6 books in Nature - Reptiles & Amphibians
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Salamanders of the United States and Canada
Written by James W. Petranka
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $49.95
Secretive, nocturnal, and little known, salamanders are often the most abundant vertebrates on the forest floor. This comprehensive volume, the first survey published since 1943, describes the ecology, evolution, biodiversity, behavior, and natural history of 127 recognized species of salamanders found in the United States and Canada, from newts and sirens... Read more >
Written by James W. Petranka
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $49.95
Secretive, nocturnal, and little known, salamanders are often the most abundant vertebrates on the forest floor. This comprehensive volume, the first survey published since 1943, describes the ecology, evolution, biodiversity, behavior, and natural history of 127 recognized species of salamanders found in the United States and Canada, from newts and sirens... Read more >
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Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile
Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $13.00
Few writers have attempted to explore the natural history of a particular animal by adopting the animal’s own sensibility. But Verlyn Klinkenborg has done just that in Timothy: an insightful and utterly engaging story of the world’s most famous tortoise, whose real life was observed by the eighteenth-century English curate and... Read more >
Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $13.00
Few writers have attempted to explore the natural history of a particular animal by adopting the animal’s own sensibility. But Verlyn Klinkenborg has done just that in Timothy: an insightful and utterly engaging story of the world’s most famous tortoise, whose real life was observed by the eighteenth-century English curate and... Read more >
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Snakes in Question, Second Edition
The Smithsonian Answer Book
Written by George R. Zug and Carl H. Ernst
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 17, 2004
Price: $24.95
This new edition of Snakes in Question has been completely updated to take into account the most recent research available, offering useful scientific information about snakes while dispelling many widely-circulated myths and common fears. Accompanied by 100 stunning color photographs and written in the popular question-and-answer format of Smithsonian's “In Question”... Read more >
The Smithsonian Answer Book
Written by George R. Zug and Carl H. Ernst
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 17, 2004
Price: $24.95
This new edition of Snakes in Question has been completely updated to take into account the most recent research available, offering useful scientific information about snakes while dispelling many widely-circulated myths and common fears. Accompanied by 100 stunning color photographs and written in the popular question-and-answer format of Smithsonian's “In Question”... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Snakes in Question, Second Edition
The Smithsonian Answer Book
Written by George R. Zug and Carl H. Ernst
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 17, 2004
Price: $55.00
This new edition of Snakes in Question has been completely updated to take into account the most recent research available, offering useful scientific information about snakes while dispelling many widely-circulated myths and common fears. Accompanied by 100 stunning color photographs and written in the popular question-and-answer format of Smithsonian's “In Question”... Read more >
The Smithsonian Answer Book
Written by George R. Zug and Carl H. Ernst
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 17, 2004
Price: $55.00
This new edition of Snakes in Question has been completely updated to take into account the most recent research available, offering useful scientific information about snakes while dispelling many widely-circulated myths and common fears. Accompanied by 100 stunning color photographs and written in the popular question-and-answer format of Smithsonian's “In Question”... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Written by Alan B. Bolten and Blair E. Witherington
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2003
Price: $55.00
Sea turtles have been the focus of research and intense conservation efforts for decades and the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, currently listed as a threatened species, is arguably one of the best studied of the seven species. Loggerhead Sea Turtles brings together, for the first time, international experts to synthesize the knowledge... Read more >
Written by Alan B. Bolten and Blair E. Witherington
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2003
Price: $55.00
Sea turtles have been the focus of research and intense conservation efforts for decades and the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, currently listed as a threatened species, is arguably one of the best studied of the seven species. Loggerhead Sea Turtles brings together, for the first time, international experts to synthesize the knowledge... Read more >
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Amphibian Conservation
Written by Raymond D. Semlitsch
Foreword by David B. Wake
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2003
Price: $45.00
From deep in the rain forests of Central America to the backyard ponds of Minnesota, alarming accounts of disappearing and deformed populations of amphibians keep surfacing in the media. The amphibian crisis has been headline news from New York to Europe to Australia, featuring pictures of grotesque frogs and reports from... Read more >
Written by Raymond D. Semlitsch
Foreword by David B. Wake
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2003
Price: $45.00
From deep in the rain forests of Central America to the backyard ponds of Minnesota, alarming accounts of disappearing and deformed populations of amphibians keep surfacing in the media. The amphibian crisis has been headline news from New York to Europe to Australia, featuring pictures of grotesque frogs and reports from... Read more >
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