Key to the Herpetofauna of the Continental United States and Canada

Name: Key to the Herpetofauna of the Continental United States and Canada
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ISBN: 9780700618330

ISBN-10: 0700618333

ISBN-13: 9780700618330

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Robert Powell, Joseph T. Collins, Errol D. Hooper

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This profusely illustrated comprehensive key for identifying herpetofaunal specimens from the continental United States and Canada incorporates a wealth of scientific findings. Since the first edition was published in 1998, the number of currently recognized species of native salamanders, frogs, turtles, lizards, amphisbaenians (wormlike lizards), snakes, and crocodilians in this area has increased from 545 to 634, and the number of established non-native species has increased from 39 to 58. The increase in native taxa reflects the dynamic nature of modern systematics and the use of new (especially molecular) techniques to elucidate relationships and redefine species boundaries. The…

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List price: $19.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 2/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836

Robert Powell was born in Reading and studied mathematics at the University of Sussex. He is a eurythmist and movement therapist living in Kinsau, Germany. Powell is the author of numerous books and articles and is a co-founder of the Sophia Foundation of North America.

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