What's that Reptile? A starter's guide to reptils of southern Africa

What’s that? series introduces starters to the diverse reptile fauna of southern Africa, including its snakes, lizards, crocodiles, tortoises, terrapins and turtles.
Marais, Johan
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9781770077713
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Title: What's that Reptile?
Subtitle: A starter's guide to reptils of southern Africa
Author: Johan Marais
Publisher: Random House Struik
Imprint: Nature
Cape Town, South Africa 2011
ISBN 9781770077713 / ISBN 978-1-77007-771-3
Softcover, 17x25 cm, 112 pages, throughout colour photos


Description:

This latest addition to the popular What’s that? series introduces beginners to the diverse reptile fauna of southern Africa, including its snakes, lizards, crocodiles, tortoises, terrapins and turtles. The book encourages readers first to study reptiles in their broader natural groups before taking them to the next stage, namely identification of the species.

The text is simple and accessible, giving helpful information on the appearance, distribution, habitat, behaviour, diet and breeding habits of species. Interesting fact boxes and an abundance of clear, colourful photographs bring these remarkable creatures vividly to life.


Content:

Introduction
Snakes
Adders
Mambas
Introduction
Snakes
Adders
Mambas
True cobras
Rinkhals
Shield cobras
Boomslang
Twig snakes
Bibron's Stiletto Snake
Grass & sand snakes
Tiger snakes
Red-lipped Snake
Centipede-eaters
Pythons
Mole Snake
House & rock snakes
Water snakes
Green snakes
Slug-eaters
Egg-eaters
Blind snakes
Thread or worm snakes
Lizards
Amphisbaenians or worm lizards
Agamas
Chameleons
Dwarf chameleons
Monitor lizards
Sand lizards
Rough-scaled lizards
Legless burrowing skinks
Snake-eyed skinks
Dwarf burrowing skinks
Writhing skinks
Typical skinks
Sungazer
Girdled lizards
Crag lizards
Flat lizards
Plated lizards
Common geckos
Flat geckos
Leaf-toed geckos
Tropical house geckos
Velvet geckos
Dwarf geckos
Ground geckos
Tubercled geckos
Dune geckos
Rough geckos
Spotted geckos
Marico & Quartz geckos
Barking geckos
Crocodiles
Nile Crocodile
Tortoises, terrapins & turtles
Tortoises
Hinged tortoises
Padlopers
Tent tortoises
Marsh Terrapin
Hinged terrapins
Turtles
Glossary
List of common & scientific names of species
Index