How Reptiles And Amphbians Live
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Some light foxing, otherwise pages clean. Jacket in mylar sleeve.
Step into the cold-blooded world of scales and slime — a realm far more complex and captivating than most people dare to imagine. How Reptiles and Amphibians Live presents a comprehensive scientific portrait of two of the animal kingdom's most ancient and misunderstood classes, chronicling their evolutionary origins, physiological adaptations, behavioural strategies, and ecological roles across the world's diverse habitats. Arthur C. Echternacht, a respected herpetologist, guides the reader through the biology of creatures ranging from the arboreal tree frog to the formidable Komodo dragon, illuminating the ingenious mechanisms by which ectothermic animals thrive in environments that would challenge even the most resilient of warm-blooded species. Part of the acclaimed Elsevier Phaidon How Animals Live series, this volume occupies a distinguished place in the tradition of accessible yet rigorously scientific natural history writing. Echternacht's prose is authoritative and precise, grounding complex biological concepts in vivid, observable behaviour without sacrificing academic integrity. Richly detailed and thoughtfully structured, the book argues that reptiles and amphibians are not relics of a prehistoric past, but dynamic, highly adapted survivors whose continued existence holds vital clues to the health of ecosystems worldwide — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the natural world's future depends on creatures we so rarely pause to appreciate.
Author: Arthur C Echternacht
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Elsevier Phaidon
Genre: Zoology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Some light foxing, otherwise pages clean. Jacket in mylar sleeve.
Step into the cold-blooded world of scales and slime — a realm far more complex and captivating than most people dare to imagine. How Reptiles and Amphibians Live presents a comprehensive scientific portrait of two of the animal kingdom's most ancient and misunderstood classes, chronicling their evolutionary origins, physiological adaptations, behavioural strategies, and ecological roles across the world's diverse habitats. Arthur C. Echternacht, a respected herpetologist, guides the reader through the biology of creatures ranging from the arboreal tree frog to the formidable Komodo dragon, illuminating the ingenious mechanisms by which ectothermic animals thrive in environments that would challenge even the most resilient of warm-blooded species. Part of the acclaimed Elsevier Phaidon How Animals Live series, this volume occupies a distinguished place in the tradition of accessible yet rigorously scientific natural history writing. Echternacht's prose is authoritative and precise, grounding complex biological concepts in vivid, observable behaviour without sacrificing academic integrity. Richly detailed and thoughtfully structured, the book argues that reptiles and amphibians are not relics of a prehistoric past, but dynamic, highly adapted survivors whose continued existence holds vital clues to the health of ecosystems worldwide — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the natural world's future depends on creatures we so rarely pause to appreciate.