Zoology: amphibians and reptiles (herpetology)

Victoria's Box-Ironbark region is one of the most important areas of animal diversity and significance in southern Australia.

There are more than 33,000 species of living fishes, accounting for more than half of the extant vertebrate diversity on Earth.

The definitive guide to the reptiles of the regionEast Africa is home to a remarkable assemblage of reptiles, from crocodiles and chameleons to turtles and tortoises, lizards, worm-lizards, and a stunning array of snakes.

Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes is about the vast sweep of the Outback, a land of expanses making up three-quarters of the continent - the heart of Australia.

This book appears at a time when molecular cytogenetics is positioned to make a significant impact upon evolutionary studies, enabling problems of chromosomal structure and change to be critically assessed.

Thenee and Mari live in the low hills of the Eastern Ghats, a land of snakes and the hunting ground of the Irular people.

Have the world in your hands with these compact, affordable, illustrated natural history guidesFrom tiny frogs in the rainforest to giant tropical crocodiles, leaf through Nature Guide Snakes and Other Reptiles and Amphibians profiling the world's snakes, reptiles and amphibians.

Building on the solid foundations established by the two earlier New Naturalist volumes on this subject, eminent herpetologists Trevor Beebee and Richard Griffiths have brought together a wealth of new and fascinating information on the British amphibians and reptiles.

First published in 1842, this vintage book contains part five of Charles Darwin's "e;The Zoology of The Voyage of H.

Collins need to know?

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring From frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders, to the lesser-known caecilians, there are over 8,000 species of amphibians alive today.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring From frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders, to the lesser-known caecilians, there are over 8,000 species of amphibians alive today.

For millions of years reptiles have walked, crawled, and slithered over the face of our Earth.

For millions of years reptiles have walked, crawled, and slithered over the face of our Earth.

Africa has a rich diversity of tortoises, terrapins and turtles.

Africa has a rich diversity of tortoises, terrapins and turtles.

An easy-to-use and authoritative guide to over 220 species of snake from around the world, each entry specially selected to show the diversity of size, shape and colour of these respected creatures.

Throughout much of the world, frog populations are declining and some species are disappearing totally.

This detailed and comprehensive guide to the 151 snakes indigenous to southern Africa covers all essential aspects of snake biology and behaviour.

This detailed and comprehensive guide to the 151 snakes indigenous to southern Africa covers all essential aspects of snake biology and behaviour.