The Lizard Man Speaks by Eric R. Pianka PAPERBACK 9780292735675

The Lizard Man SpeaksAuthor(s): Eric R. Pianka\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9780292735675, 978-0292735675\nSynopsis\nAlone on the endless red-sand desert in the Australian outback, tracking Varanus giganteus, the perentie lizard that grows to be more than six feet long...for desert rat Eric Pianka, such adventures have led to a satisfying, if unusual, way of life, as well as a distinguished career as a field biologist.\n\nIn The Lizard Man Speaks, Pianka recounts more than thirty years of adventures in reptile studies. He tells of \""lizarding\"" in the North American deserts, the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa, and the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia. His vivid imagery draws the reader into a world where lions lurk in the darkness beyond a gecko hunter's lights, where being stranded by car trouble miles from the last outpost is a constant danger, and where the wilderness still deser.