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A key to amphibians & reptiles of the continental United States and Canada

Title
A key to amphibians & reptiles of the continental United States and Canada / Robert Powell, Joseph T. Collins, Errol D. Hooper, Jr.
Author
Powell, Robert, 1948-
Publication
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [1998], ©1998.

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  • Collins, Joseph T.
  • Hooper, Errol D.
Description
131 pages : illustrations, maps; 28 cm
Summary
  • This comprehensive key for identifying specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the U.S. and Canada - the first since 1983 - incorporates the wealth of scientific findings generated by molecular systematics (the study of DNA to determine genetic relationships) and simplifies identification by making geographic origin a leading factor.
  • 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.
  • While it can serve to identify specimens in the field, it is intended primarily as a teaching tool for classifying preserved specimens whose geographic origins are known. The dichotomous keys are supplemented by 257 line illustrations depicting the distinguishing morphological characteristics of salamanders, frogs and toads, turtles, alligators and crocodilians, amphisbaenians (wormlike lizards), lizards, and snakes.
Alternative Title
Key to amphibians and reptiles of the continental United States and Canada
Subject
  • Reptiles > United States > Identification
  • Reptiles > Canada > Identification
  • Amphibians > United States > Identification
  • Amphibians > Canada > Identification
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 129).
Contents
Key to the Classes Amphibia and Reptilia. Key to the Orders of the Class Amphibia. Key to Families of the Order Caudata (Salamanders). Key to Families of the Order Anura (Frogs and Toads). Key to Orders of the Class Reptilia. Key to Families of the Order Testudines (Turtles). Key to Families of the Order Crocodylia (Alligators and Crocodiles). Key to Suborders of the Order Squamata.
ISBN
0700609296 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
98028187
OCLC
  • 39313553
  • ocm39313553
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries