Handbook of Larval Amphibians of the United States and Canada
eBook - ePub

Handbook of Larval Amphibians of the United States and Canada

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Handbook of Larval Amphibians of the United States and Canada

About this book

Generously illustrated, this essential handbook for herpetologists, ecologists, and naturalists features comprehensive keys to eggs, embryos, salamander larvae, and tadpoles; species accounts; a glossary of terms; and an extensive bibliography. The taxonomic accounts include a summarization of the morphology and basic natural history, as well as an introduction to published information for each species. Tadpole mouthparts exhibit major characteristics used in identifications, and the book includes illustrations for a number of species. Color photographs of larvae of many species are also presented. Handbook of Larval Amphibians of the United States and Canada, written by the foremost experts on larval amphibians, is the first guide of its kind and will transform the fieldwork of scientists and fish and wildlife professionals.

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Yes, you can access Handbook of Larval Amphibians of the United States and Canada by Ronald Altig,Roy W. McDiarmid in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Zoology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. The Amphibian Fauna
  6. The Amphibian Life Cycle
  7. Order Caudata
  8. Order Anura
  9. Glossary
  10. Literature Cited
  11. Index of Common Names
  12. Index of Scientific Names
  13. Plates are at the end of the book