizards, he proposes a new lens for categorization. He also touches on • common names • geographic range • length • mass • age • maturation • differences between the sexes • nominal variables, including diel activity cycle and foraging mode • home range • predator avoidance tactics • thermal biology • social spacing • climate envelope • habitat and microhabitat • reproduction • parental care • diet • population density • conservation status • ecological business models Rodda's alphabetical taxon accounts provide an instantly retrievable sketch of every species, genus, and family. Outlining more than 1500 statistically significant associations extracted from a data matrix composed of more than 300 conditions tabulated—to the extent known—for all 6528 species of lizards, Lizards of the World will be the go-to source for the next generation of reptile ecologists, as well as herpetology students and serious herpetoculturists.

Author : Erick Pianka,Dennis King,Ruth Allen King
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004-09-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0253343666

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Varanoid Lizards of the World by Erick Pianka,Dennis King,Ruth Allen King Pdf

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 : Herbert Grosshans
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612352619

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Lizard World, Book 3, Raptor's Tooth by Herbert Grosshans Pdf

Lost in the mushroom jungle on Epsilon prospector Gil Turner must battle ferocious giant lizards to stay alive. He makes a discovery that might spark a terrible war in space with a superior species, a war the Humans can't win. The allure of a beautiful alien female might prove fatal.

Author : Terry Richard Bazes
Publisher : Livingston Press (AL)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Florida
ISBN : 1604890762

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Lizard World by Terry Richard Bazes Pdf

"'A certain noble earl had need of a handsome, young female carcass-- for which specimen I would be excellently paid provided it be fresh and that the feet were shapely and unblemished'...Thus begins the long association of a young medical doctor and his hilariously depraved American descendants with the notorious Earl of Griswold, a 17th-century libertine and connoisseur of smells whose discovery of an elixir in the Florida swamps will keep his evil presence alive for the next three-hundred years..."--P. [4] of cover.

Author : Susan Tews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Animals
ISBN : 039572662X

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Lizard Sees the World by Susan Tews Pdf

Lizard finds his concept of the world challenged when he goes out to find the edge of the world.

Author : Jennie Erin Smith
Publisher : Crown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780307720269

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Stolen World by Jennie Erin Smith Pdf

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 : Jason Glaser
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736854215

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Horned Lizards by Jason Glaser Pdf

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 : Bryan Christy
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780446537902

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The Lizard King by Bryan Christy Pdf

Imagine The Sopranos, with snakes! The Lizard King is a fascinating account of a father and son family business suspected of smuggling reptiles, and the federal agent who tried to take them down. When Bryan Christy began to investigate the world of reptile smuggling, he had no idea what he would be in for. In the course of his research, he was bitten between the eyes by a blood python, chased by a mother alligator, and sprayed by a bird-eating tarantula. But perhaps more dangerous was coming face to face with Michael J. Van Nostrand, owner of Strictly Reptiles, a thriving family business in Hollywood, Florida. Van Nostrand imports as many as 300,000 iguanas each year (over half the total of America's most popular imported reptile), as well as hundreds of thousands of snakes, lizards, frogs, spiders, and scorpions. Van Nostrand was suspected of being a reptile smuggler by Special Agent Chip Bepler of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, who devoted years of his life in an obsessive quest to expose The Lizard King's cold-blooded crimes. How this cat-and-mouse game ended is engrossing and surprising.

Author : Karen Ingebretsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Iguanas
ISBN : 0716612615

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Iguanas and Other Lizards by Karen Ingebretsen Pdf

Questions and answers provide information about iguanas and a variety of lizards.

Author : Gil Courtemanche
Publisher : Seren
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781781722725

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The World, The Lizard and Me by Gil Courtemanche Pdf

'A voice that evokes humanity in all its depth and breadth, where the executioner and victim are brother and sister, where death is a daily occurrence. A voice I implore you to listen to... Through a felicitous mix of reportage and fiction, Courtemanche has powerfully portrayed a lucid character deeply engaged in a humanist quest.' – Le Journal de Montréal The World, the Lizard and Me is a novel of testament to the plight of children caught up in the civil wars of Central Africa. First published in 2009, we are proud to be publishing the first English translation of this enthralling story. The World, the Lizard and Me follows the life of Claude Tremblay who, from the age of eleven has sought justice for thousands of voiceless victims. Now an investigator at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, he is pursuing Thomas Kabanga, a warlord charged with creating child soldiers in the Congo. Defeated in court by a legal technicality, Claude abandons his usual professional detachment and decides to act alone. He finds himself in the growing chaos of the mining town of Bunia, searching for more evidence and eventually encountering Kabanga. Pitched from distant observation into the grim reality of an African power struggle, he is confronted by a form of justice different from any he has experienced before. He also encounters at first hand the results of the inhumanity of the lives of child soldiers, and is forced to reconsider the nature of love and the notion of normality. Gil Courtemanche draws on his own experiences to write a novel of gripping immediacy. His Africa is a place unknown to many in the West, capable of encompassing extremes of humanity and brutality. The World, the Lizard and Me reveals and questions the motives of criminals and the effects and consequences of childhood. It is an enthralling story of war, work, obsession and the search for personal identity.

Author : Mark O'Shea
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691211831

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Lizards of the World by Mark O'Shea Pdf

A lavishly illustrated overview of the world’s lizards Lizards 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 images 80+ lizard families and subfamilies Exploration of lizard biology, behavior, habits, and distribution Broad coverage and in-depth treatment by a world-renowned herpetologist

Author : Cari Meister
Publisher : Reptile World
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1620311941

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Chameleons by Cari Meister Pdf

In Chameleons, beginning readers will learn how chameleons change their skin color to hide from predators or to find a mate. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover the colorful world of chameleons. A labeled diagram helps readers identify a chameleon s body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about chameleons online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Chameleons also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, and an index. Chameleons is part of Jump! s Reptile World series.

Author : Karen Connelly
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307375667

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The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly Pdf

Set during Burma's military dictatorship of the mid—1990s, Karen Connelly’s exquisitely written and harshly realistic debut novel is a hymn to human resilience and love. In the sealed-off world of a vast Burmese prison known as the cage, Teza languishes in solitary confinement seven years into a twenty-year sentence. Arrested in 1988 for his involvement in mass protests, he is the nation’s most celebrated songwriter whose resonant words and powerful voice pose an ongoing threat to the state. Forced to catch lizards to supplement his meager rations, Teza finds emotional and spiritual sustenance through memories and Buddhist meditation. The tiniest creatures and things–a burrowing ant, a copper-coloured spider, a fragment of newspaper within a cheroot filter–help to connect him to life beyond the prison walls. Even in isolation, Teza has a profound influence on the people around him. His integrity and humour inspire Chit Naing, the senior jailer, to find the courage to follow his conscience despite the serious risks involved, while Teza’s very existence challenges the brutal authority of the junior jailer, perversely nicknamed Handsome. Sein Yun, a gem smuggler and prison fixer, is his most steady human contact, who finds delight in taking advantage of Teza by cleverly tempting him into Handsome's web with the most dangerous contraband of all: pen and paper. Lastly, there's Little Brother, an orphan raised in the jail, imprisoned by his own deprivation. Making his home in a tiny, corrugated-metal shack, Little Brother stays alive by killing rats and selling them to the inmates. As the political prisoner and the young boy forge a cautious friendship, we learn that both are prisoners of different orders; only one of them dreams of escape and only one of them achieves it. Barely able to speak, losing the battle of the flesh but winning the battle of the spirit, Teza knows he has the power to transfigure one small life, and to send a message of hope and resistance out of the cage. Shortlisted for both the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, The Lizard Cage has received rave reviews nationally and internationally.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Science
ISBN : CHI:12315678

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