Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have your very own pet salamander? Salamanders are a type of amphibian that most people know very little about, but they are unusual creatures that the world needs to be more educated on. With the right amount of research and dedication, anyone can become a salamander owner if they are truly interested. In this book, you will learn: • Information about different salamander breeds. • What makes amphibians and reptiles different from each other. • How to find the right salamander for you. • What you’ll need to be the perfect salamander owner. • How to properly care for your new pet. • How to keep your salamander healthy. • What makes salamanders unique. • And more! This book is designed both for those interested in owning a salamander of their own and for those that are just interested in learning more about them. Getting a pet salamander starts with gaining as much information about these incredible creatures as possible. You should always be fully prepared before you decide to bring one of these new pets into your home. Therefore, use this book to get you started with everything you need to know about properly raising and caring for a salamander of your own. About the Expert Molly Weinfurter has been fascinated with salamanders ever since she saw one during a camping trip when she was little, and she spent a lot of her childhood reading and researching about them so that she could get a salamander of her own. Throughout her life, she had two pet salamanders: Sally and Sammy. Unfortunately, she currently does not have any salamanders of her own anymore, but she would love to care for more in the future. She is originally from Wisconsin, but she moved to Florida where she graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in creative writing. With her writing skills, she spends most of her time writing about all different types of pets and animals. HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

Amphibian species around the world are unusually vulnerable to a variety of threats, by no means all of which are properly understood. Volume 11 in this major series is published in parts devoted to the causes of amphibian decline and to conservation measures in regions of the world. This volume, Part 4 in the series, is concerned with Southern Europe (Italy, Malta, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Cyprus). Each chapter has been written by experts from each country, describing the ecological background and the conservation status of affected species, with an emphasis on native species. As well as infectious diseases and parasites, threats take the form of introduced and invasive species, pollution, destruction and alteration of habitat, and climatic change. These are discussed as they affect each species. All these countries have monitoring schemes and conservation programs, whose origins and activities are described. Recommendations for action are also made. Edited by leading scholars in the field, Volume 11, when complete, will provide a definitive survey of the amphibian predicament and a stimulus to further research with the objective of arresting the global decline of an entire class of animal.

As author Himmelman can attest, people of all ages are actively learning more about frogs, toads, and salamanders. This book covers everything from amphibians' physiology to their place in folklore and literature to possible explanations of why many populations have declined. Along the way we learn where to find them and how to identify them, how to handle them safely, how to create vernal pools and year-round pond habitats for them, and more.

Revised edition of: A field guide to western reptiles and amphibians / text and illustrations by Robert C. Stebbins. 3rd ed. 2003.

The Changing Era of Diseases not only explores how to end humanity's suffering from illness, but also attempts to explain the challenging problems that may arise from the control of future disease. It provides a novel perspective on how to understand the changing patterns of disease, disease development, and defense from an evolutionary point-of-view in an effort to ally the life sciences and historical approaches. Topics cover the origin of disease, its pandemic infectious manifestation, chronic and late chronic diseases, strategies of the human body to fight diseases, methods of ending diseases, and future medical systems are featured. The book is a valuable source for researchers interested in systematic approaches to disease and students who are interested in understanding the evolution of diseases and how we have succeeded in fighting them. - Presents the concept of disease by demonstrating the transition of disease, from hunter-gatherers, to chronic diseases in the modern society - Demonstrates how the concept of mechanistic causality does not allow us to properly understand chronic diseases - Discusses the role that science and technology play in prolonging human life spans – and how that will lead to new healthcare challenges in the future

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