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Reptiles of North America : a guide to field identification / by Hobart M. Smith and Edmund D. Brodie, Jr. ; illustrated by David M. Dennis and Sy Barlowe.

Title
Reptiles of North America : a guide to field identification / by Hobart M. Smith and Edmund D. Brodie, Jr. ; illustrated by David M. Dennis and Sy Barlowe.
Author
Smith, Hobart Muir, 1912-
Publication
New York : Golden Press, c1982.

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Additional Authors
  • Brodie, Edmund D.
  • Dennis, David M.
  • Barlowe, Sy.
Description
240 p. : ill. (some col.); 19 cm.
Summary
This book identifies many reptiles, gives pictures of them, and describes their habitats.
Series Statement
Golden field guide series
Uniform Title
Golden field guide series.
Subject
Reptiles > North America > Identification
Genre/Form
  • field guides.
  • Field guides.
  • Field guides
  • Guides d'identification.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 228-229
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introducing reptiles: Where reptiles live -- When and where to look -- Collecting -- Snakebite: First aid -- Reptile names: Species and subspecies -- Higher category names -- Kinds of variations -- How to use this book -- Color key for range maps -- Topography: Turtles -- Scaled reptiles -- Crocodilians -- Glossary of terms -- Reptiles: Turtles -- Scaled reptiles: Lizards -- Amphisbaenids -- Snakes -- Crocodilians -- Reptiles -- Reproduction -- Dormancy -- Enemies and self defense -- Studying reptiles -- Keeping live reptiles -- Other sources of information.
ISBN
0307136663 (pbk.) :
LCCN
^^^81083000^//r83
OCLC
8785374
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library