A Key to Amphibians and Reptiles of the Continental United States and Canada


Book Description

A dichotomous key (that is, one that gives the user only two choices at each level of morphological scrutiny), it is designed for use in college-level herpetology or vertebrate biology courses. It will be especially useful as an effective tool for teaching the principles of taxonomy and for introducing students to the systematics of amphibians and reptiles.




Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada


Book Description

This list includes the names of all Recent species known to occur, or to have occurred, in the geographic areas covered by this report. No distinction is made between resident and migratory species or between those that occur regularl and those of casual or accidental occurrence. Species that are extinct are indicated as well as species whose only occurrence is the result of introduction by man. The list includes the scientific names and English names of taxa from order to species




Amphibians and Reptiles of New Mexico


Book Description

The definitive reference source covering the 123 species of amphibians and reptiles found in New Mexico, including over 130 color plates and 100 maps.




North American Recent Soft-Shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae)


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"North American Recent Soft-Shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae)" by Robert G. Webb. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.




Amphibians of Western North America


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This book gives accounts of all the known species of amphibians in western North America. The area delimited in this study is bounded on the south by the Mexican border, and on the east by the eastern boundaries of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Saskatchewan and Mackenzie, Canada. For each species the following information is presented : distribution, habitat, structural and color characteristics, behavior, food habits, and reproduction (including descriptions of eggs and larvae). Subspecies are described and their ranges given. [...].




Science


Book Description

Vols. for 1911-13 contain the Proceedings of the Helminothological Society of Washington, ISSN 0018-0120, 1st-15th meeting.