Provides a practical guide to creating and maintaining a terrarium or vivarium for reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates; covering equipment, controlling the environment, furnishings, plants, food and feeding, breeding, health, and more.
Contains profiles of twenty-five of the best reptiles and amphibians to keep as pets, offers advice on how to make a good pet choice, and provides information on caging, feeding and watering techniques, breeding, and health.
Discusses the positive and negative aspects of keeping such creatures as boas and pythons, chameleons, iguanas, turtles, frogs, and salamanders as pets.
Provides general information on the care of reptiles and amphibians, offers advice on choosing a pet, and features descriptions of ten popular reptile and amphibian species.
Provides information about different kinds of pets that can live in a terrarium, including turtles, snakes, and lizards, how to care for them, and how to understand their behavior.
Describes the physical characteristics, natural habitat, behavior, diet, world distribution, domestic types, and care required of these animals sometimes used as pets.