Snakes, Lizards & Crocs & Turtles of Australia

This fun, informative and colourful book introduces all of Australia's different types of lizards and snakes as well as the turtles and crocodiles. It includes full-colour pictures showing the animals in their natural habitats, such as rainforest, desert and freshwater or marine along with a full-colour map showing the different habitats. Full of interesting facts about their lifestyle and behaviour with activities to test your knowledge, a glossary to explain new words and an index that includes both scientific and common names so you'll know how to look the animals up. It also provides a list of other books and websites where you can find out more. Steve Wilson is the author of A Field Guide to Reptiles of Queensland, and co-author of A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. For more than 20 years he has worked at the Queensland Museum, educating the public, identifying their specimens and answering kids' questions about reptiles.

Steve's lifelong love affair with reptiles has taken him to some of Australia's most remote places. For the past 30 years he has been working to compile a comprehensive photographic documentation of Australia's reptiles. He has authored/co-authored more than 5 books, including A Field Guide to Reptiles, What Snake is That, and What Lizard is That and has written many magazine articles on reptiles. For the past 20 years Steve has worked at the Queensland Museum, educating the public, identifying their specimens and (hopefully) instilling a desire to conserve our unique biological heritage.