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A Practical Guide to Exotic Pets / Chris Mattison.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mattison, Chris.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pets.
- Wild animals as pets.
- Exotic animals.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- [5]-124 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Distribution:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Imprint of Running Press,
- Other Title:
- Exotic pets
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Courage Press, 1994.
- Contents:
- Keeping exotic pets
- Handling exotic pets
- Keeping Invertebrates. Housing invertebrates; Equipping the invertebrate cage; Feeding invertebrates; Stick insects; Praying mantids; Cockroaches; Crickets and locusts; Silkmoths; Hawkmoths; Butterflies; Spiders; Scorpions; Millipedes and centipedes; Hermit crabs and giant snails
- Keeping Amphibians. Housing amphibians; Feeding amphibians; Aquatic newts and salamanders; Terrestrial salamanders; Toads; Fire-bellied toads; Tree frogs; Bullfrogs; Poison dart frogs and mantellas; Aquarium frogs
- Keeping Reptiles. Housing reptiles; Feeding reptiles; Ground geckos; Climbing geckos; Day geckos; Iguanas; Dragon lizards; Chameleons; Skinks; Monitors and tegus; Large boas and pythons; Small boas and pythons; Ratsnakes; Kingsnakes; Milksnakes; Other North American snakes; Garter snakes and water snakes; Turtles; Tortoises.
- Notes:
- "How to Keep and Enjoy a Wide Range of Unusual Pets"--Cover.
- "© 1994 Colour Library Books Ltd., Godalming, Surrey, England."--Title page verso.
- "This edition first published in the United States in 1994 by Courage Books, an imprint of Running Press Book Publishers."--Title page verso.
- "Edited and designed: Ideas into Print. Species photography: Chris Mattison. Studio photography: Neil Sutherland. Typesetting: Ideas into Print and Ash Setting and Printing."--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.
- ISBN:
- 1561383708 (cloth)
- 9781561383702
- OCLC:
- 30058060
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