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Jonathan Hanson and Roseann Beggy Hanson, 50 Common Reptiles & Amphibians of the SouthwestGreat guidebook to common and a few uncommon snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs, toads, and salamanders of the region. A full page is devoted to each with one (or sometimes two) color photos, and text describing its appearance, food, habits, size, habitat, range, other names (including Spanish names), and similar species.
Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, 1997. About 58 pages of text, illus., about 6 x 9 inches, paperback. New.
Item #460. Shipping weight: 0.7 lb. Publisher’s price: $7.95. Your price: $7.15 (out of stock)
Laurence M. Klauber, Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, & Influence on Mankind, Abridged Edition Illustrated with 50 figures (b&w photos and line drawings). Abridged by Karen Harvey McClung. This abridgement removes the more technical portions of Klauber's two volume work and leaves "a lively, engaging, comprehensive study that can be understood by anyone with an interest in natural history."
University of California Press, 1982. 350 pages, about 6 x 9 inches, paperback. New.
Item # 316. Shipping weight: 1.5 lbs. Publisher's price: $18.95. Your price: $16.00 (special purchase, limited to copy on hand)
Robert C. Stebbins, A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third EditionPeterson Field Guides.
Newly revised and expanded edition now includes color photos in addition to Stebbins' excellent paintings and drawings. The maps have also been revised and printed in color.
"This third edition covers all the species of reptiles and amphibians found in western North America [including Baja California]. More than 650 full-color paintings and photographs show key details for making accurate identifications. Up-to-date color range maps give species' distributions. Important information on conservation efforts and survival status rounds out the detailed species descriptions." Stebbins is one of those rare biologists who are also first-class illustrators. His paintings and drawings in this standard work show scale-by-scale detail of each reptile, and equally realistic renderings of the texture of each amphibian.
Houghton Mifflin, 2003. 533 pages, about 4½ x 7¼ inches, paperback. New.
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Thomas F. Tyning, Stokes Guide to Amphibians and ReptilesThis Stokes Nature Guide, edited by Donald and Lillian Stokes, is not an identification guide book, but instead goes into detail about the life of thirty-two US species and how to observe them. While most field guides give you about a paragraph on the biology of the subject, with this nature guide you get about ten pages for each.
The species of amphibians and reptiles covered are American Toad, Eastern Spadefoot Toad, Spring Peeper, Gray Treefrog, Green Frog, Bullfrog, Northern Leopard Frog, Wood Frog, Mudpuppy, Eastern Newt, Spotted Salamander, Tiger Salamander, Marbled Salamander, Redback Salamander, Painted Turtle, Snapping Turtle, Stinkpot, Spotted Turtle, Wood Turtle, Eastern Box Turtle, Green Anole, Five-Lined Skink, Gila Monster, Regal Horned Lizard, American Alligator, Common Garter Snake, Northern Water Snake, Milk Snake, Eastern Hognose Snake, Black Racer, Northern Copperhead, and Timber Rattlesnake. As those familiar with the species in the above list will notice, the book does have an eastern bias. Only two are exclusively western.
Includes excellent detailed line (charcoal?) drawings by Andrew Finch Magee, and range maps.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1990. 400 pages, illus., about 5 x 7¾ inches, paperback. New, bargain remainder.
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Mark A. Williamson, Trail of the Snake: From Big Bend to BajaThe author shares his adventures “in tracking snakes throughout the southwest. Establishing habitat and behavior patterns, he hunts for the elusive species as well as the more common snakes. He tells how to handle snakes and what to do if bitten. Rattlesnakes are a favorite of the author and even the most prejudiced reader will discover that snakes can be friendly pets.
“While snakes are the major interest in the book, there is also information on the other forms of life in the wilderness from bighorn sheep to turtles.”
Sunstone Press, 1986. 127 pages, illus., about 5½ x 8½ inches, paperback. New.
Item #407. Shipping weight: 0.7 lb. Publisher’s price: $10.95. Your price: $9.85
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