The Colorful World of Reptiles

Matt Sewell

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9781797238456
• Print ISBN:
  9781797238432

A beautifully illustrated introduction to reptiles with colorful watercolor art and descriptions full of fun facts.

From the creator of the bestselling The Colorful World of Dinosaurs, this follow-up volume introduces fifty amazing reptiles with striking watercolor art and fun facts on each. Beloved author-illustrator Matt Sewell delves into the fascinating, mysterious, and sometimes downright bizarre lives of reptiles, including spectacular snakes, lizards, crocodiles, bearded dragons, turtles, and tortoises.

Did you know . . .

• The oldest known reptilian fossil is 315 million years old!
• That dinosaurs were also reptiles—though not, as some people think, giant lizards.
• The green basilisk can walk on water.
• The Galápagos tortoise can comfortably live for more than one hundred years.
• The saltwater crocodile is the world's biggest living reptile (with an average one weighing around one thousand pounds!).

The Colorful World of Reptiles explores all these creatures and more—bright, horned, camouflaged, and striped—through gorgeous watercolor illustrations paired with surprising, little-known, and fun-to-tell facts about reptile behavior, habits, and appearance. This fascinating book will delight young readers and beguile reptile fans of all ages.

AESTHETIC & EDUCATIONAL: This volume's exquisite, colorful artwork and endlessly fascinating content will delight science- and nature-loving kids and adults as they learn about strange and wonderful animals. It makes a perfect home library addition, or a thoughtful gift for friends, family, or teachers.

POPULAR PETS: Due to their longevity, size, affordability, and ease of care, reptiles are extremely popular pets, especially for children. Share this informative book with anyone considering bringing a reptile into their home.

TALENTED CREATOR: Matt Sewell is the author and illustrator of many beautiful and treasured wildlife books, including The Colorful World of Dinosaurs, The Atlas of Amazing Birds, Owls: Our Most Charming Bird, and A Charm of Goldfinches and Other Wild Gatherings.

Perfect for:

• Kids who love reptiles and wild animals
• Parents, grandparents, and caregivers looking for engaging books about nature
• Teachers, educators, and librarians seeking artistic nonfiction books
• Fans of Matt Sewell books

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Title Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Matamata
• Bearded dragon
• King cobra
• Mary River turtle
• Gharial
• Leatherback turtle
• Green basilisk
• Galápagos marine iguana
• Galápagos giant tortoise
• Speckled padloper tortoise
• Thorny devil
• Alligator snapping turtle
• Saltwater crocodile
• Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
• Giant horned lizard
• Satanic leaf-tailed gecko
• Eastern coral snake
• Gila monster
• Painted turtle
• Olive sea snake
• Nile crocodile
• Frilled lizard
• Ball python
• Diamondback terrapin
• Asian softshell turtle
• Dwarf crocodile
• Sidewinder
• American alligator
• Ornate flying snake
• Rock agama
• Spiny bush viper
• Komodo dragon
• Black mamba
• Orinoco crocodile
• Mexican mole lizard
• Blue-tongued skink
• Five-banded gliding lizard
• Chinese alligator
• African spurred tortoise
• Reticulated python
• Inland taipan
• Madagascan big-headed turtle
• Spectacled caiman
• Panther chameleon
• Tiny leaf chameleon
• Armadillo girdled lizard
• Common egg-eating snake
• Green anaconda
• Blunt-headed tree snake
• Tuatara
• Red-eared slider
• Copyright
• Back Cover