Handbook of Lizards : : Lizards of the United States and of Canada / / Hobart Smith.
The most thorough treatment of lizards of the United States and Canada when first published in 1946, Handbook of Lizards has become a landmark among herpetologists and lizard specialists. Hobart M. Smith spent years compiling and organizing information on 136 species of lizards for this classic stud...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1995 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Comstock Classic Handbooks
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (590 p.) :; 41 maps, 135 black-and-white photos, 136 figures |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Foreword to the 1995 Printing
- Preface
- PART I: INTRODUCTION
- Zoological Position
- Characteristics
- Distribution
- Major Groups
- Fossil History
- Structure
- Habitats
- Life History
- Habits
- Folklore
- Economic Importance
- In Captivity
- Collecting
- Preserving
- American Saurologists
- Problems
- PART II. ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES
- Key to Families
- FAMILY GEKKONIDAE—The Geckos
- FAMILY IGUANIDAE—The Iguanids
- FAMILY XANTUSIIDAE—The Plate-bellied Night Lizards
- FAMILY SCINCIDAE—The Skinks
- FAMILY LACERTIDAE—The Lacertids
- FAMILY TEIIDAE—The Teiids
- FAMILY AMPHISBAENIDAE—The Ringed Lizards
- SUPERFAMILY ANGUIOIDEA
- FAMILY ANGUIDAE—The Lateral Fold Lizards
- FAMILY HELODERMIDAE—The Venomous Lizards
- FAMILY ANNIELLIDAE—The Shovel-snouted Legless Lizards
- Distribution Maps
- General Literature
- State Lists of Species and Literature
- Literature Cited
- Index