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Geckos & Skinks
The remarkable lizards of Aotearoa
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One of the least known, and subsequently least celebrated parts of Aotearoa's native wildlife surely are our lizards. The reason is simple - our geckos and skinks are shy, secretive creatures, rarely seen except by seasoned observers. They are remarkable creatures found in a huge range...
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Geckos & Skinks
Geckos and Skinks by Anna Yeoman, shines a light on the remarkable lizards of New Zealand, one of the least known of Aotearoa's native wildlife. Highly readable with quality photographs, this is the first book to tell stories about their natural history and the efforts to protect these secretive creatures, found in a huge range of habitats.
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Description
One of the least known, and subsequently least celebrated parts of Aotearoa's native wildlife surely are our lizards. The reason is simple - our geckos and skinks are shy, secretive creatures, rarely seen except by seasoned observers.
They are remarkable creatures found in a huge range of habitats, from rocky islets on the Fiordland coast, through all our forests and shrublands and up to the high mountains. While identification guides have been written, Geckos & Skinks is the first book to tell stories about these creatures, how and where they live, and how they breed.
But crucially, this book is a fascinating insight into the myriad conservation efforts that are ongoing in New Zealand, for our geckos and skinks are increasingly threatened by habitat loss and predation from pests. Heavily illustrated with beautiful photographs, this book shines a light on our remarkable lizards, and exposes a world that deserves to be far better known.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781988550602
Publisher: Potton & Burton
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 September 2024
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Potton & Burton
Illustration: colour photographs throughout
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 200.0mm
Height: 250.0mm
Weight: 1008g
Pages: 252
About the Author
A lover of Aotearoa's wildlife and wild landscapes from earliest childhood, Anna Yeoman fell in love with lizards when she began volunteering at Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary in Central Otago five years ago. After studying science communication at the University of Otago, she started to write about New Zealand's geckos and skinks for magazines including New Zealand Geographic and North & South. She now works as a ranger at the sanctuary, and in her spare time adventures in the outdoors with her husband Ollie and their young family, and looks for lizards. This is her first book.
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