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- Scrub pythons / by Weber, Valerie.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 22).Introduces the physical characteristics and behavior of these beautiful snakes from the scrublands, grasslands, and tropical forests of northern Australia and New Guinea.Accelerated Reader AR- Subjects: Amethystine python; Pythons; Snakes;
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- Giant reptiles / by Minton, Sherman A.(CARDINAL)512747; Minton, Madge Rutherford,author.(CARDINAL)512748;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329) and index.Dinosaurs and other vanished giants -- Introducing the crocodilians. Crocodiles : alligators and caimans -- Crocodilian life patterns. Breeding and nesting ; Food and feeding habits ; Dens and burrows ; Natural enemies and friends -- Crocodilians and man. Attacks on man ; Crocodile hunting ; Utilization by man ; Conservation -- Myths about crocodilians. Mister Peacock ; Fatima's favorite toy; Ancient Egypt and contemporary Africa ; Damsels and dragons ; The Wani and the Son of Heaven ; Other crocodile-human kingships ; Crocodiles remembered ; Dragons of the Far East -- Turtles around the world. Turtles of the sea ; Migration ; Nesting and breeding ; Turtles in trouble ; Disposition -- The big freshwater turtles. The softshells ; Snapping turtles ; Batagurs and other river turtles -- Giant land tortoises -- Legendary turtles. The Mediterranean basin ; India and the Far East ; North America -- The great lizards. Monitors ; Iguanas -- Snakes : the big five and their relatives. The anaconda ; The reticulated python ; The African python ; The Indian python ; The amethystine python ; The boa constrictor and the smaller pythons -- Biology and behavior of boas and pythons. Reproduction ; Food, feeding, and growth ; Attacks on man ; Natural enemies -- Other large snakes. Shamans and their kin ; Venomous giants -- Snakes as leather, food, and medicine -- Snake mythology. Cosmic and Earth serpents ; The python of the sun ; Living gods ; Pythons from the dreaming ; East across the Pacific ; Nagas and Jogis ; How the python lost its venom ; Honorable-lords-serpents ; The phallic camudi -- Final reflections -- App. Geologic time chart of the evolution of reptiles ; Scientific names of reptiles mentioned in the text.Describes the giant reptiles that have intrigued man throughout the ages and examines their role in mythology.- Subjects: Reptiles.; Serpents;
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