Komodo Dragons, Lizards, and Salamanders for Kids-Amazing Animal Books for Young Readers

Komodo Dragons, Lizards, and Salamanders for Kids-Amazing Animal Books for Young Readers

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Table of Contents
Introduction ..........................................................................................5
Komodo Dragon Facts .........................................................................6
What is a Komodo Dragon? .................................................................9
What do Komodo Dragons Look Like? .............................................10
Where Do Komodo Dragons Live?....................................................12
The Komodo Dragon Home...............................................................15
The Komodo Dragons Senses............................................................17
What do Komodo Dragons Eat?.........................................................19
What Eats The Komodo Dragon? ......................................................22
The Komodo Dagon Family...............................................................23
Komodo Dragons in Captivity ...........................................................25
Why Are Komodo Dragons Vulnerable? ...........................................27
When Komodo Dragons Attack .........................................................31
Could I keep a Komodo dragon as a pet?...........................................33
Lizards................................................................................................35
What is a lizard?.................................................................................36
What kinds of lizards are there? .........................................................39
Where do lizards live?........................................................................41
The history of lizards and humans .....................................................43
What is a gecko? ................................................................................45
What is an iguana? .............................................................................48
What is a horny toad?.........................................................................52
Why aren't frogs, toads, alligators, and crocodiles lizards? ...............54
A little more about lizards..................................................................57
Salamanders .......................................................................................59

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About Salamanders ............................................................................61
External Features................................................................................63
Senses.................................................................................................65
Diet.....................................................................................................67
Defence Mechanisms .........................................................................68
Myths and Legends ............................................................................70
Tiger salamander................................................................................72
Flatwoods salamander........................................................................74
Northwestern salamander...................................................................76
Jefferson salamander..........................................................................78
Long- toed salamander.......................................................................80
Cave salamander ................................................................................82
Red Hills salamander .........................................................................84
Northern zigzag salamander...............................................................86
Clouded salamander ...........................................................................88
Green salamander...............................................................................90
Conclusion..........................................................................................92
Publisher.............................................................................................97

Introduction

The Komodo dragon, lizards, and salamanders are all reptiles, have
four legs, and a tail.

What is the difference between these? Can they be kept as pets?

Let's read and find out the answers to these, and many more,
questions.

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Komodo Dragon Facts
 Komodo dragons are also known as Varanus Komodoensis,
komodo monitor, the komodo island monitor,blawak rakasa
(this means giant monitor) or ora buaya darat (this means land
crocodile)
 Komodo dragons are large lizards.
 Lizards are a type of animal called a reptile.
 Komodo dragons do not breathe fire like the dragons in story
books.
 They are the largest living species of lizard.