Author: Steven C. Anderson
Publisher: Society for the Study of
ISBN: 9780916984496
Category : Lizards
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The Lizards of Iran
Author: Steven C. Anderson
Publisher: Society for the Study of
ISBN: 9780916984496
Category : Lizards
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Publisher: Society for the Study of
ISBN: 9780916984496
Category : Lizards
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Annotated Checklist and Distribution of the Lizards of Iran
Author: Jiří Smíd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775574781
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
We present a comprehensive summary of the distribution of the lizards of Iran accompanied by an annotated checklist. The updated maps of distribution of all 146 species of 41 genera of 11 families are based on all available bibliographic records, catalogues of museum collections and our own field observations. The final dataset used for the distribution maps contains 8525 georeferenced records and cover 41% of the country when plotted on a grid of 0.25° × 0.25° resolution. The dataset is publicly accessible through GBIF portal (http://www.gbif.org/dataset/7db4f705-61ae-4c6e-9de2-06674e7d46b2). Following the latest biogeographic division of the country, ~53% of the species (76 species) inhabit the Iranian Province, ~41% (60 species) the Western Asian mountain transition zone, ~9% (13 species) the Turanian Province, and ~18% (27 species) the Arabian Province. In addition, ~2% (3 species) reach Iran from the Indo-Malay biogeographic region and ~2% (3 species) are believed to have been introduced to Iran by humans. Endemic species (46) represent ~32% of the known species diversity. The most species-rich family of lizards in Iran is Lacertidae with 47 species, followed by Gekkonidae (41), Agamidae (18), Scincidae (15), Phyllodactylidae (10), Sphaerodactylidae (4), Eublepharidae and Uromastycidae (3), Anguidae and Varanidae (2), and Trogonophidae with one representative.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781775574781
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
We present a comprehensive summary of the distribution of the lizards of Iran accompanied by an annotated checklist. The updated maps of distribution of all 146 species of 41 genera of 11 families are based on all available bibliographic records, catalogues of museum collections and our own field observations. The final dataset used for the distribution maps contains 8525 georeferenced records and cover 41% of the country when plotted on a grid of 0.25° × 0.25° resolution. The dataset is publicly accessible through GBIF portal (http://www.gbif.org/dataset/7db4f705-61ae-4c6e-9de2-06674e7d46b2). Following the latest biogeographic division of the country, ~53% of the species (76 species) inhabit the Iranian Province, ~41% (60 species) the Western Asian mountain transition zone, ~9% (13 species) the Turanian Province, and ~18% (27 species) the Arabian Province. In addition, ~2% (3 species) reach Iran from the Indo-Malay biogeographic region and ~2% (3 species) are believed to have been introduced to Iran by humans. Endemic species (46) represent ~32% of the known species diversity. The most species-rich family of lizards in Iran is Lacertidae with 47 species, followed by Gekkonidae (41), Agamidae (18), Scincidae (15), Phyllodactylidae (10), Sphaerodactylidae (4), Eublepharidae and Uromastycidae (3), Anguidae and Varanidae (2), and Trogonophidae with one representative.
Varanoid Lizards of the World
Author: Erick Pianka
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253343666
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Monitor lizards (genus Varanus) have attracted a great deal of interest--these large and impressive lizards are often the centerpiece of reptile house exhibits. Monitors tend to be fairly wary and difficult to observe--therefore they are not particularly tractable research subjects, but they have nevertheless received an extraordinary amount of attention from devoted students.Varanoid Lizards of the World is a comprehensive account of virtually everything important that is known about monitor lizards, beginning with detailed species accounts and proceeding to various modern comparative analyses. Where possible, people who have had detailed field experience with a particular species have assembled species accounts. In the process of reporting what is known, we also identify what remains to be learned about these lizards. We hope to establish a prototype showing how such a diverse monophyletic group can be exploited both to identify and to understand the actual course of evolution. As such, this effort becomes a protocol for future workers to follow for other groups of closely-related species.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253343666
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Monitor lizards (genus Varanus) have attracted a great deal of interest--these large and impressive lizards are often the centerpiece of reptile house exhibits. Monitors tend to be fairly wary and difficult to observe--therefore they are not particularly tractable research subjects, but they have nevertheless received an extraordinary amount of attention from devoted students.Varanoid Lizards of the World is a comprehensive account of virtually everything important that is known about monitor lizards, beginning with detailed species accounts and proceeding to various modern comparative analyses. Where possible, people who have had detailed field experience with a particular species have assembled species accounts. In the process of reporting what is known, we also identify what remains to be learned about these lizards. We hope to establish a prototype showing how such a diverse monophyletic group can be exploited both to identify and to understand the actual course of evolution. As such, this effort becomes a protocol for future workers to follow for other groups of closely-related species.
Contributions to the History of Herpetology
Author: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Iran
Author: W. B. Fisher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521069359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Volume I is devoted to the geography, geology, anthropology, economic life, and flora and fauna, setting the physical stage for the human events which follow.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521069359
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
Volume I is devoted to the geography, geology, anthropology, economic life, and flora and fauna, setting the physical stage for the human events which follow.
The Herpetofauna of New Caledonia
Author: Aaron M. Bauer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amphibians
Languages : fr
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amphibians
Languages : fr
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Snakes of Iran
Author: Mahmoud Latifi
Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Herpetofauna of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
Author: Marine S. Arakelyan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780916984847
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780916984847
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Review of Marking and Individual Recognition Techniques for Amphibians and Reptiles
Author: John William Ferner
Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles
ISBN: 9780916984687
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This circular is a complete revision of Ferner's 1979 Marking Techniques Circular. Techniques covered range from tow clipping, shell notching and paint marking to PIT tagging and Radio Telemetry.
Publisher: Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles
ISBN: 9780916984687
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This circular is a complete revision of Ferner's 1979 Marking Techniques Circular. Techniques covered range from tow clipping, shell notching and paint marking to PIT tagging and Radio Telemetry.
Cold Blood
Author: Richard Kerridge
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099581396
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
As a boy, Richard Kerridge loved to encounter wild creatures and catch them for his back-garden zoo. In a country without many large animals, newts caught his attention first of all, as the nearest he could get to the African wildlife he watched on television. There were Smooth Newts, mottled like the fighter planes in the comics he read, and the longed-for Great Crested Newt, with its huge golden eye. The gardens of Richard and his reptile-crazed friends filled up with old bath tubs containing lizards, toads, Marsh Frogs, newts, Grass Snakes and, once, an Adder. Besides capturing them, he wanted to understand them. What might it be like to be cold blooded, to sleep through the winter, to shed your skin and taste wafting chemicals on your tongue? Richard has continued to ask these questions during a lifetime of fascinated study. Part natural-history guide to these animals, part passionate nature writing, and part personal story, Cold Blood is an original and perceptive memoir about our relationship with nature. Through close observation, it shows how even the suburbs can seem wild when we get close to these thrilling, weird and uncanny animals.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099581396
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
As a boy, Richard Kerridge loved to encounter wild creatures and catch them for his back-garden zoo. In a country without many large animals, newts caught his attention first of all, as the nearest he could get to the African wildlife he watched on television. There were Smooth Newts, mottled like the fighter planes in the comics he read, and the longed-for Great Crested Newt, with its huge golden eye. The gardens of Richard and his reptile-crazed friends filled up with old bath tubs containing lizards, toads, Marsh Frogs, newts, Grass Snakes and, once, an Adder. Besides capturing them, he wanted to understand them. What might it be like to be cold blooded, to sleep through the winter, to shed your skin and taste wafting chemicals on your tongue? Richard has continued to ask these questions during a lifetime of fascinated study. Part natural-history guide to these animals, part passionate nature writing, and part personal story, Cold Blood is an original and perceptive memoir about our relationship with nature. Through close observation, it shows how even the suburbs can seem wild when we get close to these thrilling, weird and uncanny animals.