Chris Mattison

AcknowledgementsI feel very fortunate that over the years in which I have pursued not only information on lizards, but also the lizards themselves, I have come into contact with a huge number of people who share my interest and concern for these beautiful animals. Each member of this small army has...

i iNTRODUCTIONThere has always been something of a mystery about_^ snakes. How can they move so quickly withoutlegs? How can they kill prey with only a single bite, delivered in the blink of an eye? And how do they swallow prey whole when it may be several times bigger than their jaws? It is little...