GOANNAS: BIOLOGY VARANID LIZARDS komodo dragon monitor

ISBN 086840456X

Size = 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Covers the lifestyle, habitat, and life cycle of goannas, otherwise known as varanids or monitors. These lizards range in size from a few centimeters to the giant 3-meter Komodo dragon, and 25 of the 40 known kinds are in Australia. Includes color photos and drawings.

CONTENTS:

Prologue

1. Introduction

2. Taxonomy & Phylogeny

3. Feeding
Diet
Food detection
Food handling

4. Breeding
Sex organs
Mating
Egg-laying
Clutch size
Hatching
Growth rates
Longevity

5. General Behaviour
Home range
Activity areas
Activity patterns
Burrow use
Movement and body postures

6. Thermal Biology
Burrows
Emergence time
Basking
Activity temperatures
Head-body temperature differences
Nasal tubes
Gular fluttering
Reflectivity of the skin

7. Respiration
Lungs
Heart
Blood physiology

8. Water Use
Water losses
Salt-secreting glands
Water intake

9. Energy and Food

10. Conservation and Management
Australia
Asia
Africa

Epilogue
Suggested Reading
Index

116 pages. Softcover. NOT Ex-Library, owner's name in ffep.

Weight = 500 g

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