Handbook of Salamanders

The Salamanders of the United States, of Canada, and of Lower California

AvSherman C. Bishop

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

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 exist in the United States, Canada, and Baja California.Group by group, Bishop describes salamanders in accounts that give the common and technical names, type of locality, range, habitat, size, anatomical characteristics, color, breeding habits, and relationships—all in a uniform arrangement that makes the handbook especially convenient for studying both living animals and laboratory specimens. His brief introduction surveys the relationships and general habits of salamanders and gives information on collecting and preserving them. In his foreword to the 1994 reprint edition, Edmund D. Brodie, Jr., a specialist on salamanders, updates the taxonomy of the group.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-06-21
Mått:152 x 229 x 33 mm
Vikt:907 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Comstock Classic Handbooks
Antal sidor:576
Förlag:Cornell University Press
Medarbetare:EdmundD. Brodie
ISBN:9780801482137

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Sherman C. Bishop was Professor of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of Rochester.

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An excellent, thoroughly documented treatise about these little-known amphibians that makes it possible for the most casual lay reader to learn much concerning them.(Fauna) An excellent, thoroughly documented treatise about these little-known amphibians [that] makes it possible for the most casual layman to learn much concerning them.(Fauna)