reptiles

Describes the scientific classification, origins, physical characteristics, habitats, life cycles, and conservation statuses of different kinds of reptiles.

Contains alphabetized profiles of approximately seventy reptiles and amphibians, covering their anatomy, classification, habitats, food and feeding, behavior, locomotion, reproduction, and survival, and features photos, illustrations, and sidebars.

Photographs and text depict the many different kinds of reptiles, their similarities and differences, habitats, and behavior.

Sections on turtles, lizards, snakes, alligators, crocodiles, frogs, toads, and salamanders present information on species common in the United States.

This book on reptiles discusses classification keys, habitats, and case studies of individual species.

Profiles more than seventy species of salamanders, frogs, toads, turtles, lizards, and snakes found in the Great Lakes drainage basin, covering their physical characteristics, differences from similar species, distribution, status, habitat and ecology, reproduction and growth, and conservation.

Describes crocodiles, their physical features, how they hunt and kill, and their role in the ecosystem.

Discusses the physical characteristics of several endangered, extinct, and prehistoric species of reptiles.

Describes the physical characteristics common to reptiles and highlights differences among various species, discussing habitats, methods of getting around, feeding habits, and reptile reproduction.

Briefly presents facts about many different kinds of reptiles, their physical characteristics, habitats, behavior, and other aspects of their lives.