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Handbook of Salamanders : The Salamanders of the United States, of Canada, and of Lower California /

Despite their abundance in many parts of North America, salamanders have generally been neglected by all but a few specialists. In this book--first published in 1943--Sherman C. Bishop discusses in a lively but authoritative manner the 126 species and subspecies of salamanders that are known to exis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bishop, Sherman C. (Sherman Chauncey), 1887-1951 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, [1994]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Foreword to the 1994 Printing / Brodie, Edmund D.
  • Preface
  • PART I. INTRODUCTION
  • PART II. ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES
  • KEY TO FAMILIES (ADULTS)
  • Family PROTEIDAE
  • Family AMPHIUMIDAE
  • Family CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE
  • Family SALAMANDRIDAE
  • Family AMBYSTOMIDAE
  • Family PLETHODONTIDAE
  • Family SIRENIDAE
  • Bibliography
  • Index