Salamanders of the Eastern United States

Salamanders of the Eastern United States - Paperback

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Salamanders of the Eastern United States - Paperback

Salamanders of the Eastern United States - Paperback

by Larry Wilson , Whit Gibbons , Joe Mitchell
$38.83
$38.83

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Describing more than 120 species of salamanders occurring in the eastern United States, ecologists Whit Gibbons, Larry Wilson, and Joe Mitchell, provide us with the most comprehensive and authoritative--yet accessible and fun-to-read--guide to these often secretive, always fascinating wonders of nature.

Gibbons, Wilson, and Mitchell enumerate the distinguishing characteristics of salamanders, including how they are different from other amphibians and from reptiles, especially lizards. Also discussed are distribution, habitat, behavior and activity, reproduction, food and feeding, predators and defense, conservation, and taxonomy. Accompanying each account are photographs illustrating typical adults and variations and distribution maps for the eastern U.S. and the United States as a whole.

Given that a high percentage of the world's species of salamanders live in the Southeast and Northeast and the scientific and popular concern for the worldwide decline in amphibian populations in general, Salamanders of the Eastern United States will appeal to people of all ages and levels of knowledge interested in natural history and conservation. The guide will help foster the growing interest in salamanders as well as cultivate a desire to protect and conserve these fascinating amphibians and their habitats.

FEATURES:

conservation-oriented approach
more than 400 color photographs
more than 80 distribution maps
clear species descriptions and photographs
sections on biology, worldwide diversity, identification, taxonomy, habitats, and conservation
"Did You Know?" sidebars of interesting facts
ISBN9780820365732
Author Larry Wilson , Whit Gibbons , Joe Mitchell
PublisherWormsloe Foundation Nature Books
GenreHobbies & interests and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages504
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Salamanders of the Eastern United States

Salamanders of the Eastern United States - Paperback

Salamanders of the Eastern United States - Paperback

By Larry Wilson, Whit Gibbons, and Joe Mitchell
About Larry Wilson
Larry Wilson (Author)
About Whit Gibbons
Jeffrey E. Lovich is a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center. His books include two editions of Turtles of the United States and Canada. Whit Gibbons is professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Georgia and former head of the Environmental Outreach and Education program at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. His books include Snakes of the Eastern United States. The species of turtle Graptemys gibbonsi is named in his honor.
About Joe Mitchell
WHIT GIBBONS is a professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Georgia and author or coauthor of several books on herpetology and ecology, including Keeping All the Pieces, Snakes of the Southeast, Revised Edition, Frogs and Toads of the Southeast, Lizards and Crocodiles of the Southeast, Turtles of the Southeast, and Salamanders of the Southeast (all Georgia). Joe Mitchell (Author)

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