The Monitor Lizards Of Burma
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The Monitor Lizards Of Burma
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Author : Herbert Cecil Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1930
The Monitor Lizards Of Burma written by Herbert Cecil Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1930 with Varanus categories.
The Bengal Monitor
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Author : Walter Auffenberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Bengal Monitor written by Walter Auffenberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Science categories.
"The most thorough and exhaustive study of a single reptile species ever carried out. [It] will become a classic."--Henry Fitch, University of Kansas "An unparalleled accomplishment in herpetology."--John L. Behler, Curator, Department of Herpetology, New York Zoological Society The Bengal Monitor, the most comprehensive study ever done on a single reptile species anywhere in the world, completes Walter Auffenberg's monumental trilogy on the behavioral ecology of monitor lizards. Together the books provide baseline ecological principles and behavioral descriptions that scientists will use to frame all future theoretical models of the genus Varanus. The group consists of about fifty species, all found in the Old World, many of which are considered endangered. Unlike the lizard species emphasized in the first two books, the Bengal monitor inhabits a huge range, extending from Java to the Iran and Afghanistan borders, including many different habitats. To unravel the biological elements of this lizard's survival strategies, Auffenberg concentrates on the diet and foraging behavior of the Bengal monitor, studying its prey base--mainly small insects--in remarkable detail. Because most monitors are mainly insectivorous, this book reflects the more usual pattern in which these lizards compete with other predatory birds and mammals in the local environment. The descriptions of complex ecological relationships assure the book's use by parasitologists, entomologists, mammalogists, and ecologists generally. To study the lizards (which measure about five feet from nose to tail), Auffenberg captured them with techniques that depended on his location and often on local good will: licensed hide hunters shot specimens out of trees in Malaysia; trained dogs trapped them in Myanmar; in the marshy lakes of the Indus Valley he hired tribal Jogi "snake charmers" to flush them from cover and catch them by hand. During a twenty-year period, his research for The Bengal Monitor took him to museums, laboratories, and field sites throughout southern Asia and then home to Florida, where he observed a colony of monitors that he transplanted to greenhouses in his backyard. Walter Auffenberg is Distinguished Research Curator Emeritus at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville. He chaired the Department of Natural Science from 1963 to 1973 and served as curator of herpetology from 1963 until he retired in 1991. He is the author of Gray's Monitor Lizard (UPF, 1988) and The Behavioral Ecology of the Komodo Monitor (UPF, 1981), for which he received the Wildlife Society's Best Wildlife Book Award. He currently serves as technical advisor for an hour-long television program on the Komodo monitor.
Monitor Lizard
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Author : Barbara A. Somervill
language : en
Publisher: Cherry Lake
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Monitor Lizard written by Barbara A. Somervill and has been published by Cherry Lake this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The Monitor Lizard is large; adults can grow up to 7 feet in length. A vicious predator that will eat anything it can fit into its mouth. Native to Africa, the Monitor Lizard has successfully established a new home in Florida, disrupting an already delicate ecosystem.
Monitor Lizards
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Author : Daniel Bennett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Monitor Lizards written by Daniel Bennett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Monitor lizards categories.
Monitor Lizards
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Author : Bernd Eidenmüller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Monitor Lizards written by Bernd Eidenmüller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Nature categories.
The Natural History Of Monitor Lizards
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Author : Harold F. De Lisle
language : en
Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company
Release Date : 1996-01-01
The Natural History Of Monitor Lizards written by Harold F. De Lisle and has been published by Krieger Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Nature categories.
Unique among lizards, the monitors are in some ways more like birds and mammmals than like their smaller and less-active relatives. Their size and behaviour have long made them objects of fascination and myth wherever they are found. The Komodo Dragon, the world's largest lizard, is a central tourist attraction in Indonesia. This text provides information on the anatomical and physiological traits that have made the varanids such successful and spectacular animals. It deals with the lizard's ecology and behaviour, and includes a description, range map, diet, conservation status, and life history notes for each species, along with almost 200 references on varanid lizards. General guidelines for captive care are included. The book contains essential information for the professional herpetologist, dedicated pet owner, and reptile enthusiast.
Varanoid Lizards Of The World
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Author : Erick Pianka
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2004-09-21
Varanoid Lizards Of The World written by Erick Pianka and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-21 with Nature categories.
Monitor lizards (genus Varanus) have attracted a great deal of interest--these large and impressive lizards are often the centerpiece of reptile house exhibits. Monitors tend to be fairly wary and difficult to observe--therefore they are not particularly tractable research subjects, but they have nevertheless received an extraordinary amount of attention from devoted students.Varanoid Lizards of the World is a comprehensive account of virtually everything important that is known about monitor lizards, beginning with detailed species accounts and proceeding to various modern comparative analyses. Where possible, people who have had detailed field experience with a particular species have assembled species accounts. In the process of reporting what is known, we also identify what remains to be learned about these lizards. We hope to establish a prototype showing how such a diverse monophyletic group can be exploited both to identify and to understand the actual course of evolution. As such, this effort becomes a protocol for future workers to follow for other groups of closely-related species.
A Little Book Of Monitor Lizards
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Author : Daniel Bennett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
A Little Book Of Monitor Lizards written by Daniel Bennett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Monitor lizards categories.
Living Dragons
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Author : Rodney Steel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Living Dragons written by Rodney Steel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Lizards categories.
Gray S Monitor Lizard
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Author : Walter Auffenberg
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 1988
Gray S Monitor Lizard written by Walter Auffenberg and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Science categories.