With detailed captions explaining the origins, habitat and behaviour of these fascinating species, Crocodiles, Alligators & Lizards is an engaging pocket pictorial guide in over 200 brilliant photographs, each accompanied by a caption with fascinating information about the featured reptile's characteristics.
Crocodiles, alligators, caimans, gila monsters these creatures all have dinosaur ancestries dating from 94 million years ago. There is something elemental and scary about a crocodile, with its tough scaly skin, long powerful tail, conical, peg-like teeth and vicious bite. And these creatures can still be found in every part of the world. Divided by continent, Crocodiles, Alligators & Lizards introduces the American alligator, an apex predator that swims the coasts, estuaries and swamps of southeast USA feeding on fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals; the black caiman, which can grow up to an enormous 6 metres (20ft) in length and prefers the habitat of the slow-moving rivers and lakes of the Amazon basin; the frilled lizard, which spreads its frilly neck when threatened or to impress other lizards; the gila monster, whose two- tone camouflage colouring allows it to easily blend into its desert habitat; and the Komodo dragon, which can run up to 20km/h (13mph) over short distances and has a venomous bite that can paralyze large animals. With detailed captions explaining the origins, habitat and behaviour of these fascinating species, Crocodiles, Alligators & Lizards is a vivid pocket pictorial guide in over 200 brilliant photographs.
- Over 200 stunning photographs of the main species of crocodile, alligator and lizard
- Expert text explains each creature's diet, habitat and behaviour
- Includes a wide range of habitats, from the Amazon jungle to the Nile River
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Pocket photographic guide to crocodiles, alligator and lizards packed with fascinating facts
Contents include:
Introduction
1: The Americas American alligator American crocodile Cuban crocodile
Morelets crocodile Orinoco crocodile Broad-snouted caiman Black caiman
Cuviers dwarf caiman Smooth-fronted caiman Yacare caiman Schneiders dwarf
caiman (Schneiders smooth-fronted caiman) Spectacled caiman Green iguana
Galįpagos marine iguana Grand Cayman blue iguana Gila monster Argentine black
and white tegu Green anole Northern caiman lizard
2: Africa Dwarf crocodile Nile Crocodile West African slender-snouted
crocodile Savannah monitor Panther chameleon Namaqua chameleon Spiny-tailed
lizards Armadillo girdled lizard Agama agama Southern Rock agama
Gerrhosauridae Sudan plated lizard Giant plated lizard Fire skink
3: Asia Chinese alligator (are also known as the Yangtze alligator or the
muddy dragon) Gharial Malayan Gharial (False Gharial and the Sunda Gharial)
Saltwater crocodile Mugger Crocodile New Guinea Crocodile Philippine
crocodile (Mindoro crocodile, the Philippine freshwater crocodile, bukarot,
or buwaya) Siamese Crocodile Komodo Dragon Asian water monitor Tokay gecko
Leopard gecko Chinese water dragon
4: Australasia and the Pacific Australian Freshwater Crocodile Saltwater
crocodile (estuarine crocodile, Indo-Pacific crocodile, marine crocodile, sea
crocodile, or saltie) Pogona (Bearded Dragon) Crested gecko Thorny devil
Frilled dragon
5: Europe Lacerta Mediterranean chameleon European glass lizard Sand lizard
Viviparous lizard Mediterranean house gecko Anguidae Common wall lizard
European green lizard
David Alderton has enjoyed a life-long interest in wildlife and has travelled widely, studying a variety of creatures in their natural habitats throughout the world. His books have sold over six million copies and been published in over 30 languages.
