The Ultimate Guide to Crocodilians in Captivity by Christopher T. Dieter

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa Comprehensive and readable, it will help any prospective buyer avoid the pitfalls and get everything right first time. There are maps, useful addresses, Web sites, and information on a whole host of topics including: choosing a location, renting, purchasing, buying land, letting, selling, taxation and inheritance rules, and retiring, working and setting up a business. It deals with every aspect of buying or renting a home in Florida in a practical, straight-forward style. The Complete Guide to Buying Property In Florida is the ideal tool for those who want to take any of those steps. By setting up a business or investing in a (possibly quite modest) business in the US, they can turn their dream into a reality. Many people now have sufficient equity in their British homes not only to buy a home in Florida, but also to satisfy the investor criteria for immigration into the United States. With no language problems, near-perfect weather and low property prices, Florida is an ideal location for a holiday or retirement home. In the past decade property prices in the UK have risen by 138 per cent - far higher than in the USA. Informational resources on Texas turtles and alligators, a map of Texas counties, a glossary, a bibliography, and indexes of common and scientific names complete the volume. Appendices provide brief accounts of species that occurred prehistorically in Texas and non-established exotic species, as well as a table of Texas’ major watersheds and the turtle diversity in each one. The authors, two of the state’s most knowledgeable herpetologists, open the book with a broad overview of turtle natural history, conservation biology, observation, and captive maintenance before providing a key to Texas turtles and accounts of the various turtle families and species. It offers detailed species accounts, range maps, and excellent color photographs to aid in field identification. Texas Turtles & Crocodilians is the first complete identification guide to all the state’s turtles and to its single alligator. From the Sabine River to El Paso, and from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle, thirty-one native and established exotic turtle species are definitely known in Texas, along with one crocodilian, the American Alligator. Texas has a large and diverse turtle population, with forms that are found nowhere else (Cagle’s Map Turtle and the Texas Map Turtle) and wide-ranging species that barely touch the state, including the Painted Turtles and the Rough-footed Mud Turtle.

The Ultimate Guide to Crocodilians in Captivity by Christopher T. Dieter