Reptiles, Amphibians, and Invertebrates: An Identification and Care Guide

Freshly updated with new photos, new data, and newly included species, this pictorial identification guide and basic husbandry manual covers more than 250 species, subspecies, and color morphs of reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. The authors advise on what to look for when purchasing these animals and discuss proper caging and feeding. Each profile includes the animal's original natural habitat, its size from hatchling to adult, its lifespan, and its general behavior traits. The wide array of animals covered includes snakes, lizards, skinks, geckos, turtles and tortoises, frogs, toads, salamanders, tarantulas, scorpions, mantids, crabs--and even cockroaches. Hundreds of color illustrations.

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Reptiles, Amphibians, and Invertebrates
An Identification and Care Guide
Second Edition

Snakes, lizards, insects, turtles and tortoises, frogs and toads, salamanders and newts, and arachnids are all featured in this book. ItÂ's a pictorial identification guide and husbandry manual covering more than 250 species, subspecies, and color morphs. The authors tell you what to look for when purchasing these animals and discuss caging and feeding. Each profile includes the animalÂ's place of origin, its size from hatchling to adult, its lifespan, and its general behavior traits.

Hundreds of color illustrations.