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Field guide to amphibians and reptiles of California /

This user-friendly guide is the only complete resource that identifies and describes all the amphibians and reptiles--salamanders, frogs and toads, lizards, snakes, and tortoises and turtles--that live in California. The species are described in richly detailed accounts that include range maps, life...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stebbins, Robert C. (Robert Cyril), 1915-2013
Otros Autores: McGinnis, Samuel M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Edición:Rev. ed.
Colección:California natural history guides.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Preface: Natural History and This Book; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; Amphibians and Reptiles: The Vertebrate Terrestrial Pioneers; Amphibian and Reptile Distribution throughout California's Habitat Complex; Ongoing Loss of Habitats and Numbers of California's Amphibians and Reptiles; Protective Status of Some Amphibians and Reptile Species; Common and Latin Name Changes; New Species, Genera, and Families; Field Identification Keys; AMPHIBIANS; Taxonomy, Anatomy, Physiology, and Behavior of Amphibians; Salamanders (Order Caudata).