Chameleons of Southern Africa (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781770073753)

Chameleons are fascinating creatures: they almost always evoke in people a strong response -- be it delight, wonder or fear. Chameleons of Southern Africa explores this interesting group of lizards and discusses their strange and unusual, sometimes unnerving, characteristics. It presents an overview of all types of chameleons (of which there are up to 160 species in total, worldwide), their history, geographic distribution (restricted mainly to Madagascar and Africa), reproduction, behavior and their relationships to each other.

It also contains a clear identification guide to all southern African species - some 25 have been identified to date - together with distribution maps and colorful photographs of their many features and guises. For interested students, gardeners, naturalists and even just the curious, Chameleons of Southern Africa is an essential guide to these intriguing lizards.

Author: Marius Burger, Krystal Tolley
ISBN-10: 1770073752
ISBN-13: 9781770073753
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.27h x 6.33w x 0.25d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2007 pg. 46