Why are dogs pets and wolves wild? How are they similar? How are they different? Find out with this new series of books! Geckos and Komodo dragons are different animals. Geckos can be pets and live with people. Komodo dragons are wild and live in nature. But these lizards do have some things in common, such as a body covered in scales, long tongues, and strong tails. Get ready to discover a lot more about geckos and Komodo dragons - what they share and the many ways they are different! ABOUT THE SERIES: Do cats have anything in common with tigers? What about dogs and wolves, horses and zebras, or geckos and Komodo dragons? Discover the many ways in which how these animals look like, eat, care for their young, and survive are the same and different! All the books in the series include vibrant full-color photographs throughout with short blocks of text to entertain and explain. Encourages compare-and-contrast skill development. The series has strong curricular ties to science and the natural world.

Why are dogs pets and wolves wild? How are they similar? How are they different? Find out with this new series of books! Cats and tigers are different animals. Cats are pets and live with people. Tigers are wild and live in nature. But these mammals do have some things in common. They both have bodies covered in fur, have claws, and wiggly tails. Get ready to discover a lot more about cats and tigers - what they share and the many ways they are different! ABOUT THE SERIES: Do cats have anything in common with tigers? What about dogs and wolves, horses and zebras, or geckos and Komodo dragons? Discover the many ways in which how these animals look like, eat, care for their young, and survive are the same and different! All the books in the series include vibrant full-color photographs throughout with short blocks of text to entertain and explain. Encourages compare-and-contrast skill development. The series has strong curricular ties to science and the natural world.

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

We share the earth with a wide variety of animal species, each of which brings something special to the diversity of the planet. By knowing more about how animals behave and live, we gain a greater understanding of how life evolved and the importance of biodiversity. Domestication investigates the animal behavioral trait with which we are most familiar — how various species of animals have, over the last few millenia, become useful members of human societies. Each chapter examines a particular type of domestication, and includes accounts of of exemplary species that examines their biology, their domestication history, the results of domestication on their shape, size, color and physiology, and their comparative behavior - before and after domestication. Domestication is highly illustrated with both color and black and white illustrations.

Who was Richard Kemp, after whom the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is named? Is Wake’s Gecko named after Berkeley’s Marvalee Wake? Or perhaps her husband, David? Why do so many snakes and lizards have Werner in their name? This reference book answers these and thousands of other questions about the origins of the vernacular and scientific names of reptiles across the globe. From Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti, the Florida cottonmouth subspecies named for Roger Conant, to Xantusia, the night lizard genera namesake of John Xantus, this dictionary covers everyone after whom an extant or recently extinct reptile has been named. The entries include a brief bio-sketch, a list of the reptiles that bear the individual’s name, the names of reptiles erroneously thought to be associated with the person, and a summary of major—and sometimes obscure or even incidental—contributions made by the person to herpetology and zoology. An introductory chapter explains how to use the book and describes the process of naming taxa. Easy to use and filled with addictive—and highly useful—information about the people whose names will be carried into the future on the backs of the world’s reptiles, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles is a handy and fun book for professional and amateur herpetologists alike.