Presents an illustrated study of various types of amphibians and reptiles including frogs, turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes. Discusses their physical characteristics, behavior, life cycles, adaptations, and conservation status.
You'll find amazing pictures of all kinds of snakes and vivid descriptions of how they move, hunt, eat and mate. Fascinating fact boxes provide some more unusual information about snake life.
Photographs and easy-to-follow text provide an introduction to the ecology of the Earth's polar regions, and describe the plants, animals, and people who live and survive in frozen environments.
Discusses cold-blooded animals from simple invertebrates and insects to mammals such as the dormouse and horseshoe bat which exist in a cold-blooded state for extended periods of time.
The students in Ms. Frizzle's class learn about warm- and cold-blooded animals when they take the Magic School Bus to Herp Haven to search for their missing lizard, Liz.
