8vo, i-xii, 179 pp, section of colour photographs, black and white photographs. Some minor spotting to the closed fore edge else a fine copy. The author's world wide travels in search of desert lizards.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Lizard Man Speaks

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Publication Date

1994

Language

English

ISBN 10

0292765525

ISBN 13

9780292765528

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

Weight

1 kilogram

Seller catalogs

Zoos , Natural History, Animal Husbandry

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Synopsis

Alone on the endless red-sand desert in the Australian outback, tracking Varanus giganteus, the perentie lizard that grows to be more than six feet long. . . for desert rat Eric Pianka, such adventures have led to a satisfying, if unusual, way of life, as well as a distinguished career as a field biologist.
In The Lizard Man Speaks, Pianka recounts more than thirty years of adventures in reptile studies, beginning with a boyhood passion for collecting snakes and lizards. He tells of "lizarding" in the North American deserts, the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa, and the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia. His vivid imagery draws the reader into a world where lions lurk in the darkness beyond a gecko hunter's lights, where being stranded by car trouble miles from the last outpost is a constant danger, and where the wilderness still deserves to be called wild.
Along the way, Pianka provides much general information about lizard ecology, the fire succession cycle, and the interaction of humans with the landscape. And he reveals the springs of his own determined spirit and love of solitude, describing a near-fatal boyhood accident and its shaping and character-building effect on the life that followed.

About the Author

Eric R. Pianka is the Denton A. Cooley Centennial Professor of Zoology at the University of Texas at Austin.

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