Lizards and Crocodilians of the Southeast

Informationen zum Autor WHIT GIBBONS is a professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Georgia and author or coauthor of several books on herpetology and ecology, including Keeping All the Pieces , Snakes of the Southeast , Revised Edition, Frogs and Toads of the Southeast, Lizards and Crocodiles of the Southeast, Turtles of the Southeast, and Salamanders of the Southeast (all Georgia). Klappentext A guide covering twenty native and thirty-nine introduced species of lizards and crocodilians found in the Southeast. It includes introductory chapters that cover the biodiversity of lizards and crocodilians both regionally and globally and discuss lizard and crocodilian life cycles! morphology! habitats! diets! and behaviors. Zusammenfassung This heavily illustrated, lively, and accessible guide covers twenty native and forty-one introduced species of lizards and crocodilians found in the Southeast. Information about distribution and habitat, behavior and activity, food and feeding, reproduction, predators and defense, and conservation status.

Product details

• Authors: Whit Gibbons, Whit/ Greene Gibbons, Judy Greene, Tony Mills
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2009
• EAN: 9780820331584
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3158-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Wormsloe Foundation Nature Boo; Wormsloe Foundation Nature Boo
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works