Lizards of Patagonia

Lizards of Patagonia
Author: Mariana Morando
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2020-08-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030427528

This book presents a critical and integrated review of lizards from Patagonia. It summarizes the region’s geomorphological history and climatic aspects, which makes it possible to interpret, from an evolutionary perspective, the latest findings on the various natural history aspects of its lizard fauna. As such, the book will appeal to all researchers and professionals specialized in lizard ecology and evolution.

Lizards

Lizards
Author: Eric R. Pianka
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2003-09-24
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780520234017

This book provides an overview of the diversity of lizards and their major adaptive features. The authors discuss the latest research findings and provide new hypotheses about lizard diversity.

Thunder-Lizards

Thunder-Lizards
Author: Virginia Tidwell
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2005-08-10
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780253345424

New research on the giants of the Age of Dinosaurs.

Dragons in the Dust

Dragons in the Dust
Author: Ralph E. Molnar
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2004-03-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780253343741

What caused their extinction remains a mystery, and one that makes an intriguing conclusion to this portrait of a true dragon of the past.

Holbrook

Holbrook
Author: Bonny Becker
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780618714582

Holbrook the lizard has an artist's soul, but when his paintings are ridiculed by the owls, geckoes, and other creatures in his desert town, he decides to seek his fortune in the big city, unaware of the dangers of urban life.

Lizards of the World

Lizards of the World
Author: Gordon H. Rodda
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages: 828
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1421438232

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.

Late Cenozoic of Península Valdés, Patagonia, Argentina

Late Cenozoic of Península Valdés, Patagonia, Argentina
Author: Pablo Bouza
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2017-01-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319485083

This book presents extensive and new information on the Cenozoic marine and continental systems of one of the most important World Heritage sites of Southern South America: The Península Valdés. Using an interdisciplinary approach, that includes geological, biological and archeological perspectives of more than 30 specialists, an integrated description and analysis of the Cenozoic environments of the study region is presented. The volume brings together an update of the geology, climate, geomorphology, soils, biodiversity, archeology and human impact of the Península Valdés. The scope of this book extends to any natural science researcher of the world interested on the Cenozoic history of the Península Valdés.

Chocolate Lizards

Chocolate Lizards
Author: Cole Thompson
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2000-05-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312264864

When a Harvard-educated aspiring actor loses all of his cash in a poker game, he finds himself stranded in Abilene, Texas. Enter Merle, a hard drinkin', tough talkin', woman lovin' wildcatter who happens to have a job opening. What ensues is a rip-roaring conflagration of unbelievably vibrant characters. In the end, good old Texan gumption wins out, but regardless, Chocolate Lizards is a helluva ride.