What Reptile?: A Buyer's Guide

by Chris Mattison

Overview

Dedicated pet owners will rejoice at this comprehensive reptile handbook! What Reptile? provides advice on purchasing, housing, and caring for reptiles and amphibians.

While reptiles and amphibians make fascinating pets, they need special housing, equipment, and care to flourish as pets. What Reptile? is both an encyclopedia and an easy-to-understand care guide for:

• Newts
• Salamanders
• Frogs
• Toads
• Tortoises
• Turtles
• Lizards (including chameleons, bearded dragons, geckos, and iguanas)
• Snakes (including pythons)

What Reptile? provides details on the correct housing, feeding, and daily care for each species. It also includes photo-illustrated profiles of each animal. Get the answers you need to all your reptile and amphibian questions…and much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438001623
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	05/01/2013
Series:	What Pet? Books
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,038,788
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 7.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Chris Mattison, B.Sc., has an honors degree in zoology from the University of Sheffield and specializes in the natural history of reptiles and amphibians. He has written more than 20 books and several magazine articles on exotic animals and other wildlife topics, has traveled extensively to study and photograph wildlife, and has lectured to international audiences on the natural history of reptiles and amphibians.