Tiefpreis
CHF52.40
Auslieferung erfolgt in der Regel innert 3 Wochen.
Kein Rückgaberecht!
Informationen zum Autor John J. Moriarty is senior wildlife manager for Three Rivers Park District, a regional park system; coauthor of Amphibians and Reptiles Native to Minnesota (Minnesota, 1994); and author of Turtles and Turtle Watching for the North Central States. He started the Minnesota Frog and Toad Survey. Carol D. Hall has worked for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources since 1991 coordinating statewide amphibian and reptile surveys for the Minnesota Biological Survey. Carrol L. Henderson has been Nongame Wildlife Program supervisor since 1977 at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.? Klappentext Snakes on the patio, salamanders in the basement, frogs crossing the road, and turtles nesting on the shore in the land of 10,000 lakes: from the enchanted child to the curious adult, from the amateur naturalist to the dedicated conservationist, living with wildlife in Minnesota means finding amphibians and reptiles in prairies and forests and your own backyard. Amateur and professional alike will find this book a comprehensive source and a user-friendly guide, invaluable for discovering, identifying, and learning about any of the state's fifty-three amphibian and reptile species from the common American Toad to the little seen Western Ratsnake. This handbook takes readers through the steps for studying these species in the field. Including current information about designations of species in need of conservation, this reference covers the latest research and work on environmental threats and amphibian and reptile protection, such as the deformed frog phenomenon, turtle legislation, climate change, and habitat restoration. With more than 200 photographs, written descriptions, county-based maps, habitat and distribution data, life histories, and circular keys to adult and larval specimens, the book brings readers up-to-date on Minnesota's new species and changes to scientific names. Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota is the most complete and authoritative guide of its kind. Information in this book was partly funded by proceeds of the Minnesota Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsMinnesota County MapForeword Carrol L. HendersonPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChecklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles in MinnesotaClass AmphibiaFamily BufonidaeTrue ToadsAmerican Toad, Anaxyrus americanusGreat Plains Toad, Anaxyrus cognatusCanadian Toad, Anaxyrus hemiophrysFamily HylidaeTreefrogsBlanchard's Cricket Frog, Acris blanchardiCope's Gray Treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelisGray Treefrog, Hyla versicolorSpring Peeper, Pseudacris cruciferBoreal Chorus Frog, Pseudacris maculataFamily RanidaeTrue FrogsAmerican Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianusGreen Frog, Lithobates clamitansPickerel Frog, Lithobates palustrisNorthern Leopard Frog, Lithobates pipiensMink Frog, Lithobates septentrionalisWood Frog, Lithobates sylvaticusFamily AmbystomatidaeMole SalamandersBlue-Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma lateraleSpotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatumWestern Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma mavortiumEastern Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma tigrinumFamily PlethodontidaeLungless SalamandersFour-Toed Salamander, Hemidactylium scutatumEastern Red-Backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereusFamily ProteidaeWaterdogs and MudpuppiesMudpuppy, Necturus maculosusFamily SalamandridaeNewtsEastern Newt, Notophthalmus viridescensClass ReptiliaFamily ScincidaeSkinksCommon Five-Lined Skink, Plestiodon fasciatusPrairie Skink, Plestiodon septentrionalisFamily TeiidaeRacerunners and WhiptailsSix-Lined Racerunner, Aspidoscelis sexlineatusFamily ColubridaeColubrid SnakesNorth American Racer, Coluber constrictorRing-Necked Snake, Diadophis punctatusPlains Hog-Nosed Snake, Heterodon nasicusEastern Hog-Nosed Snake, Heterodon platirhinosMilksnake, Lampropeltis triangulumCommon Water...
Klappentext
Snakes on the patio, salamanders in the basement, frogs crossing the road, and turtles nesting on the shore in the land of 10,000 lakes: from the enchanted child to the curious adult, from the amateur naturalist to the dedicated conservationist, living with wildlife in Minnesota means finding amphibians and reptiles in prairies and forests and your own backyard.
Amateur and professional alike will find this book a comprehensive source and a user-friendly guide, invaluable for discovering, identifying, and learning about any of the state’s fifty-three amphibian and reptile species from the common American Toad to the little seen Western Ratsnake. This handbook takes readers through the steps for studying these species in the field.
Including current information about designations of species in need of conservation, this reference covers the latest research and work on environmental threats and amphibian and reptile protection, such as the deformed frog phenomenon, turtle legislation, climate change, and habitat restoration. With more than 200 photographs, written descriptions, county-based maps, habitat and distribution data, life histories, and circular keys to adult and larval specimens, the book brings readers up-to-date on Minnesota’s new species and changes to scientific names. Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota is the most complete and authoritative guide of its kind.
Information in this book was partly funded by proceeds of the Minnesota Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources.
Inhalt
Contents
Minnesota County MapForeword Carrol L. HendersonPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChecklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles in Minnesota
Class AmphibiaFamily Bufonidae—True ToadsAmerican Toad, *Anaxyrus americanusGreat Plains Toad, *Anaxyrus cognatusCanadian Toad, *Anaxyrus hemiophrys
*Family Hylidae—TreefrogsBlanchard’s Cricket Frog, Acris blanchardiCope’s Gray Treefrog, *Hyla chrysoscelisGray Treefrog, *Hyla versicolorSpring Peeper, *Pseudacris crucifer***Boreal Chorus Frog, *Pseudacris maculata
*Family Ranidae—True FrogsAmerican Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianusGreen Frog, *Lithobates clamitansPickerel Frog, *Lithobates palustrisNorthern Leopard Frog, *Lithobates pipiensMink Frog, *Lithobates septentrionalisWood Frog, *Lithobates sylvaticus
*Family Ambystomatidae—Mole SalamandersBlue-Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma lateraleSpotted Salamander, *Ambystoma maculatumWestern Tiger Salamander, *Ambystoma mavortiumEastern Tiger Salamander, *Ambystoma tigrinum
*Family Plethodontidae—Lungless SalamandersFour-Toed Salamander, Hemidactylium scutatumEastern Red-Backed Salamander, *Plethodon cinereus
*Family Proteidae—Waterdogs and Mudpuppies**Mudpuppy, *Necturus maculosus
*Family Salamandridae—Newts**Eastern Newt, *Notophthalmus viridescens
*Class ReptiliaFamily Scincidae—SkinksCommon Five-Lined Skink, *Plestiodon fasciatus***Prairie Skink, *Plestiodon septentrionalis
*Family Teiidae—Racerunners and Whiptails**Six-Lined Racerunner, *Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
*Family Colubridae—Colubrid SnakesNorth American Racer, Coluber constrictorRing-Necked Snake, *Diadophis punctatusPlains Hog-Nosed Snake, *Heterodon nasicusEastern Hog-Nosed Snake, *Heterodon platirhinosMilksnake, *Lampropeltis triangulumCommon Watersnake, *Nerodia sipedonSmooth Greensnake, *Opheodrys vernalisWestern Ratsnake, *Pantherophis obsoletusWestern Foxsnake, *Pantherophis ramspottiGophersnake, *Pituophis cateniferDekay’s Brownsnake, *Storeria dekayiRed-Bellied Snake, *Storeria occipitomaculataPlains Gartersnake, *Thamnophis radixCommon Gartersnake, *Thamnophis sirtalis***Lined Snake, *Tropidoclonion lineatum
*Family Viperidae—Pit Vipers**Timber Rattlesnake, *Crotalus horr…