AUSTRALIAN FAUNA

• 208 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.
• Bibliography: p. 205. #121024
• A magnificent photographic study of Australia’s reptiles, amphibians and freshwater fishes. The author ” travels to the major divisions of Australia: the North East, the Gulf of Carpentaria, the Timor Sea, the Pilbara, the South West, the South East, the Murray-Darling and Central Australia. It describes in detail the ecology of animals peculiar to each region. Included are: legless lizards, geckos, saltwater crocodiles, tortoises, sea snakes, burrowing and tree frogs and 130 species of freshwater fish including the Queensland lungfish (whose ancestry has been traced back 400 million years)”
• Reptiles. Australia
• Amphibians. Australia
• Reptiles — Australia
• Amphibians — Australia
• Freshwater fishes — Australia
• (Closed tear to jacket, light buckling of pages)