Reptiles and Amphibians

  • Ryu Uchiyama
Chronicle, $12.95, £8.99

All the colours of the rainbow are to be found among the world's reptiles and amphibians, judging by a stunning portfolio of pictures of 91 species by the Japanese photographer Ryu Uchiyama (Reptiles and Amphibians, Chronicle, $12.95, £8.99).The New Caledonian giant crested gecko, Rhacodactylus ciliatus (below), can vary in colour from brown and yellow to blue. It lives in trees and was thought to be extinct for more than 100 years, until it was rediscovered in 1994.