Author: Thomas C. Brennan
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Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A guide to help people, both experienced and novices, identify reptiles and amphibians in Arizona
A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles in Arizona
Author: Thomas C. Brennan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A guide to help people, both experienced and novices, identify reptiles and amphibians in Arizona
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A guide to help people, both experienced and novices, identify reptiles and amphibians in Arizona
California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Special Concern
Author: Robert C. Thomson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520964837
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
One of the most important hotspots of herpetological biodiversity in the United States, California is home to many endemic amphibians and reptiles found nowhere else on earth. Many of these taxa have unique ecological and morphological specializations, and their management is an important conservation challenge. Increasing climate change impacts, human development, and extreme drought mean many of these species face an ever-greater risk of extinction. California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Special Concern provides an up-to-date synthesis of the current state of knowledge regarding the biology and conservation risks faced by 45 of California’s most sensitive amphibian and reptile species. With the goal of enhancing management based on the best available science, the authors developed a novel set of risk metrics to identify special concern species and the threats they face, including population declines, range size and restrictions, and ecological specializations and niche restrictions. In addition to detailed species accounts, this book provides a quantitative analysis of the conservation status and pressing management issues facing individual species and the state’s amphibian and reptile fauna as a whole. The volume focuses on identifying threats, concrete recommendations for management and recovery, and future research needs. The text is complemented by detailed distribution maps, color photos, and graphs. Written in nontechnical language, California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Special Concern will be a valuable resource to a broad range of users from resource managers, field biologists, and academic herpetologists to students and recreational naturalists. Published in association with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520964837
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
One of the most important hotspots of herpetological biodiversity in the United States, California is home to many endemic amphibians and reptiles found nowhere else on earth. Many of these taxa have unique ecological and morphological specializations, and their management is an important conservation challenge. Increasing climate change impacts, human development, and extreme drought mean many of these species face an ever-greater risk of extinction. California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Special Concern provides an up-to-date synthesis of the current state of knowledge regarding the biology and conservation risks faced by 45 of California’s most sensitive amphibian and reptile species. With the goal of enhancing management based on the best available science, the authors developed a novel set of risk metrics to identify special concern species and the threats they face, including population declines, range size and restrictions, and ecological specializations and niche restrictions. In addition to detailed species accounts, this book provides a quantitative analysis of the conservation status and pressing management issues facing individual species and the state’s amphibian and reptile fauna as a whole. The volume focuses on identifying threats, concrete recommendations for management and recovery, and future research needs. The text is complemented by detailed distribution maps, color photos, and graphs. Written in nontechnical language, California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Special Concern will be a valuable resource to a broad range of users from resource managers, field biologists, and academic herpetologists to students and recreational naturalists. Published in association with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Handbook of Lizards
Author: Hobart Smith
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501717995
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The most thorough treatment of lizards of the United States and Canada when first published in 1946, Handbook of Lizards has become a landmark among herpetologists and lizard specialists. Hobart M. Smith spent years compiling and organizing information on 136 species of lizards for this classic study. With more than 300 illustrations, including black-and-white photographs, labeled drawings, range maps, and illustrated keys, this volume serves as a still-relevant and convenient reference guide to the study of North American lizards. Darrel Frost, a prominent lizard specialist, provides a foreword for the 1995 paperback edition that underscores the work's relevance for herpetology today. In the first section, Smith covers in concise fashion the habits, life history, habitats, methods of collection and preservation, and structural features of lizards. The second section of the book considers each species under topics that are conveniently arranged for studying both living lizards and laboratory specimens: range, type, locality, size, color, scalation, recognition characters, habitat and habits, and references. Smith also discusses problems for further study and gives recommendations for special investigations of each species. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501717995
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The most thorough treatment of lizards of the United States and Canada when first published in 1946, Handbook of Lizards has become a landmark among herpetologists and lizard specialists. Hobart M. Smith spent years compiling and organizing information on 136 species of lizards for this classic study. With more than 300 illustrations, including black-and-white photographs, labeled drawings, range maps, and illustrated keys, this volume serves as a still-relevant and convenient reference guide to the study of North American lizards. Darrel Frost, a prominent lizard specialist, provides a foreword for the 1995 paperback edition that underscores the work's relevance for herpetology today. In the first section, Smith covers in concise fashion the habits, life history, habitats, methods of collection and preservation, and structural features of lizards. The second section of the book considers each species under topics that are conveniently arranged for studying both living lizards and laboratory specimens: range, type, locality, size, color, scalation, recognition characters, habitat and habits, and references. Smith also discusses problems for further study and gives recommendations for special investigations of each species. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography.
A List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Arizona
Author: California Academy of Sciences
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022853249
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Arizona is a comprehensive survey of the region's rich herpetofauna. The California Academy of Sciences provides readers with detailed descriptions of the various species of lizards, snakes, and frogs that make their homes in Arizona, and highlights the unique environmental factors that have shaped their evolution. The book is also accompanied by beautiful illustrations and photographs, making it a valuable resource for naturalists, students, and anyone interested in the biodiversity of the American Southwest. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022853249
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Arizona is a comprehensive survey of the region's rich herpetofauna. The California Academy of Sciences provides readers with detailed descriptions of the various species of lizards, snakes, and frogs that make their homes in Arizona, and highlights the unique environmental factors that have shaped their evolution. The book is also accompanied by beautiful illustrations and photographs, making it a valuable resource for naturalists, students, and anyone interested in the biodiversity of the American Southwest. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Fieldiana
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Bulletin
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1214
Book Description
A Study of the Teiid Lizards of the Genus Cnemidophorus with Special Reference to Their Phylogenetic Relationships
Author: Charles Earl Burt
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Category : Cnemidophorus
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
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Category : Cnemidophorus
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Some Japanese Aphididae
Author: Edward Oliver Essig
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Category : Aphids
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
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Category : Aphids
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
The Reptiles of the San Jacinto Area of Southern California
Author: Sarah Rogers Atsatt
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Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Handbook of Salamanders
Author: Sherman C. Bishop
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501721011
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Despite their abundance in many parts of North America, salamanders have generally been neglected by all but a few specialists. In this book—first published in 1943—Sherman C. Bishop discusses in a lively but authoritative manner the 126 species and subspecies of salamanders that are known to exist in the United States, Canada, and Baja California. Group by group, Bishop describes salamanders in accounts that give the common and technical names, type of locality, range, habitat, size, anatomical characteristics, color, breeding habits, and relationships—all in a uniform arrangement that makes the handbook especially convenient for studying both living animals and laboratory specimens. His brief introduction surveys the relationships and general habits of salamanders and gives information on collecting and preserving them. In his foreword, Edmund D. Brodie, Jr., a specialist on salamanders, updates the taxonomy of the group.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501721011
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Despite their abundance in many parts of North America, salamanders have generally been neglected by all but a few specialists. In this book—first published in 1943—Sherman C. Bishop discusses in a lively but authoritative manner the 126 species and subspecies of salamanders that are known to exist in the United States, Canada, and Baja California. Group by group, Bishop describes salamanders in accounts that give the common and technical names, type of locality, range, habitat, size, anatomical characteristics, color, breeding habits, and relationships—all in a uniform arrangement that makes the handbook especially convenient for studying both living animals and laboratory specimens. His brief introduction surveys the relationships and general habits of salamanders and gives information on collecting and preserving them. In his foreword, Edmund D. Brodie, Jr., a specialist on salamanders, updates the taxonomy of the group.