Blue Tongued Skinks

Blue Tongued Skinks
Author: Robert Hitz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Blue tongued lizards
ISBN: 9783931587345

Euahlayi Tribe - A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia

Euahlayi Tribe - A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
Author: K.Langloh Parker
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2006-10
Genre:
ISBN: 142501397X

An exclusive work by Parker, it focuses on the customs, beliefs, traditions and folk-lore of Australian Aborigines. This is Parker's personal account of her intimacy which developed when she lived among the people of the Euahlayi tribe. She started to take interest in their culture after her rescue by a native girl of this tribe. Superb!...

Keeping Blue-Tongue Lizards

Keeping Blue-Tongue Lizards
Author: Grant Turner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2001
Genre: Captive lizards
ISBN: 9780958605069

Inclusive and exhaustive, this book covers all the essential things to know about keeping a Blue-Tounged Lizard: their varieties; how to recognise a healthy reptile; handling techniques; indoor enclosures; feeding and breeding.

Keeping and Breeding Australian Lizards

Keeping and Breeding Australian Lizards
Author: Michael Swan (herpétologiste).)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 615
Release: 2008
Genre: Captive lizards
ISBN: 9780980366716

For the first time a comprehensive book on keeping Australian lizards, written by leading Australian breeders. Covering housing, sexing, breeding, egg incubation and raising young lizards, this title contains graphs, charts and many coloured photographs as well as sections on diseases, disorders and colour and pattern mutations of Australian lizards. It also includes information on natural habitats and behaviours.

Escaping From Predators

Escaping From Predators
Author: William E. Cooper, Jr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2015-05-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1316368483

When a predator attacks, prey are faced with a series of 'if', 'when' and 'how' escape decisions – these critical questions are the foci of this book. Cooper and Blumstein bring together a balance of theory and empirical research to summarise over fifty years of scattered research and benchmark current thinking in the rapidly expanding literature on the behavioural ecology of escaping. The book consolidates current and new behaviour models with taxonomically divided empirical chapters that demonstrate the application of escape theory to different groups. The chapters integrate behaviour with physiology, genetics and evolution to lead the reader through the complex decisions faced by prey during a predator attack, examining how these decisions interact with life history and individual variation. The chapter on best practice field methodology and the ideas for future research presented throughout, ensure this volume is practical as well as informative.

Companion Animal Care and Welfare

Companion Animal Care and Welfare
Author: James Yeates
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2019-02-04
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1118688791

Companion Animal Care and Welfare: The UFAW Companion Animal Handbook presents a comprehensive, accessible and practical reference for all parties seeking information about the proper care of companion animals. Identifies the needs of companion animals, explains how we know these needs, and gives scientifically-backed advice on how to meet these needs Promotes the most humane treatment and best possible care of our companion animals Addresses controversial issues such as selective breeding, companion animal showing, the keeping of exotic species, and the international pet trade Covers the husbandry and care of all major companion animal species, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians

Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia

Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia
Author: Harold Cogger
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 1093
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1486309704

Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia is a complete guide to Australia’s rich and varied herpetofauna, including frogs, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, lizards and snakes. For each of the 1218 species there is a description of its appearance, distribution and habits. These descriptions are also accompanied by distribution maps and, in many cases, one of the book's more than 1000 colour photographs of living animals. The book also includes 130 simple-to-use dichotomous keys, accompanied by hundreds of explanatory drawings, that in most cases allow a specimen in hand to be identified. In addition, it has a comprehensive list of scientific references for those wishing to conduct more in-depth research, an extensive glossary, and basic guides to the collection, preservation and captive care of specimens. This classic work was originally published in 1975. The updated seventh edition contains a new Appendix that discusses recent changes and lists over 80 new or resurrected species and genera that have been added to the Australian frog and reptile fauna since the 2014 edition.

The Lizard King

The Lizard King
Author: Bryan Christy
Publisher: Twelve
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2008-08-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 044653790X

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.