Handbook of Salamanders: The Salamanders of the United States, of Canada, and of Lower California

Sherman C. Bishop

Published by Cornell University Press 1994

Handbook of Salamanders

The Salamanders of the United States, of Canada, and of Lower California

Sherman C. Bishop
Preface by: Edmund D. Brodie

In the series Comstock Classic Handbooks

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501721014

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About this book

In this book—first published in 1943—Sherman C. Bishop discusses in a lively but authoritative manner the 126 species and subspecies of salamanders that are known to exist in the United States, Canada, and Baja California.

Author / Editor information

Sherman C. Bishop was Professor of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of Rochester.

Reviews

An excellent, thoroughly documented treatise about these little-known amphibians [that] makes it possible for the most casual layman to learn much concerning them.

An excellent, thoroughly documented treatise about these little-known amphibians that makes it possible for the most casual lay reader to learn much concerning them.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword to the 1994 Printing Edmund D. Brodie Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
PART II. ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES
KEY TO FAMILIES (ADULTS) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Family PROTEIDAE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Family AMPHIUMIDAE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Family CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Family SALAMANDRIDAE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Family AMBYSTOMIDAE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Family PLETHODONTIDAE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Family SIRENIDAE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 576
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 56
- Other: 56 maps, 144 figures
Keywords: Nature Guides & Natural History; Hiking Guides & Other Travel Guides; General Science

eBook

Published: July 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501721014