Conant, Roger. A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America.

Title A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America Author Conant, Roger & Joseph T. Collins Series Peterson Field Guides Publisher Houghton Mifflin, Boston Year 1975 (original 1958) ISBN 0395199778 (Paperback) Illustrations Conant, Isabelle Hunt (color paintings, line drawings, maps) Table of Contents Contents Bibliography References Index Index Pages 429 Categories field guide, reptiles, amphibians, North America, United States, Canada, identification, nature, science, ecology, zoology Language English (en)

From the Book Cover

If you want to know how to identify all the reptiles and amphibians of eastern and central North America; their geographical ranges; their habits and habitats; how to find, collect, and care for them, A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians is recognized as the best and most complete guide on the subject—all you need for identification, and much more:

• 574 species and subspecies described: detailed recognition features—size, color, scale arrangement—for males, females, and young; habits; range; similar species
• 646 plate illustrations, 472 of them in color, grouped at the center of the book for quick reference—353 drawings in the text show key details
• Peterson Identification System emphasizes recognition features with arrows on the illustrations, italics in text
• Distribution maps show ranges of all species
• Endpaper anatomical diagrams; glossary; chapters on how to find and collect specimens, how to care for them, how to deal with snakebite—all the extra information that you expect from a Peterson Field Guide

See and/or order this title at Amazon.com:

• Revised edition, Paperback, Chapters Pub Ltd, 1998
• 3rd edition, Paperback, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1991
• 2nd edition, Paperback, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1975
• Out of print, 1991, ISBN 0395370221

See and/or order this title at Amazon.co.uk:

• Paperback, Mariner Books, 1998
• 3rd edition, Paperback, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1991