This third edition covers all the species of reptiles and amphibians found in western North America. More than 650 full-color paintings and photographs show key details for making accurate identifications. Up-to-date color range maps give species' distributions. Important information on conservation efforts and survival status rounds out the detailed species descriptions.
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Robert C. Stebbins is Emeritus Professor of Zoology and Emeritus Curator in Herpetology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous books, including A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians and A Natural History of Amphibians.
Roger Tory Peterson (August 28, 1908 – July 28, 1996), was an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th century environmental movement.
Peterson was born in Jamestown, New York. After graduating from high school‚ Peterson moved to New York City‚ where he attended the Art Students League (1927-1928) and the National Academy of Design (1929-1931). He then taught science and art at the Rivers School in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1934 he published his seminal Guide to the Birds, the first modern field guide, which sold out its first printing of 2‚000 copies in one week, and subsequently went through 5 editions. He co-wrote Wild America with James Fisher, and edited or wrote many of the volumes in the Peterson Field Guide series on topics ranging from rocks and minerals to beetles to reptiles. He developed the Peterson Identification System, and is known for the clarity of both his illustrations of field guides and his delineation of relevant field marks.
Roger Tory Peterson (August 28, 1908 – July 28, 1996), was an American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator, and held to be one of the founding inspirations for the 20th century environmental movement.
Peterson was born in Jamestown, New York. After graduating from high school‚ Peterson moved to New York City‚ where he attended the Art Students League (1927-1928) and the National Academy of Design (1929-1931). He then taught science and art at the Rivers School in Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1934 he published his seminal Guide to the Birds, the first modern field guide, which sold out its first printing of 2‚000 copies in one week, and subsequently went through 5 editions. He co-wrote Wild America with James Fisher, and edited or wrote many of the volumes in the Peterson Field Guide series on topics ranging from rocks and minerals to beetles to reptiles. He developed the Peterson Identification System, and is known for the clarity of both his illustrations of field guides and his delineation of relevant field marks.
Peterson received every major American award for natural science, ornithology, and conservation, as well as numerous honorary medals, diplomas, and citations from America and elewhere, including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the Golden Ark of the Netherlands. He died in 1996 at his home in Old Lyme, Connecticut. The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History in Jamestown, New York is named in his honor.
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Stebbins does it again. As a biologist who works throughout southern California I find this book indispensable. It is a vast improvement to the last edition (which was very good to begin with) with lots of color photos, many more color plates and the range maps are great too, again with color. It has revised the taxonomy of many species and included a many of the lastest subspecies designations. This book is easy to use from the novice to the advanced and should be in any nature enthusiasts library.
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I love this book because I have the National Audubon Society First Field Guide for reptiles and I would often run in to reptile that the I couldn't Identify. I knew that I needed a bigger better book. So I bought the western and eastern Peterson Field guide for reptiles and amphibians and it had a lot more reptiles and it had amphibians which I never had a book that had information about them before, it has a lot more reptiles and it's shows you were they are each located. It give you a detailed description of each animal and a detailed drawing of each animal. Because of this I have been able to identify reptiles and amphibian that I couldn't before. I don't like that they use drawing of the animals instead of pictures and the drawings just show the heads of the snakes.
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great detail & pictures are in color this edition! Maps are in color also! This is helpful when out in the field looking for your "herps". Thanks to Robert Stebbins & all involved in compling all the data needed for the updated guide
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Many people are discovering the pleasures of observing amphibians and reptiles, and biologists are turning increasingly to these animals as subjects for scientific research. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dorsal granules, lower preocular, swollen tail base, adpressed limbs, anal divided, labial tooth rows, fewer maxillary teeth, supraorbital semicircles, femoral pore rows, gilled adults, upper labium, dorsal scales keeled, enlarged ova, spotted whiptail, enlarged postanal scales, costal folds, blue belly patches, foot tubercles, broad dorsal stripe, dorsal scale rows, enlarged postanals, dorsal scales smooth, upper labials, gular fold, middorsal stripe Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Baja Calif, Santa Cruz, Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino, Great Basin, San Diego, Great Plains, Rio Grande, Northern Leopard Frog, Gulf of Calif, Garter Snakes, Red-legged Frog, Tiger Salamander, Gopher Snake, San Gabriel, Spiny Lizards, Santa Barbara, Sierra Madre Occidental, New World, Tailed Frog, Pacific Treefrog, Peninsular Ranges, San Joaquin Valley, San Luis Potosi, Western Fence Lizard New!
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Many people are discovering the pleasures of observing amphibians and reptiles, and biologists are turning increasingly to these animals as subjects for scientific research. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dorsal granules, lower preocular, swollen tail base, adpressed limbs, anal divided, labial tooth rows, fewer maxillary teeth, supraorbital semicircles, femoral pore rows, gilled adults, upper labium, dorsal scales keeled, enlarged ova, spotted whiptail, enlarged postanal scales, costal folds, blue belly patches, foot tubercles, broad dorsal stripe, dorsal scale rows, enlarged postanals, dorsal scales smooth, upper labials, gular fold, middorsal stripe Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Baja Calif, Santa Cruz, Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino, Great Basin, San Diego, Great Plains, Rio Grande, Northern Leopard Frog, Gulf of Calif, Garter Snakes, Red-legged Frog, Tiger Salamander, Gopher Snake, San Gabriel, Spiny Lizards, Santa Barbara, Sierra Madre Occidental, New World, Tailed Frog, Pacific Treefrog, Peninsular Ranges, San Joaquin Valley, San Luis Potosi, Western Fence Lizard New!
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- Brief History of Herpetology in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, with a List of Type Specimens of Recent Amphibians and Reptiles by Javier A. Rodriguez-Robles on 4 pages
- Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in our Understanding by Committee on Standard English and Scientific Names on 4 pages
- The Nature of Frogs: Amphibians with Attitude by Harry Parsons on page 14, page 19, and Back Matter
- Toward an Anthropology of Graphing: Semiotic and Activity-Theoretic Perspectives by W.M. Roth in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Riparian Areas of the Southwestern United States: Hydrology, Ecology, and Management by Peter F. Ffolliott on page 183, and page 192
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