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Description: |
xix, 380 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-365) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction (starting p. 3) -- Pt. 1 Amphibians -- Anfibios (starting p. 27) -- Caecilians -- Tapalcuas (starting p. 29) -- Neotropical Caecilians, Family Caeciliidae (starting p. 29) -- Salamanders -- Salamandras (starting p. 35) -- Lungless Salamanders, Family Plethodontidae (starting p. 35) -- Toads and Frogs -- Sapos y Ranas (starting p. 43) -- Middle American Burrowing Toad, Family Rhinophrynidae (starting p. 45) -- Chirping, Climbing, Foam, Leaf-litter, and Stream Frogs, Family Leptodactylidae (starting p. 50) -- Toads, Family Bufonidae (starting p. 66) -- Glass Frogs, Family Centrolenidae (starting p. 70) -- Treefrogs, Family Hylidae (starting p. 73) -- Narrowmouth and Sheep Toads, Family Microhylidae (starting p. 90) -- True Frogs, Family Ranidae (starting p. 94) -- Pt. 2 Reptiles -- Reptiles (starting p. 99) -- Turtles -- Tortugas (starting p. 101) -- Snapping Turtles, Family Chelydridae (starting p. 102) -- Mud and Musk Turtles, Family Kinosternidae (starting p. 104) -- River Turtle, Family Dermatemydidae (starting p. 111) -- Pond and Tropical Wood Turtles, Family Emydidae (starting p. 113) -- Lizards -- Lagartijas (starting p. 119) -- Geckos, Family Gekkonidae (starting p. 122) -- Night Lizards, Family Xantusiidae (starting p. 128) -- Anoles, Family Polychrotidae (starting p. 131) -- Iguanas, Family Iguanidae (starting p. 141) -- Basilisks, Family Corytophanidae (starting p. 147) -- Spiny Lizards, Family Phrynosomatidae (starting p. 157) -- Skinks, Family Scincidae (starting p. 165) -- Ameivas and Whiptails, Family Teiidae (starting p. 170) -- Alligator Lizards, Family Anguidae (starting p. 179) -- Snakes -- Culebras (starting p. 181) -- Blind Snakes, Family Typhlopidae (starting p. 184) -- Thread Snakes, Family Leptotyphlopidae (starting p. 186) -- Boas, Family Boidae (starting p. 187) -- Colubrids, Family Colubridae (starting p. 192) -- Coral Snakes, Family Elapidae (starting p. 262) -- Vipers, Family Viperidae (starting p. 269) -- Crocodilians -- Cocodrilos (starting p. 283) -- App Identification Keys (in English and in Spanish) (starting p. 293) -- A Key to Major Groups of Amphibians and Reptiles (starting p. 294) -- B Key to Species of Caecilians and Salamanders (starting p. 296) -- C Key to Species of Toads and Frogs (starting p. 300) -- D Key to Species of Turtles and Crocodilians (starting p. 310) -- E Key to Species of Lizards (starting p. 314) -- F Key to Species of Snakes (starting p. 322) -- Glossary (starting p. 335) -- References (starting p. 345) -- Photo Credits (starting p. 366) -- Index (starting p. 367) |