Handbook of Lizards: Lizards of the United States and of CanadaCornell University Press, 1995 - 557 sider 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 study. With more than 300 illustrations, including black-and-white photographs, labeled drawings, range maps, and illustrated keys, this volume serves as a still-relevant and convenient reference guide to the study of North American lizards. Darrel Frost, a prominent lizard specialist, provides a foreword for the 1995 paperback edition that underscores the work's relevance for herpetology today. In the first section, Smith covers in concise fashion the habits, life history, habitats, methods of collection and preservation, and structural features of lizards. The second section of the book considers each species under topics that are conveniently arranged for studying both living lizards and laboratory specimens: range, type, locality, size, color, scalation, recognition characters, habitat and habits, and references. Smith also discusses problems for further study and gives recommendations for special investigations of each species. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography. |
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Zoological Position | 1 |
Tail | 14 |
Habitats | 30 |
Folklore | 48 |
American Saurologists | 54 |
2 | 55 |
ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES | 60 |
FAMILY IGUANIDAEThe Iguanids | 87 |
Urosaurus ornatus schmidti MittlemanBig Bend Uta | 271 |
Urosaurus ornatus symmetricus BairdSymmetrical Uta | 273 |
Urosaurus ornatus wrighti SchmidtNorthern Cliff Uta | 274 |
Genus UtaThe Ground Utas | 276 |
Uta stansburiana stansburiana Baird and GirardNorthern Ground Uta | 277 |
Uta stansburiana hesperis RichardsonWestern Ground Uta | 281 |
Uta stansburiana stejnegeri SchmidtStriped Ground Uta | 283 |
The HornedLizard Section | 287 |
Callisaurus draconoides ventralis HallowellEastern Gridiron | 146 |
The RockLizard Section 156 The RockLizard Section | 158 |
The Pored Utiform Section | 178 |
Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus GreenNorthern Fence | 222 |
Sceloporus undulatus garmani BoulengerNorthern Prairie | 228 |
Sceloporus undulatus virgatus SmithStriped Plateau Lizard | 234 |
Lizard | 241 |
Sceloporus occidentalis taylori CampYosemite Fence Lizard | 244 |
Sceloporus woodi StejnegerScrub Pine Lizard | 246 |
Graciosus Group | 248 |
Sceloporus graciosus gracilis Baird and GirardNorthern Moun tain Lizard | 251 |
Sceloporus graciosus vandenburgianus CopeSouthern Mountain Lizard | 254 |
Genus UrosaurusThe Climbing Utas | 256 |
Urosaurus graciosus HallowellLongtailed Uta | 259 |
Urosaurus microscutatus Van DenburghSmallscaled Uta | 262 |
Urosaurus ornatus ornatus Baird and GirardTexas Tree Uta | 264 |
Urosaurus ornatus chiricahuae MittlemanChiricahuan Tree Uta | 266 |
Urosaurus ornatus linearis BairdLined Uta | 268 |
Phrynosoma cornutum HarlanTexan Horned Lizard | 290 |
Phrynosoma coronatum blainvillii GraySan Diego Horned Lizard | 293 |
Phrynosoma coronatum frontale Van DenburghCalifornian Horned Lizard | 295 |
Phrynosoma ditmarsi StejnegerHornless Horned Lizard | 297 |
Phrynosoma douglassii douglassii BellPigmy Horned Lizard | 299 |
Phrynosoma douglassii brevirostre GirardEastern Short horned Lizard | 302 |
Phrynosoma douglassii hernandesi GirardMountain Short horned Lizard | 304 |
FAMILY XANTUSIIDAEThe Platebellied Night Lizards | 321 |
FAMILY SCINCIDAEThe Skinks | 334 |
FAMILY LACERTIDAEThe Lacertids | 398 |
runner | 419 |
Cnemidophorus tesselatus stejnegeri Van DenburghWestern | 426 |
FAMILY AMPHISBAENIDAEThe Ringed Lizards | 431 |
FAMILY ANGUIDAEThe Lateral Fold Lizards | 437 |
FAMILY HELODERMIDAEThe Venomous Lizards | 471 |
General Literature | 513 |
Literature Cited | 538 |
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Handbook of Lizards: Lizards of the United States and of Canada Hobart Muir Smith Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1995 |