National Geographic Pocket Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of North America - Softcover

Catherine Herbert Howell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1426214766 ISBN 13: 9781426214769

Publisher: National Geographic Society, 2015

Synopsis

This basic beginner's field guide to our favorite animals that slither and swim is the latest in the growing National Geographic Pocket Guide series. Spot-on descriptive information and key facts about reptiles and amphibians are conveyed in a handy, colorful, easy-to-reference volume. More robust than any other beginning field guides, this book includes selected photography and newly commissioned art and graphics to illustrate and identify each species from every angle. With logical organization and bulleted information, this pocket guide is useful in the field or as in-home reference, for beginners, families, and new nature lovers alike.

About this title

About the Author:

CATHERINE HERBERT HOWELL, a former National Geographic staff member, has written extensively on natural history. She explored the relationships between people and plants in Flora Mirabilis: How Plants Have Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty and covered the importance of birds in culture in the National Geographic Bird Watcher's Bible. Howell serves as a master naturalist volunteer in Arlington, Virginia. JARED TRAVNICEK is medical illustrator with an MA in Medical and Biological illustration from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is based in Indianapolis, IN, where he works as a neurosurgical illustrator.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1426214766
• ISBN 13: 9781426214769
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176