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Texas amphibians : a field guide /
<P>With a wide variety of habitats ranging from southeastern swamps to western deserts, Texas is home to numerous species of frogs, toads, and salamanders. Each area of Texas has a particular set of species that has evolved there over thousands of years. Indeed, most amphibians are not very mo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Texas natural history guides.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; NATURAL HISTORY; Seasonality; Habitat; Reproduction; Loss and Regeneration of Body Parts; Glands, Toxins, and Chemical Defenses; CONSERVATION; Habitat Destruction; Pollution; Introduced Species; Collecting and Trade of Animals as a Cause of Decline; Chytridiomycosis; OBSERVING AND COLLECTING AMPHIBIANS; Observing Amphibians; Photographing Amphibians; Collecting Amphibians; Legal Aspects of Collecting Amphibians; Permits and Collecting Amphibians in Texas; Threatened, Endangered, or Protected Nongame Species; MAINTENANCE OF AMPHIBIANS.
- Maintaining Amphibians in CaptivityCreating a Natural Setting; Handling Amphibians; MUSEUM AND PRESERVED AMPHIBIAN SPECIMENS; SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES; KEYS; KEY TO THE SALAMANDERS OF TEXAS; KEY TO THE FROGS OF TEXAS; GENERIC KEY TO AMPHIBIAN LARVAE; SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNTS; ORDER CAUDATA: SALAMANDERS; FAMILY AMBYSTOMATIDAE: MOLE SALAMANDERS; Spotted Salamander; Barred Tiger Salamander; Marbled Salamander; Mole Salamander; Small-mouthed Salamander; Eastern Tiger Salamander; FAMILY AMPHIUMIDAE: AMPHIUMAS; Three-toed Amphiuma; FAMILY PLETHODONTIDAE: LUNGLESS SALAMANDERS; Salado Salamander.
- Cascade Caverns SalamanderSan Marcos Salamander; Georgetown Salamander; Texas Salamander; Fern Bank Salamander; Dwarf Salamander; Texas Blind Salamander; Blanco Blind Salamander; Barton Springs Salamander; Jollyville Plateau Salamander; Comal Blind Salamander; Valdina Farms Salamander; Austin Blind Salamander; Comal Springs Salamander; Pedernales River Springs Salamander; Southern Dusky Salamander; Western Slimy Salamander; FAMILY PROTEIDAE: WATERDOGS, OR MUDPUPPIES; Gulf Coast Waterdog; FAMILY SALAMANDRIDAE: NEWTS; Black-spotted Newt; Eastern Newt; FAMILY SIRENIDAE: SIRENS; Lesser Siren.
- Rio Grande SirenORDER ANURA: FROGS; FAMILY BUFONIDAE: TRUE TOADS; American Toad; Great Plains Toad; Green Toad; Fowler's Toad; Houston Toad; Red-spotted Toad; Texas Toad; Woodhouse's Toad; Gulf Coast Toad; Cane Toad; FAMILY HYLIDAE: TREE FROGS; Northern Cricket Frog; Canyon Treefrog; Cope's Gray Treefrog; Green Treefrog; Squirrel Treefrog; Gray Treefrog; Spotted Chorus Frog; Spring Peeper; Upland Chorus Frog; Strecker's Chorus Frog; Mexican Treefrog; FAMILY CRAUGASTORIDAE: NORTHERN RAIN FROGS; Barking Frog; FAMILY ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE: ROBBER FROGS; Rio Grande Chirping Frog.
- Spotted Chirping FrogCliff Chirping Frog; FAMILY LEPTODACTYLIDAE: NEOTROPICAL GRASS FROGS; Mexican White-lipped Frog; FAMILY MICROHYLIDAE: NARROW-MOUTHED TOADS; Eastern Narrow-mouthedToad; Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad; Sheep Frog; FAMILY SCAPHIOPODIDAE: SPADEFOOTS; Couch's Spadefoot; Hurter's Spadefoot; Plains Spadefoot; Mexican Spadefoot; FAMILY RANIDAE: TRUE FROGS; Crawfish Frog; Rio Grande Leopard Frog; Plains Leopard Frog; American Bullfrog; Green Frog; Pig Frog; Pickerel Frog; Southern Leopard Frog; FAMILY RHINOPHRYNIDAE: BURROWING TOADS; Mexican Burrowing Toad.