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Author:

Mattison, Christopher.

Title:

The care of reptiles and amphibians in captivity / Chris Mattison.

Edition:

Rev. 3rd ed.

Publisher:

Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub. Co.,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

317 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Captive reptiles.
Captive amphibians.
Reptiles.
Amphibia.
Amphibians--Amphibians
Reptiles--Reptiles
Anfibios (Biologia)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-306) and indexes.

Contents:

General care -- Some biological considerations -- Thermoregulation; social behaviour -- Obtaining specimens and making a start -- Selecting species; legal aspects; selecting specimens; preparations -- Accommodation -- Cages; equipment -- Creating the right environment -- Temperature control; lighting control; humidity control; control of biological factors; the planted vivarium -- Foods and feeding -- Vegetable food; animal food; supplements; methods of feeding; water; overfeeding -- Breeding -- Sex determination; conditioning; stimuli; mating; pregnancy; parturition; egg-laying; incubation; rearing young; breeding programmes -- Diseases -- Controlling diseases; environmental diseases; nutritional diseases; bacterial infections; protozoan infections; endoparasites; ectoparasites; fungal infections; miscellaneous disorders -- Handling -- Descriptions of species and their maintenance -- Caudata: newts and salamanders -- Ambystomidae: Mole salamanders -- Salamandridae -- Plethodontidae: Woodland salamanders -- Anura: frogs and toads -- Pipidae: tongueless frogs.
(cont) Discoglossidae: fire-bellied toads, painted frog and midwife toad -- Pelobatidae: spadefoot toads -- Ranidae -- Raninae: true frogs -- Mantellinae -- Dendrobatidae: poison arrow frogs -- Rhacophoridae -- Microhylidae -- Bufonidae: true toads -- Hylidae: tree-frogs -- Leptodactylidae -- Crocodilia: crocodiles and alligators -- Chelonia: turtles and tortoises -- Pelomedusidae -- Chelidae: side-necked turtles -- Chelydridae: mud, musk and snapping turtles -- Emydidae: freshwater turtles -- Testudinidae: land tortoises -- Trionychidae: soft-shelled turtles -- Squamata: sub-order lacertilia: lizards -- Gekkonidae: geckos -- Eublepharinae -- Sphaerodactylinae -- Gekkoninae -- Xantusidae: night lizards -- Iguanidae: iguanas -- Agamidae: agamas -- Chamaeleontidae: chameleons -- Scincidae: skinks -- Cordylidae: zonures -- Gerrhosauridae: plated lizards -- Lacertidae -- Teiidae: tegus and whiptails -- Anguidae: slow-worms, glass lizards and alligator lizards -- Varanidae: monitors -- Amphisbaenidae -- Squamata: sub-order serpentes: snakes -- Typhlopidae and leptotyphlopidae: blind snakes.
(cont) Boidae: boas and pythons -- Colubridae: typical snakes -- Venomous snakes -- Colubridae -- Elapidae: cobras -- Viperidae: vipers -- Viperinae -- Crotalinae: pit vipers -- Laws pertaining to the keeping of reptiles and amphibians -- Herpetological societies.

ISBN:

9780713723380
0713723386

LCCN:

93114518

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

NQPA983 -- Joice Public Library (Joice)

RQPC397 -- Panora Public Library (Panora)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

WQPA215 -- Kirchner French Memorial Library (Peterson)

XEPE697 -- Red Oak Public Library (Red Oak) — 597.9 MAT