Lizards of the Southwest
Author: Martina Clary
Publisher:
Published: 2004-06-01
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9781886679276
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A pocket field guide for identifying lizards of the South-West United States; includes photographs.
Author: Martina Clary
Publisher:
Published: 2004-06-01
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9781886679276
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A pocket field guide for identifying lizards of the South-West United States; includes photographs.
Author: Lawrence L. C. Jones
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781933855356
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lizards of the American Southwest covers all 96 species found in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Texas west of the Pecos River. Learn where to find lizards and how to identify them. Includes detailed information on habitat, natural history, taxonomy, viewing tips, plus hundreds of photos, illustrations, and maps.
Author: Jonathan Hanson
Publisher: Western National Parks Association
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781877856815
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A guide to identifying the common reptiles and amphibians of the southwest, including 50 color photographs and descriptions for each.
Author: Wade C. Sherbrooke
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This staple-bound volume is published by the Southwest Parks and Monuments Association and is Number 31 in their Popular Series. It contains descriptions and 75+ photos and illustrations. "Over the centuries these creatures have influenced the art and mythology of the prehistoric and historic Indians of the Southwest."
Author: Erik D. Stoops
Publisher: Golden West Publishers (AZ)
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780914846796
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An updated guide to Southwestern snakes, lizards, and turtles, for hikers, hunters, campers, and other outdoor enthusiasts. Includes a color insert with 63 photographs.
Author: Jane Manaster
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9780896724952
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book of horny toads.
Author: Eric R. Pianka
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2003-09-24
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780520234017
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides an overview of the diversity of lizards and their major adaptive features. The authors discuss the latest research findings and provide new hypotheses about lizard diversity.
Author: Michael A. Smith
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2018-10-12
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1623496659
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Coiled beneath discarded trash or rocky slabs, basking along river edges, and tucked into rock cuts beside the highway, reptiles and amphibians constantly surround us. While many people go out of their way to avoid snakes or shudder at the thought of touching a toad, herpers take to the field armed with cameras, hooks, and notebooks hoping to come across a horned lizard, green tree frog, or even a diamondback rattlesnake. In Herping Texas: The Quest for Reptiles and Amphibians, Michael Smith and Clint King, expert naturalists and field herpers, take readers on their adventures across the state as they search for favorite herps and rare finds. Organized by ecoregion, Herping Texas describes some of the state’s most spectacular natural places, from Big Bend to the Big Thicket. Each chapter contains photographs of the various snakes, lizards, toads, and turtles Smith and King have encountered on their trips. Part nature travel writing and part guide to field herping, Herping Texas also includes a section on getting started, where the authors give readers necessary background on best field herping practices. A glossary defines herping lingo and scientific terms for newcomers, and an appendix lists threatened and endangered species at the state and federal level. Herping Texas promotes experiencing natural places and wildlife equipped with solid information and a responsible conservation ethic. Throughout their decades tracking herps, Smith and King have collected humorous anecdotes and fascinating facts about reptiles and amphibians. By sharing those, they hope to dispel some of the stigma and false ideas people have about these misunderstood animals.
Author: David Wentworth Lazaroff
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780816524952
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Even in paradise, one needs to be mindful of whatÕs underfoot. The Sabino Canyon Recreation Area is a desert oasis in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, a rich repository of wildlife and a favorite destination for Tucsonans and visitors for more than a century. This book presents annotated and illustrated descriptions of the amphibians and reptiles found at Sabino Canyon and an overview of their natural environment. Representing a study spanning nearly twenty-five years, it documents their present and past distribution and examines environmental and herpetofaunal change due to physical, biological, and human impact on species and habitats. In this first publication to describe Sabino CanyonÕs biota in scientific detail, three expert authors pool their knowledge to provide a detailed discussion of ecological changeÑespecially as a consequence of drought, flooding, the introduction of exotic species, and direct human impact. Suburbia has arrived on the canyonÕs doorstep, and human visitation has soared, inalterably affecting the area. Of particular concern, breeding habitats for amphibians were profoundly altered by flash flooding in SabinoÕs streams following the 2003 Aspen Fire, which ravaged large parts of the Santa Catalina Mountains. The book contains richly detailed accounts of the 57 species found at SabinoÑ25 snakes, 17 lizards, 8 toads and frogs, 6 turtles, and 1 salamanderÑemphasizing their local ecology and the behavior likely to be witnessed by visitors. Physical descriptions and numerous photographsÑmany in colorÑfacilitate identification. Up-to-date distribution maps provide an essential baseline against which future researchers can measure change. Amphibians, Reptiles, and Their Habitats at Sabino Canyon is essential for anyone who seeks to understand this desert oasis, how it has changed, and how it may change in the future. Written with minimal technical jargon to make it as useful to students and visitors as it will be to scientists and resource managers, it makes a vital contribution to our understanding of creatures underfoot whose habitat we seek to share.
Author: Nic Bishop
Publisher: Learning Media Ltd
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780478237740
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Describes a field study in the Arizona desert to hunt horned lizards and find out more about how they live and survive in the desert environment. Suggested level: primary.