Authors: Patricia P. Bartlett, Billy Griswold DVM, R.D. Bartlett
ISBN-13: 9780764116506, ISBN-10: 0764116509
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Date Published: May 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)
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 coveredsnakes, lizards, skinks, geckos, turtles and tortoises, frogs, toads, salamanders, tarantulas, scorpions, mantids, crabsand even cockroaches. 269 color illustrations.
Introduction | v | |
Part I | Reptiles | 1 |
Snakes | 2 | |
Boas and Pythons | 3 | |
Colubrine Snakes | 24 | |
Lizards | 69 | |
Agamid Lizards | 70 | |
Iguanian Lizards | 78 | |
Skinks | 96 | |
Glass Lizards and Alligator Lizards | 103 | |
Plated Lizards and Armadillo Lizards | 105 | |
Geckos | 108 | |
Monitors | 128 | |
Chameleons | 136 | |
Whiptails and Tegus | 145 | |
Lacertid Lizards | 151 | |
Tortoises and Turtles | 156 | |
Tortoises | 157 | |
Basking Turtles | 166 | |
Mud Turtles and Musk Turtles | 181 | |
Side-necked Turtles | 185 | |
Soft-shelled Turtles | 189 | |
Crocodilians | 191 | |
Caiman | 192 | |
Part II | Amphibians | 194 |
Frogs, Toads, and Treefrogs | 196 | |
Discoglossid Toads | 197 | |
True Toads | 198 | |
Spadefoots | 205 | |
Hyperoliid Frogs | 206 | |
Old World Treefrogs | 210 | |
Narrow-mouthed Toads | 213 | |
True Frogs | 216 | |
Leptodactylid Frogs | 223 | |
Pipid Frogs | 227 | |
Australian and American Treefrogs | 230 | |
Poison Frogs | 238 | |
Newts, Salamanders, and Caecilians | 244 | |
Newts | 245 | |
Mole Salamanders | 249 | |
Caecilians | 252 | |
Part III | Invertebrates | 254 |
Arthropods | 256 | |
Tarantulas | 257 | |
Millipedes and Centipedes | 265 | |
Scorpions | 267 | |
Mantids and Stick Insects | 268 | |
Cockroaches | 270 | |
Bibliography | 271 | |
Index | 273 |