Geckos: The Animal Answer Guide

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Geckos: The Animal Answer Guide This page intentionally left blank Geckos The Animal Answer Guide Aaron M. Bauer The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore © 2013 The Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2013 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bauer, Aaron M. Geckos : the animal answer guide / Aaron M. Bauer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4214-0852-1 (hdbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4214-0853-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4214-0925-2 (elecronic) — ISBN 1-4214-0852-X (hdbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-4214-0853-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-4214-0925-9 (electronic) 1. Geckos. I. Title. QL666.L245B375 2013 597.95'2—dc23 2012027048 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information, please contact Special Sales at 410-516-6936 or specialsales@press.jhu.edu. The Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, whenever possible. The Gecko lying on its stone Is always very much alone, Nor is the reason hard to trace By those who’ve seen its form and face It’s hard to realise a mite Can be so venomous a sight, Or in its little frame compress Such concentrated ugliness . . . Yet underneath its skin, we’re told, There beats a heart of purest gold. Its children do not know neglect; It treats its mother with respect . . . Its aspect is its sole defence Against the world’s malevolence. From “The Gecko” by Leon Gellert Beastly Australians, Hodder and Stroughton, London, 1964 This page intentionally left blank ...