Amphibians And Reptiles Of New Mexico

by Degenhardt, William G.

• ISBN13: 9780826338112
• ISBN10: 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