Reptiles. Snapshot Picture Library

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      REPTILES

      Published by Fog City Press,

       a division of Weldon Owen Inc.

       415 Jackson Street

       San Francisco, CA 94111

      WELDON OWEN INC.

       Vice President, Publisher Roger Shaw

       Creative Director Kelly Booth

       Executive Editor Elizabeth Dougherty

       Assistant Editor Katharine Moore

       Designer Michel Gadwa

      A WELDON OWEN PRODUCTION

       © 2011 Weldon Owen Inc.

      All rights reserved, including the right

       of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

      ISBN: 978-1-61628-753-5

      Acknowledgments: Weldon Owen would like to thank the staff at Toucan

       Books Ltd, London, for their assistance in the production of this book.

      Snakes, lizards, and turtles are

       all kinds of reptiles. There are

       about 8,000 different types

       of reptiles in all. Reptiles live

       wherever the climate is warm

       enough. These animals cannot

       heat their own bodies and rely on

       warm surroundings to survive.

       Alligators and crocodiles are

       among the largest reptiles. Each

       can be bigger than a person—and

       could eat one, too! Most other

       reptiles are much smaller. Some

       lizards are so small that one could

       fit on your fingertip.

Turtles and tortoises have a hard shell made of bone. The shell can be bumpy or smooth.

      Snakes have no legs, just a long,

       flexible body. They slither along

       by pushing against the ground.