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The amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica : a herpetofauna between two continents, between two seas
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The amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica : a herpetofauna between two continents, between two seas

Author: Jay Mathers Savage
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jay Mathers Savage
ISBN: 0226735370 9780226735375 0226735389 9780226735382
OCLC Number: 47927645
Description: xx, 934 p., [96] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: PART 1 THE BASICS -- 1 Discovering a Tropical Herpetofauna -- 2 The Costa Rican Environment -- 3 Organization of the Systematic Accounts (How to Use This Book) -- PART 2 LIVING AMPHIBIANS -- 4 Amphibians (Class Amphibia) -- 5 Caecilians (Order Gmynophiona) -- 6 Salamanders (Order Caudata) -- 7 Frogs and Toads (Order Anura) -- PART 3 LIVING REPTILES -- 8 Reptiles (Class Reptilia) -- 9 Squamates (Order Squamata) -- 10 Lizards (Suborder Sauria) -- 11 Snakes (Suborder Serpentes) -- 12 Turtles (Order Testudinata) -- 13 Crocodilians (Order Crocodilia) -- PART 4 BIOGEOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTION -- 14 Ecological Distribution of the Herpetofauna -- 15 Geographic Distribution: Historical Units, Faunal Areas, Endemism, and General Patterns -- 16 Development of the Herpetofauna.
Responsibility: Jay M. Savage ; with photographs by Michael Fogden and Patricia Fogden.
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