Reptile
$25.66
- Hardcover
72 pages
- Release Date
28 November 2023
Summary
A picture-packed guide to one of nature’s most fascinating animal species.
From tiny turtles and giant tortoises to slithering snakes, leggy lizards, and humungous crocodiles, discover how reptiles sense the world, move, use camouflage, and more.
Learn how crocodiles look after their young, how lizards store fat in their tails, and how chameleons swivel their eyes. Find out how snakes are charmed, how geckos walk upside down, why crocodiles swallow stones, and how a snake is m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241631676 |
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| ISBN-10: | 024163167X |
| Author: | Colin McCarthy |
| Publisher: | Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
| Imprint: | DK Children |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 72 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 624g |
| Dimensions: | 289mm x 224mm x 14mm |
| Series: | DK Eyewitness |
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About The Author
Colin McCarthy
Colin McCarthy has a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences from Birkbeck College (University of London, 1976) and a Ph.D. from City of London Polytechnic (Council for National Academic Awards, 1982). He worked in the Zoology Department of the Natural History Museum, London; 1970-1990 as a curator in the Reptiles and Amphibians section, 1990-2011 as Collections Manager of Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish. Colin is currently a Scientific Associate of the museum. He has written several scientific papers on herpetological topics as well as reviews, encyclopedia articles and two books (‘Poisonous Snakes’ Franklin Watts 1987 and ‘Reptile’ Dorling Kindersley 1991, 2012, 2017, 2023).
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