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Would you know a quokka if you saw one? How about a skink or apangolin?These are not exactly household words, but they are a fewof the many fascinating and curious creatures featured in the WhatOn Earth? series for grades 2-5. Each volume fully explores thelifestyles and habitats of animals that few people even knowexist. Simple, concise text covers the animal's classification, itsunique characteristics, its methods of survival, what the animal eatsand who eats it, reproduction and care of the young, conservationissues, and the relationship of the animal to humans. Each book'slarge size and stunning, full-color photographs bring these remarkablesubjects to life. A glossary, further reading list, map, and indexmake What On Earth books as educational as they are fun!

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Lizards, Volumes 1 and 2, provides comprehensive coverage of all known families of lizards. Rogner outlines the geographic distribution along with the natural habitats and lifestyles for each species. The author also draws heavily from the firsthand experiences of herpetological enthusiasts in detailing husbandry practices for feeding; administering vitamin and mineral supplements; breeding; and setting up, heating, lighting, and maintaining vivaria. Detailed descriptions and copious color photos illustrate physical characteristics of the lizards.Volume 2 examines Knob-Scaled, Beaded, Monitor, Alligator, and Plated Lizards; Cordylids; Lacertids; Skinks; Smooth and Night Lizards; Teiids; Worm Lizards; Tuataras; and Crocodilians. ... Read more

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Chapters: Lizard, Mosasaur, Chameleon, Skink, Oriental Garden Lizard, Polychrotidae, List of Lacertilia Families, San Esteban Chuckwalla, Agamidae, Parietal Eye, Angel Island Chuckwalla, Draco Volans, Common Basilisk, Lacertidae, Judeasaurus, Kaganaias, Teiidae, Monte Cristo Arboreal Alligator Lizard, Gymnophthalmidae, Peninsular Chuckwalla, Curly-Tailed Lizards, Sauromalus Slevini, Anguidae, Estesia, Varanoidea, Corytophanidae, Night Lizard, Cordylidae, Pygopodidae, Dixonius, Dibamidae, Lanthanotidae, Xenosauridae, Varanidae, Hoplocercidae, Uma Scoparia, Palaeosaniwa, Gray's Water Skink, Northern Caiman Lizard, Gerrhosauridae, Opluridae, Tropiduridae, Peltosaurus, Dolichosaurus, Aigialosauridae, Western Basilisk, Scincomorpha, Adriosaurus, Viper Gecko, Mosasauroidea, Kuwajimalla, Holodactylus Africanus, Bavarisaurus, Scincinae, Aphanizocnemus, Blue-Spotted Wood Lizard, Hispaniolan Green Anole, Large-Headed Anole, Rhino Horn Lizard, Horned Wood Lizard, Helmeted Iguana, Anolis Distichus, Yabeinosaurus, Hispaniolan Curlytail Lizard, Leiosauridae, Rainbow Whiptail, Brazilian Spiny-Tailed Lizard, Liolaemidae, Florida Scrub Lizard, Sepsohis Punctatus, Ringed Spinytail Iguana, Island Glass Lizard, Giant Lizards. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 213. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: HalisaurinaeMosasaurinaePlioplatecarpinaeTylosaurinae Mosasaurs (from Latin Mosa meaning the 'Meuse river', and Greek sauros meaning 'lizard') were serpentine marine reptiles. The first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764. These ferocious marine predators are now considered to be the closest relatives of snakes, due to cladistic analysis of symptomatic similarities in jaw and skull anatomies. Mosasaurs were not archosaurs but lepidosaurs, reptiles with overla...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=800373 ... Read more

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Chapters: Alfred's Blind Skink, Dibamidae, Dibamus Nicobaricum, Anelytropsis. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Alfred's Blind Skink (Dibamus alfredi) is a blind species of lizard in the genus Dibamus. It can be found in Southeast Asia. Another species of Dibamus once had been referred to as the Alfred's Blind Skink, but is now a separate species. The Alfred's Blind Skink is found in Thailand, Malaysia, and Nias. The Alfred's Blind Snake can be found in primary forests, scrub, secondary forests, and plantations, in an altitude range from zero to one thousand meters. The Alfred's Flat Lizard is named after Eric Alfred, who was the director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore. The Alfred's Flat Lizard is also known as the Alfred's Dibamid Lizard. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14264444 ... Read more

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The book arrived in great condition as listed.It is filled with a lot of helpful information on these lizards.It was also shipped very quickly.Thank you. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from Acta Oecologica, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The successful eradication of introduced rodents from islets off the coast of Mauritius has led to local conservation bodies investigating the possibility of translocation as a measure of safeguarding endemic reptile populations. The present study was the first to determine the habitat and microhabitat requirements of Telfair's skinks (Leiolopisma telfairii) on Round Island, Mauritius, with a view to aiding future translocation projects to islands within their historic range. Contrasting preferences found for Telfair's skink at macro- and micro- habitat levels underline the importance of sampling at multiple ecological scales in such investigations. Significantly fewer sightings of L. telfairii were recorded in bare rock habitats compared to more vegetated habitats. Conversely, at a microhabitat scale principal component analysis indicated structural characteristics were the primary determinant of microhabitat choice. The first dietary analysis of Telfair's skinks confirmed their status as omnivores. Cockroaches (Blattodea spp.) appeared to be a primary food source. Four exotic plant species were also present in faecal samples and the potential for L. telfairii to aid their dispersal is discussed. Implications for the long-term management and proposed translocation of Telfair's skinks are discussed. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Pacific Science, published by University of Hawaii Press on January 1, 2009. The length of the article is 6488 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A new live-bearing species of scincid lizard (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific.(Abstract)
Author: Ross A. Sadlier
Publication: Pacific Science (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2009
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Volume: 63Issue: 1Page: 123(14)

Article Type: Abstract

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