Steve Wilson

The only title available on Australian Dragon Lizards, including the most recent understanding of their origins and life history. Australia's mostly hot, dry continent is home to nearly 800 described species, and the seven Australian families represent four evolutionary lineages: three families of geckoes and flap-footed (legless) lizards; skinks; goannas and dragons. Australia is a land of lizards, boasting an...

This book is an introduction to those fascinating and misunderstood reptiles: snakes. From northern hotspots to the temperate areas of Tasmania, What Snake is That? outlines more than 100 of the known Australian species, grouped according to their ecology, or behavioural traits. From the secretive, burrowing blind snakes (Ramphotyphlops) to the swift, keen-eyed whipsnakes (Demansia) and the lethal taipans (Oxyuranus)....