The author of California Snakes and How to Find Them invites budding reptile enthusiasts into a wonderland of lizards. "This guide joyfully celebrates the beauty and quirkiness of our native lizards." —John Muir Laws Lizards: they are cute, endearing, and mind-bogglingly diverse, and yet they are so easy to overlook among California’s natural abundance. Start watching them, though, and a wonderland of lizard life appears. In California Lizards and How to Find Them, lizard lover Emily Taylor profiles over 60 native and introduced species, from California's iconic Western Fence Lizard to the…mehr
The author of California Snakes and How to Find Them invites budding reptile enthusiasts into a wonderland of lizards. "This guide joyfully celebrates the beauty and quirkiness of our native lizards." —John Muir Laws Lizards: they are cute, endearing, and mind-bogglingly diverse, and yet they are so easy to overlook among California’s natural abundance. Start watching them, though, and a wonderland of lizard life appears. In California Lizards and How to Find Them, lizard lover Emily Taylor profiles over 60 native and introduced species, from California's iconic Western Fence Lizard to the adorable Desert Iguana to the chonky Ringed Wall Gecko. With her expert knowledge and joyous, laugh-out-loud writing, Taylor provides tips for finding, watching, and responsibly catching lizards. She offers absorbing insights on lizard evolution, and she explains the toll of invasive lizard species on California's ecosystems. Featuring more than 100 full-color photographs, and designed for easy use in everyday life, this is the ideal guide for budding reptile enthusiasts and longtime naturalists alike. Also available in the California Herping Guides Series by Emily Taylor: * California Snakes and How to Find Them * California Amphibians and How to Find Them
Emily Taylor is a professor of biological sciences at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, where she conducts research on the physiology, ecology, and conservation biology of lizards and snakes. Taylor is founder of the community science initiative Project RattleCam (rattlecam.org) and owner of Central Coast Snake Services (centralcoastsnakeservices.com). Her first book, California Snakes and How to Find Them, was published by Heyday in 2024. She lives in Atascadero, CA. Follow her at @snakeymama.
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Preface Introduction Lizards in Wonderland: Why California Has So Many Lizards What are Lizards? A Tale of Two Lizards How to Find and Watch Lizards in California Catching Lizards: A Cautionary "Tail" Family Anguidae * Northern Alligator Lizard * Southern Alligator Lizard * Panamint Alligator Lizard Family Anniellidae * Legless Lizards Family Chamaeleonidae * Jackson’s Chameleon Family Crotaphytidae * Great Basin Collared Lizard * Baja California Collared Lizard * Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard * Long-nosed and Cope’s Leopard Lizards Family Dactyloidae * Green Anole * Brown Anole Family Eublepharidae * Switak’s Banded Gecko * Western Banded Gecko Family Gekkonidae * Rough-tailed Bowfoot Gecko * House Geckos Family Helodermatidae * Gila Monster * Family Iguanidae * Desert Iguana * Common Chuckwalla Family Lacertidae * Italian Wall Lizard Family Phrynosomatidae * Zebra-tailed Lizard * Banded Rock Lizard * Coast Horned Lizard * Pygmy Short-horned Lizard * Flat-tailed Horned Lizard * Desert Horned Lizard * Common Sagebrush Lizard * Desert Spiny Lizard * Fence Lizards * Granite Spiny Lizard * Fringe-toed Lizards * Brush Lizards * Ornate Tree Lizard * Common Side-blotched Lizard Family Phyllodactylidae * Peninsula Leaf-toed Gecko * Wall Geckos * Family Scincidae * Ocellated Skink * Gilbert’s Skink * Western Skink Family Teiidae * Orange-throated Whiptail * Non-native Whiptails * Western Whiptail Family Xantusiidae * Sandstone and Granite Night Lizards * Island Night Lizard * Desert Night Lizard and Relatives Acknowledgments Recommended Further Reading About the Author
Preface Introduction Lizards in Wonderland: Why California Has So Many Lizards What are Lizards? A Tale of Two Lizards How to Find and Watch Lizards in California Catching Lizards: A Cautionary "Tail" Family Anguidae * Northern Alligator Lizard * Southern Alligator Lizard * Panamint Alligator Lizard Family Anniellidae * Legless Lizards Family Chamaeleonidae * Jackson’s Chameleon Family Crotaphytidae * Great Basin Collared Lizard * Baja California Collared Lizard * Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard * Long-nosed and Cope’s Leopard Lizards Family Dactyloidae * Green Anole * Brown Anole Family Eublepharidae * Switak’s Banded Gecko * Western Banded Gecko Family Gekkonidae * Rough-tailed Bowfoot Gecko * House Geckos Family Helodermatidae * Gila Monster * Family Iguanidae * Desert Iguana * Common Chuckwalla Family Lacertidae * Italian Wall Lizard Family Phrynosomatidae * Zebra-tailed Lizard * Banded Rock Lizard * Coast Horned Lizard * Pygmy Short-horned Lizard * Flat-tailed Horned Lizard * Desert Horned Lizard * Common Sagebrush Lizard * Desert Spiny Lizard * Fence Lizards * Granite Spiny Lizard * Fringe-toed Lizards * Brush Lizards * Ornate Tree Lizard * Common Side-blotched Lizard Family Phyllodactylidae * Peninsula Leaf-toed Gecko * Wall Geckos * Family Scincidae * Ocellated Skink * Gilbert’s Skink * Western Skink Family Teiidae * Orange-throated Whiptail * Non-native Whiptails * Western Whiptail Family Xantusiidae * Sandstone and Granite Night Lizards * Island Night Lizard * Desert Night Lizard and Relatives Acknowledgments Recommended Further Reading About the Author
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