Australian Lizards

Did you know that there are lizards without legs, that look like snakes? Lizards with a third eye on top of their heads? That some lizards can bark or squuek? That others can cast off their tails without ill-effect?

This book introduces the reader to Australian lizards, a varied and often unusual group of reptiles. Descriptions of over fifty species representing the five family groupings present in Australia are given, enabling the keen naturalist to place any lizard they may come across in its correct family ( Note: this may have been so at the time of printing, but recent revisions of genera and species makes this claim incorrect at this time, 2008).

Contents:

1 An introduction to lizards
2 Geckos (Gekkonidae)
3 Legless Lizards(Pygopodidae)
4 Skinks (Scincidae)
5 Dragons (Agamidae)
6 Goannas (Varanidae)
7 Glossary, further reading and index