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9780826338112

Amphibians And Reptiles Of New Mexico

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    9780826338112

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    0826338119

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-03-15
  • Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Summary

Amphibians and reptiles thrive in New Mexico's many landscapes and its extremes of temperatures and moisture. The state has 123 species, an assemblage of 3 salamanders, 23 frogs and toads, 10 turtles, 41 lizards, and 46 snakes. In this comprehensive guide, each species is presented in a colour photograph and its distribution shown on a map. Technical art supplements identification keys and line art complements family descriptions. For each species, the following information is provided: type, distribution, description, similar species, systematics, habitat, behaviour, reproduction, food habits, and references. The detailed descriptions add immeasurably to students' and herpetologists' knowledge about the region's herpetofauna. This book is also of great benefit to non-specialists, including casual hikers, since the authors write in accessible language that makes for easy identifications of species.

Table of Contents

Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
A Physiographic Sketch of New Mexico
1(6)
A Brief History of Herpetology In New Mexico
7(4)
A Checklist of the Amphibians And Reptiles
11(4)
A Key to the Tadpoles And Salamander Larvae
15(2)
A Key to the Salamanders
17(14)
Family Ambystomatidae---Mole salamanders
19(5)
Ambystoma tigrinum Tiger salamander
20(4)
Family Plethodontidae---Lungless salamanders
24(7)
Aneides hardii Sacramento mountain salamander
25(2)
Plethodon neomexicanus Jemez Mountains salamander
27(4)
A Key to the Toads and Frogs
31(62)
Family Pelobatidae---Spadefoots
35(8)
Scaphiopus couchii Couch's spadefoot
36(2)
Spea bombifrons Plains spadefoot
38(2)
Spea multiplicata New Mexico spadefoot
40(3)
Family Leptodactylidae---Tropical Frogs
43(3)
Eleutherodactylus augusti Barking frog
44(2)
Family Bufonidae---Toads
46(18)
Bufo alvarius Colorado River toad
47(2)
Bufo boreas Western toad
49(2)
Bufo cognatus Great Plains toad
51(2)
Bufo debilis Green toad
53(2)
Bufo microscaphus Southwestern toad
55(2)
Bufo punctatus Red-spotted toad
57(2)
Bufo speciosus Texas toad
59(2)
Bufo woodhousii Woodhouse's toad
61(3)
Family Hylidae---Treefrogs
64(10)
Acris crepitans Northern cricket frog
65(2)
Hyla arenicolor Canyon treefrog
67(2)
Hyla eximia Mountain treefrog
69(2)
Pseudacris triseriata Western chorus frog
71(3)
Family Microhylidae---Narrowmouth Toads
74(4)
Gastrophryne olivacea Great Plains narrowmouth toad
75(3)
Family Ranidae---True Frogs
78(15)
Table 1 Characteristics Used in the Identification of Five Species of Leopard Frogs (Rana spp.)
79(1)
Rana berlandieri Rio Grande leopard frog
79(2)
Rana blairi Plains leopard frog
81(2)
Rana catesbeiana Bullfrog
83(2)
Rana chiricahuensis Chiricahua leopard frog
85(2)
Rana pipiens Northern leopard frog
87(2)
Rana yavapaiensis Lowland leopard frog
89(4)
A Key to the Turtles
93(32)
Family Chelydridae---Snapping Turtles
95(4)
Chelydra serpentina Snapping turtle
96(3)
Family Emydidae---Box and Water Turtles
99(14)
Chrysemys picta Painted turtle
100(2)
Pseudemys gorzugi Western river cooter
102(2)
Terrapene ornata Ornate box turtle
104(3)
Trachemys gaigeae Big Bend slider
107(2)
Trachemys scripta Slider
109(4)
Family Kinosternidae---Mud Turtles
113(6)
Kinosternon flavescens Yellow mud turtle
114(2)
Kinosternon sonoriense Sonoran mud turtle
116(3)
Family Trionychidae---Softshell Turtles
119(6)
Trionyx muticus Smooth softshell
120(2)
Trionyx spiniferus Spiny softshell
122(3)
A Key to the Lizards
125(126)
Family Crotaphytidae---Collared and Leopard Lizards
131(7)
Crotaphytus collaris Collared lizard
132(3)
Gambelia wislizenii Leopard lizard
135(3)
Family Phrynosomatidae---Zebratail, Earless, Spiny, Tree, Side-blotched, and Horned Lizards
138(56)
Callisaurus draconoides Zebratail lizard
139(2)
Cophosaurus texanus Greater earless lizard
141(4)
Holbrookia maculata Lesser earless lizard
145(3)
Phrynosoma cornutum Texas horned lizard
148(3)
Phrynosoma douglasii Short-horned lizard
151(3)
Phrynosoma modestum Roundtail horned lizard
154(3)
Phrynosoma solare Regal horned lizard
157(2)
Sceloporus arenicolus Sand dune lizard
159(2)
Sceloporus clarkii Clark's spiny lizard
161(2)
Sceloporus graciosus Sagebrush lizard
163(3)
Sceloporus jarrovii Yarrow's spiny lizard
166(4)
Sceloporus magister Desert spiny lizard
170(3)
Sceloporus poinsetti Crevice spiny lizard
173(2)
Sceloporus scalaris Bunch grass lizard
175(3)
Sceloporus undulatus Prairie lizard
178(5)
Sceloporus virgatus Striped plateau lizard
183(2)
Urosaurus ornatus Tree lizard
185(4)
Uta stansburiana Side-blotched lizard
189(5)
Family Gekkonidae---Geckos
194(7)
Coleonyx brevis Texas banded gecko
195(2)
Coleonyx variegatus Western banded gecko
197(2)
Hemidactylus turcicus Mediterranean gecko
199(2)
Family Teiidae---Whiptails
201(35)
Table 2 Characteristics of Whiptail Lizards
203(2)
Cnemidophorus burti Canyon spotted whiptail
205(2)
Cnemidophorus dixoni Gray-checkered whiptail
207(2)
Cnemidophorus exsanguis Chihuahuan spotted whiptail
209(2)
Cnemidophorus flagellicaudus Gila spotted whiptail
211(1)
Cnemidophorus grahamii Checkered whiptail
212(4)
Cnemidophorus gularis Texas spotted whiptail
216(2)
Cnemidophorus inornatus Little striped whiptail
218(3)
Cnemidophorus neomexicanus New Mexico whiptail
221(2)
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Six-lined racerunner
223(3)
Cnemidophorus sonorae Sonoran spotted whiptail
226(1)
Cnemidophorus tigris Western whiptail
227(4)
Cnemidophorus uniparens Desert grassland whiptail
231(2)
Cnemidophorus velox Plateau striped whiptail
233(3)
Family Scincidae---Skinks
236(8)
Eumeces multivirgatus Many-lined Skinks
237(2)
Eumeces obsoletus Great Plains skink
239(2)
Eumeces tetragrammus Four-lined skink
241(3)
Family Anguidae---Alligator Lizards
244(7)
Elgaria kingii Madrean alligator lizard
245(2)
Family Helodermatidae---Venomous Lizards
247(1)
Heloderma suspectum Gila monster
248(3)
A Key to the Snakes
251(108)
Family Leptotyphlopidae---Blind Snakes
255(5)
Leptotyphlops dulcis Texas blind snake
256(2)
Leptotyphlops humilis Western blind snake
258(2)
Family Colubridae---Colubrids
260(77)
Arizona elegans Glossy snake
261(1)
Bogertophis subocularis Trans-Pecos rat snake
262(2)
Coluber constrictor Racer
264(3)
Diadophis punctatus Ringneck snake
267(2)
Elaphe guttata Corn snake
269(2)
Gyalopion canum Western hooknose snake
271(2)
Heterodon nasicus Western hognose snake
273(3)
Hypsiglena torquata Night snake
276(2)
Lampropeltis alterna Gray-banded kingsnake
278(2)
Lampropeltis getula Common kingsnake
280(2)
Lampropeltis pyromelana Sonoran mountain kingsnake
282(2)
Lampropeltis triangulum Milk snake
284(2)
Liochlorophis vernalis Smooth green snake
286(2)
Masticophis bilineatus Sonoran whipsnake
288(1)
Masticophis flagellum Coachwhip
289(2)
Masticophis taeniatus Striped whipsnake
291(2)
Nerodia erythrogaster Plainbelly water snake
293(2)
Pituophis melanoleucus Bullsnake, Gopher snake
295(3)
Rhinocheilus lecontei Longnose snake
298(1)
Salvadora deserticola Big Bend patchnose snake
299(2)
Salvadora grahamiae Mountain patchnose snake
301(2)
Senticolis triaspis Green rat snake
303(2)
Sonora semiannulata Ground snake
305(2)
Tantilla hobartsmithi Southwestern black-headed snake
307(2)
Tantilla nigriceps Plains black-headed snake
309(2)
Tantilla yaquia Yaqui black-headed snake
311(1)
Thamnophis cyrtopsis Blackneck garter snake
312(2)
Thamnophis elegans Western terrestrial garter snake
314(3)
Thamnophis eques Mexican garter snake
317(3)
Thamnophis marcianus Checkered garter snake
320(2)
Thamnophis proximus Western ribbon snake
322(2)
Thamnophis radix Plains garter snake
324(2)
Thamnophis rufipunctatus Narrowhead garter snake
326(2)
Thamnophis sirtalis Common garter snake
328(4)
Trimorphodon biscutatus Lyre snake
332(2)
Tropidoclonion lineatum Lined snake
334(3)
Family Elapidae---Elapids
337(3)
Micruroides euryxanthus Western coral snake
338(2)
Family Viperidae---Vipers
340(19)
Crotalus atrox Western diamondback rattlesnake
341(3)
Crotalus lepidus Rock rattlesnake
344(2)
Crotalus molossus Blacktail rattlesnake
346(2)
Crotalus scutulatus Mojave rattlesnake
348(3)
Crotalus viridis Western rattlesnake
351(2)
Crotalus willardi Ridgenose rattlesnake
353(3)
Sistrurus catenatus Massasauga
356(3)
Amphibians and Reptiles of Questionable Occurrence in New Mexico
359(4)
List of Scientific and Common Plant Names Used in the Text 363(2)
List of Museum Symbolic Codes 365(2)
Glossary 367(6)
Literature Cited 373(48)
Index 421(10)
Conversion Table 431

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