Reptile

Packed with striking photography, Eyewitness Reptile explores one of nature's most fascinating animal species.

Become an eyewitness to how reptiles sense the world, move and use camouflage in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of these scaly creatures. Children will be mesmerised by the many different types of reptile species, from small pets to large crocodiles.

This beautifully illustrated guide for kids aged 9+ gives an insight into how crocodiles look after their young, how lizards store fat in their tails, and how chameleons swivel their eyes. Using striking full-colour photographs of snakes, crocodiles, lizards, and turtles, this book offers a unique eyewitness view of these amazing creatures.

Throughout the pages of this newly-revised book on reptiles, you can expect to find:

• A fresh new look; new photographs, updated information, and a new "eyewitness" feature.
• Amazing facts, updated diagrams, statistics, and timelines.
• Brand new eyewitness accounts from experts in the field.

Eyewitness Reptile introduces the ultimate guide to these cold-blooded creatures, where you can find out how snakes are charmed, how geckos walk upside down, why crocodiles swallow stones, and how a snake is milked of venom. Children can learn all about how an anole lizard frightens its enemies by displaying its bright red beard and watch a boa constrictor swallowing its prey whole. This all-encompassing guide to reptiles is a must-have for curious children aged 9+ with a thirst for learning, as well as teachers, parents and librarians.

So, what's new?

Part of DK's best-selling Eyewitness series, this popular title has been reinvigorated for the next generation of information-seekers and stay-at-home explorers, with a fresh new look, up to 20 percent new images, including photography and updated diagrams, updated information, and a new "eyewitness" feature with fascinating first-hand accounts from experts in the field.

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Auteur

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).