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1 online resource |
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HANDBOOK OF LARVAL AMPHIBIANS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Background and Scope -- The Amphibian Fauna -- Salamanders, Newts, and Waterdogs -- Frogs and Toads -- The Amphibian Life Cycle -- Developmental Categories -- Eggs -- Key to Eggs -- Embryos and Hatchlings -- Key to Genera of Embryonic and Hatchling Amphibians -- Larvae -- Order Caudata: Salamanders and Relatives -- Key to Larval and Larviform Salamanders -- Taxonomic Accounts |
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Ambystomatidae (Mole and Giant Salamanders)Ambystoma annulatum (Ringed Salamander) -- Ambystoma barbouri (Streamside Salamander) -- Ambystoma cingulatum (Frosted Flatwoods Salamander), A. bishopi (Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander) -- Ambystoma californiense (California Tiger Salamander) -- Ambystoma gracile (Northwestern Salamander) -- Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Jefferson Salamander), A. laterale (Blue-spotted Salamander) -- Ambystoma mabeei (Mabee�s Salamander) -- Ambystoma macrodactylum (Long-toed Salamander) -- Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander) |
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Ambystoma opacum (Marbled Salamander)Ambystoma talpoideum (Mole Salamander) -- Ambystoma texanum (Small-mouthed Salamander) -- Ambystoma tigrinum (Eastern Tiger Salamander), A. mavortium (Western Tiger Salamander) -- Dicamptodon aterrimus (Idaho Giant Salamander), D. copei (Cope�s Giant Salamander), D. ensatus (California Giant Salamander), D. tenebrosus (Coastal Giant Salamander) -- Amphiumidae (Amphiumas) -- Amphiuma means (Two-toed Amphiuma), A. pholeter (One-Toed Amphiuma), A. tridactylum (Three-toed Amphiuma) -- Cryptobranchidae (Hellbenders) |
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Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Hellbender)Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders) -- Desmognathus auriculatus (Southern Dusky Salamander) -- Desmognathus brimleyorum (Ouachita Dusky Salamander) -- Desmognathus conanti (Spotted Dusky Salamander), D. fuscus (Northern Dusky Salamander), D. planiceps (Flat-headed Salamander) -- Desmognathus marmoratus (Shovel-nosed Salamander) -- Desmognathus monticola (Seal Salamander) |
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Desmognathus ochrophaeus group: D. abditus (Cumberland Dusky Salamander), D. apalachicolae (Apalachicola Dusky Salamander), D. carolinensis (Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander), D. imitator (Imitator Salamander), D. ochrophaeus (Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander), D. ocoee (Ocoee Salamander), D. orestes (Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander)Desmognathus quadramaculatus (Black-bellied Salamander), D. folkertsi (Dwarf Black-bellied Salamander) -- Desmognathus santeetlah (Santeetlah Dusky Salamander) -- Desmognathus welteri (Black Mountain Salamander) |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-338) and indexes |
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English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| SUBJECT |
Universidad Sergio Arboleda gnd |
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Amphibians -- Larvae -- United States
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Amphibians -- Larvae -- Canada
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NATURE -- Animals -- Fish.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ichthyology & Herpetology.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Reptiles & Amphibians.
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Amphibians -- Larvae
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Lurche
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Larve
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Kaulquappe
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Canada
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United States
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Kanada
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Electronic book
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| Author |
McDiarmid, Roy W., author
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| LC no. |
2019721516 |
| ISBN |
9780801456077 |
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080145607X |
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9780801456084 |
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0801456088 |
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