Lizards of the World av Mark O'Shea

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<B><I>Lizards of the World</I> is ultimate book on these fascinating creatures, featuring the all the different types of lizard worldwide.</B><BR/> <BR/> As survivors from the time of the dinosaurs, lizards are scaly, cold-blooded, living fossils – <B>relics from a prehistoric world </B>that remain alive and well in ours. Lizards exert a morbid fascination, in many mythologies they are dark creatures, symbolizing death and misfortune.<BR/><BR/> From <B>chameleons </B>and <B>skinks </B>to <B>geckos </B>and <B>iguanas</B>, <I>Lizards of the World </I>brings these creatures firmly into the light, to reveal their extraordinary diversity<BR/> <BR/> Found in almost every type of terrain globally, there are almost 6,500 species of lizard, including<B> lizards with frills, horns or wings, </B>those that drop their tails, and others that <B>squirt blood from their eyes</B>. Here, the lizard family and subfamily profiles, organized phylogenetically, are illustrated wit