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The South American herpetofauna : its origin, evolution, and dispersal

Title
The South American herpetofauna : its origin, evolution, and dispersal / William E. Duellman, editor.
Publication
Lawrence, Kan. : Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1979.

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Additional Authors
  • Duellman, William E. (William Edward), 1930-
  • Symposium on the South American Herpetofauna (1977 : Lawrence, Kan.)
Description
485 pages : illustrations; 27 cm.
Series Statement
Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas ; no. 7
Uniform Title
Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas ; no. 7.
Subject
  • Amphibians > South America > Congresses
  • Reptiles > South America > Congresses
  • Amphibians
  • Reptiles
  • Lurche
  • Reptilien
  • Amphibia (congressos) > América do sul
  • Reptilia (congressos) > América do sul
  • Kongreß
  • South America
  • Südamerika
Genre/Form
  • proceedings (reports)
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
  • Lawrence (Kan., 1977)
Note
  • "Result of a symposium of the same title held on 11-13 August 1977 in conjunction with the joint annual meetings of the Herpetologists' League and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles at Lawrence, Kansas."
  • English with Spanish summaries or Spanish with English summaries.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
The South American herpetofauna : a panoramic view / William E. Duellman -- The South American herpetofauna : an evaluation of the fossil record / Ana María Báez and Zulma B. de Gasparini -- Herpetofaunal relationships between Africa and South America / Raymond F. Laurent -- Herpetofaunal relations of South America with Australia / Michael J. Tyler -- Quaternary biogeography of tropical lowland South America / Jürgen Haffer -- Late Cenozoic environmental changes in temperate Argentina / Ana María Báez and Gustavo Juan Scillato Yané -- Quaternary biogeography of the high montane regions of South America / Beryl B. Simpson -- The amphibians of the lowland tropical forests / John D. Lynch -- Origin and distribution of reptiles in lowland tropical rainforests of South America / James R. Dixon -- The herpetofauna of the Guianan region / Marinus S. Hoogmoed -- Origin and distribution of the herpetofauna of the dry lowland regions of northern South America / Carlos Rivero-Blanco and James R. Dixon -- Composición, distribución y origen de la herpetofauna chaqueña / José M. Gallardo -- The Patagonian herpetofauna / José M. Cei -- La herpetofauna de los bosques temperados de Sudamerica / J. Ramón Formas -- The herpetofauna of the Andes : patterns of distribution, origin, differentiation and present communities / William E. Duellman -- Refugia, refuges and minimum critical size : problems in the conservation of the Neotropical herpetofauna / Thomas E. Lovejoy.
ISBN
  • 0893380083
  • 9780893380083
  • 0893380091
  • 9780893380090
LCCN
83623396
OCLC
  • ocm06212016
  • 6212016
  • SCSB-9645720
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library