Animal Fact Files Reptiles And Amphibians

by Mattison, Chris; Davies, Val; Alderton, David

• ISBN13: 9780785819684
• ISBN10: 0785819681
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Book Sales

Summary

Offers an identification guide to common species of reptiles and amphibians.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Amphibians-Class Amphibia
Caecilians-Order Gymnophiona	p. 8
South American Aquatic Caecilians	p. 8
Salamanders and Newts-Order Caudata	p. 9
Japanese Giant Salamander	p. 9
Hellbender	p. 10
Amphiumas	p. 11
Pacific Giant Salamanders	p. 12
Mudpuppy	p. 13
Olm	p. 14
Cascade Torrent Salamander	p. 15
Sirens	p. 16
Axolotl	p. 17
Tiger Salamander	p. 18
Black-Bellied Salamander	p. 19
Miniature Salamanders	p. 20
Three-Lined Salamander	p. 21
Slimy Salamander	p. 22
Red Salamander	p. 23
Japanese Fire-Bellied Newt	p. 24
Pyrenean Brook Salamander	p. 25
Eastern Newt	p. 26
Sharp-Ribbed Newt	p. 27
Fire Salamander	p. 28
Rough-Skinned Newt	p. 29
Smooth Newt	p. 30
Frogs and Toads-Order Anura	p. 31
Tailed Frog	p. 31
New Zealand Frogs	p. 32
Parsley Frog	p. 33
Mexican Burrowing Frog	p. 34
Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad	p. 35
Midwife Toad	p. 36
Asian Horned Toad	p. 37
Common Spadefoot	p. 38
Couch's Spadefoot	p. 39
Surinam Toad	p. 40
African Clawed Toad	p. 41
European Common Toad	p. 42
Cane Toad	p. 43
Green Toad	p. 44
Bell's Horned Frog	p. 45
Dwarf Budgett's Frog	p. 46
South American Bullfrog	p. 47
Australian Toadlets	p. 48
Gastric-Brooding Frog	p. 49
Tomato Frog	p. 50
Great Plains Narrow-Mouthed Toad	p. 51
Darwin's Frog	p. 52
Seychelles Frogs	p. 53
Reed Frogs	p. 54
Ghost Frogs	p. 55
Valerio's Glass Frog	p. 56
Casque-Headed Frogs	p. 57
Riobamba Marsupial Frog	p. 58
Common European Treefrog	p. 59
American Green Treefrog	p. 60
Cuban Treefrog	p. 61
Australian Water-Holding Frog	p. 62
White's Treefrog	p. 63
Red-Eyed Leaf Frogs	p. 64
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog	p. 65
Orange Poison Dart Frog	p. 66
American Bullfrog	p. 67
Common Frog	p. 68
Edible Frog	p. 69
Giant African Bullfrog	p. 70
African Foam-Nesting Treefrog	p. 71
Reinwardt's Flying Frog	p. 72
Bush Frogs	p. 73
Mantellas	p. 74
Reptiles-Class Reptilia
Turtles and Tortoises-Order Testudines	p. 75
Loggerhead Turtle	p. 75
Green Turtle	p. 76
Hawksbill Turtle	p. 77
Leatherback Turtle	p. 78
Oblong Snake-Necked Turtle	p. 79
Matamata	p. 80
Krefft's River Turtle	p. 81
Pan-Hinged Terrapin	p. 82
Yellow-Spotted River Turtle	p. 83
Alligator Snapping Turtle	p. 84
Common Snapping Turtle	p. 85
Big-Headed Turtle	p. 86
Pig-Nosed Turtle	p. 87
Spiny Softshell	p. 88
Central American River Turtle	p. 89
Yellow Mud Turtle	p. 90
Painted Turtle	p. 91
Pond Slider	p. 92
European Pond Turtle	p. 93
Eastern Box Turtle	p. 94
Spotted Turtle	p. 95
Asian Leaf Turtle	p. 96
Galapagos Giant Tortoise	p. 97
Gopher Tortoises	p. 98
Leopard Tortoise	p. 99
Lizards-Order Squamata, Suborder Sauria	p. 100
Red-Headed Rock Agama	p. 100
Common Flying Lizard	p. 101
Frilled Lizard	p. 102
Thorny Devil	p. 103
Central Bearded Dragon	p. 104
African Dwarf Chameleons	p. 105
Stump-Tailed Chameleon	p. 106
Parson's Chameleon	p. 107
Veiled Chameleon	p. 108
Jackson's Chameleon	p. 109
Panther Chameleon	p. 110
Western Pygmy Chameleon	p. 111
Plumed Basilisk	p. 112
Collared Lizard	p. 113
Marine Iguana	p. 114
Galapagos Land Iguana	p. 115
Green Iguana	p. 116
Coast Horned Lizard	p. 117
Green Anole	p. 118
Side-Blotched Lizard	p. 119
Leopard Gecko	p. 120
Western Banded Gecko	p. 121
Giant Leaf-Tailed Gecko	p. 122
Tokay Gecko	p. 123
Ashy Gecko	p. 124
Moorish Gecko	p. 125
Web-Footed Gecko	p. 126
Day Geckos	p. 127
Barking Gecko	p. 128
Kohl's Flying Gecko	p. 129
Golden-Tailed Gecko	p. 130
Northern Leaf-Tailed Gecko	p. 131
Flap-Footed Lizards	p. 132
Granite Night Lizard	p. 133
Bushveld Lizard	p. 134
Eyed Lizard	p. 135
Viviparous Lizard	p. 136
African Desert and Sand Lizards	p. 137
Wall Lizard	p. 138
Large Sand Racer	p. 139
Six-Lined Grass Lizard	p. 140
Jungle Racer	p. 141
Desert Grassland Whiptail	p. 142
Caiman Lizard	p. 143
Tegu	p. 144
Black Girdle-Tailed Lizard	p. 145
Armadillo Lizard	p. 146
Broadley's Flat Lizard	p. 147
Cape Crag Lizard	p. 148
Giant Plated Lizard	p. 149
Monkey-Tailed Skink	p. 150
Three-Toed Skink	p. 151
Spiny-Tailed Skink	p. 152
Five-Lined Skink	p. 153
Berber Skink	p. 154
Cape Skink	p. 155
Blind Burrowing Skinks	p. 156
Fire Skink	p. 157
Sandfish	p. 158
Blue-Tongued Skink	p. 159
Stump-Tailed Skink	p. 160
Crocodile Skink	p. 161
Slow Worm	p. 162
Eastern Glass Lizard	p. 163
European Glass Lizard	p. 164
North American Legless Lizards	p. 165
Giant Galliwasps	p. 166
Southern Alligator Lizard	p. 167
Chinese Crocodile Lizard	p. 168
Gila Monster	p. 169
Mexican Beaded Lizard	p. 170
Ridge-Tailed Monitor	p. 171
Bengal or Indian Monitor	p. 172
Sand Monitor	p. 173
Komodo Dragon	p. 174
Nile Monitor	p. 175
Borneo Earless Monitor	p. 176
Worm Lizards-Order Squamata, Suborder Amphisbaenia	p. 177
Sooty Worm Lizard	p. 177
Iberian Worm Lizard	p. 178
Ajolote	p. 179
Snakes-Order Squamata, Suborder Serpentes	p. 180
Texas Thread Snake	p. 180
European Worm Snake	p. 181
Red-Tailed Pipe Snake	p. 182
American Sunbeam Snake	p. 183
Arafura File Snake	p. 184
Common Boa	p. 185
Dumeril's Boa	p. 186
Emerald Tree Boa	p. 187
Pacific Ground Boa	p. 188
Rainbow Boa	p. 189
Anaconda	p. 190
Rubber Boa	p. 191
Rosy Boa	p. 192
Children's Python	p. 193
Black-Headed Python	p. 194
Amethystine Python	p. 195
Carpet Python	p. 196
Green Tree Python	p. 197
Burmese and Indian Pythons	p. 198
Royal Python	p. 199
Reticulated Python	p. 200
Long-Nosed Vine Snake	p. 201
Asian Brown Tree Snake	p. 202
Western Shovel-Nosed Snake	p. 203
Western Whip Snake	p. 204
Common Egg-Eating Snake	p. 205
Boomslang	p. 206
American Ratsnake	p. 207
Leopard Snake	p. 208
Corn Snake	p. 209
Common King Snake	p. 210
Milksnake	p. 211
Rough Green Snake	p. 212
Ground Snake	p. 213
Tentacled Snake	p. 214
Brown House Snake	p. 215
Leaf-Nosed Vine Snake	p. 216
Grass Snake	p. 217
Southern Water Snake	p. 218
Common Garter Snake	p. 219
Asian Slug Snakes	p. 220
Ringneck Snake	p. 221
Western Hognose Snake	p. 222
Centipede-Eating Snakes	p. 223
Mambas	p. 224
American Coral Snakes	p. 225
Indian Cobra	p. 226
Cape Cobra	p. 227
King Cobra	p. 228
Taipans	p. 229
Australian Tiger Snakes	p. 230
Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait	p. 231
Sea Snakes	p. 232
Puff Adder	p. 233
Gaboon Viper	p. 234
Sahara Horned Viper	p. 235
Carpet Vipers	p. 236
Nose-Horned Viper	p. 237
Adder	p. 238
Copperhead	p. 239
Eyelash Viper	p. 240
Terciopelo	p. 241
Bushmasters	p. 242
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake	p. 243
Sidewinder	p. 244
Massasauga	p. 245
Tuatara-Order Rhynchocephalia	p. 246
Tuatara	p. 246
Crocodilians-Order Crocodylia	p. 247
Gharial	p. 247
American Alligator	p. 248
Black Caiman	p. 249
Saltwater Crocodile	p. 250
Nile Crocodile	p. 251
Glossary	p. 252
Index	p. 254
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