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Wonderful pocket guide, just what we were looking for!
We have been volunteers for an environmental group monitoring frog populations this past Spring.This guide is great for field work such as that as well as being useful to us as we travel with our camper or just in our own area.Highly recommend!

Good beginner's book
This is a good book for beginners with close-up photographs, not drawings.It is pocket size and great for getting children interested in wildlife.However, it covers too broad an area to be comprehensive. We regularly see snakes, frogs and skinks in our yard that are not included here- whereas we don't need to be able to readily identify snakes that do not live in this area.If you need more complete coverage, I recommend the Peterson field guide for your specific area.

Great quick reference
Nice quick reference for id of the more common species - a map of the US is shown so you can see how far distributed the species is.A short description is provided along with idenfication markings, similar species, habitat.

All the books in this series are great for kids!
My 8-year-old son loved the first book I bought him in this series so much I've bought him nearly the entire series.It has the animals' pictures and their information on facing pages, so you don't have to flip back and forthbetween pictures/information as with many field guides. ... Read more

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This stunning guide explores the kingdom of snakes, toads, frogs, turtles, lizards, salamanders, and crocodiles, with information on physical appearance, voice, breeding cycles, habitat, range, and status in the wild. Poisonous or otherwise dangerous animals are distinguished with a warning symbol. An essay on observing reptiles and amphibians, and detailed anatomical drawings, round out the coverage in this comprehensive guide. ... Read more

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Goats with clothes
I was looking for a Goat breeder with some nice friendly goats. I also needed a goat dealer that was not afraid to dress his goats up in pretty cloths.
I was lucky. I found one in Mexico that would do anything for a buck. My wife said she is horny i have to go.

great field guide
This is a great field guide. I have found with field guides that it is always good to have more than one because they all miss some information, but this is definitely a great one to have.

Reptile handbook very useful
This is the 4th Audobon guide we've bought.The photographs are definitive, the written material is exhaustive, the information is invaluable, as we live in the country and come across snakes all the time -- and we don't want to kill anything that won't kill us, so we needed a manual. I recommend this book (and the series).Includes turtles, lizards, frogs, etc.

Why Do You Need a Field Guide?
Because the pictures in this book are as close as you're likely to get to seeing most of the amphibians and many of the reptiles described herein. The Painted Ensatina? The California Tiger Salamander? The Pacific Giant Salamander? The Yosemite Toad? Even the once-ubiquitous Pacific Treefrog? Gilbert's Skink? The California Legless Lizard? The Coast Horned Lizard? These are species I used to expect to see in California, where I've done a large share of my hiking over my 67 years. Thirty years ago, I could have taken you out to find any of them, with a near certainty of success. Now, looking for any herptile except the blue-bellied fence lizard is like fishing in a swimming pool.

Habitat destruction and pollution, especially from pesticides, would be enough to explain the precipitous decline in population of most herptile species, but anyone who studies these creatures, who knows their historical ranges, will tell you point-blank that climate change is hastening their decimation. Want to talk to an expert? Contact Tree Frog Treks in San Francisco, and speak to Chris! If you're an ideological denier of "global warming", you'll get an earful.

I like these little critters. Over the years, it's given me a lot of pleasure to spot them in nature, to know their names and their family connections, to understand a bit about their habits. Frankly, I'd rather see all the SUVs of America compacted into rust, and all the 42-inch TV screens go black, than see even a single sub-species of garter snake go extinct.

Great book to take on hikes
The best way to find out habitat, breeding seasons and diet of any Reptiles or Amphibians you find. ... Read more

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An illustrated guide to the identification of common North American reptiles and amphibians. ... Read more

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Chapters by 52 authors dealing with population dispersal and fluctuations, genetic diversity, monitoring of natural populations, as well as effects of temperature, acidity, pesticides, UV light, forestry practices and disease on amphibian species. ... Read more

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The SSAR History provides highlights of the first Fifty years of the Societys existence.This publication includes complete listings of Fifty year, Forty plus year, and Twenty five plus year members, Society Officers, Publications, Editors, Annual Meetings, and Committee Chairs.The history is illustrated in color with meeting photos and publication covers.A must have for anyone interested in SSAR. ... Read more

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Proceedings of the Northern California Herpetological Societ's 1987 Conference on Captive propagation and husbandry of reptiles and amphinians ... Read more

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Revised, expanded edition. An invaluable resource which can be applied to many other biological disciplines. ... Read more

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Nice
It's a essential book for those herpetologists working with taxonomy and cientific collections!
Recommended!!! ... Read more

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Publisher: Boston, The Christopher publishing houseSubjects: AlligatorsNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Personal Observations
The author was born and lived on Avery Island, Louisiana, a place with an abundance of alligators. He has observed them all his life. This book tells of his experiences. The Spanish settler on the Gulf Coast called them "el largato" (lizard), and this was changed by English settlers to "alligator". Chapter 1 provides a physical description of these reptiles, and the enormous power of their jaws. The author contrasts his observations to published information (pp. 20-23). Chapter 2 tells about the habitat of alligators. They dig holes underwater for safety, and to spend the cold winter months. This makes the grass around it greener. Alligators can make trails between water holes, and often travel locally. Alligators mostly feed during warm weather, April to October (Chapter 3). They feed on every living thing they can catch. The extermination of alligators led to a great increase in garfish, muskrats, ducks, water snakes, and turtles. Deer and dogs can be killed when they drink from water; cattle when they walk through marshes. Hogs can not be raised anywhere near alligators.

Chapter 4 tells of their rates of growth, and size. Hunting alligators for their hides has destroyed large numbers. New teeth form inside old teeth and replace them (Chapter 5). Full grown alligators have teeth that are almost solid. Chapter 6 describes the limited vocal ability of alligators. Except for man, alligators have no enemies once they grow to about 3 to 4 feet long (Chapter 7). The author explains why they have acute hearing and sight (p.85). Protecting alligators resulted in destroying great numbers of muskrats (p.86).

Chapter 8 tells of the variations in size and location of alligator nests. Fully grown females will often use the same location year after year. The author describes his observations of nest building. The flesh of the tail of young alligators is excellent (p.90), resembling meat rather than fish. Chapter 9 describes the incubation and growth of baby alligators. Alligator eggs take about 63 days to hatch, longer in cooler weather. Grass or leaves of other organic matter give off heat as they decompose. Page 113 explains why alligators grow much more rapidly in the wild where the food supply is unlimited. This chapter ends with a plea to protect alligators so their number can be increased to where it was in the late 19th century. [To what end?]

A Must Have
If you're interested in the natural History of the American Alligator, this book is a must have! Although written in 1935, experts agree that with only a few exceptions, the information is still as viable today as it wasthe day it was written.

McIlhenny (as in McIlhenny Tabasco) grew upobserving and documenting alligator behavior, growth rates, diets, breedingand nesting behavior are all documented in this easy reading book.

Ifyou've got an interest, buy it, you won't be disappointed. ... Read more