Foreword. Rick Shine, in Herpetology (Fourth Edition), 2014. The evolutionary conservatism of major characteristics such as metabolic rates, reproductive modes, feeding structures, and the like, in turn have imposed evolutionary pressures on myriad other features—and the end result is that the diversity of life is packaged into a meaningful set of categories.

The fourth edition of the textbook Herpetology covers the basic biology of amphibians and reptiles, with updates in nearly every conceptual area. Not only does it serve as a solid foundation for modern herpetology courses, but it is also relevant to courses in ecology, behavior, evolution, systematics, and morphology.

This third edition, now fully revised and updated by two of Dr. Zug's colleagues, provides herpetology students and amateur reptile and amphibian keepers with the latest taxonomy and species developments from around the world. Herpetology is a rapidly evolving field, which has contributed to new discoveries in many conceptual areas of biology.

Herpetology has always been one of the most exciting disciplines of zoology. During the past few years the field has continued to grow, yet it has been plagued by scarcity of comprehensive, up-to-date textbooks containing the most important developments. This timely book fills that void.

Herpetology studies during the last two decades Our appreciation of the diversity and distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the Philippines has increased during the last 20 years, with the continued efforts towards conducting targeted faunal inventories and resurveys, supplemented by short distribution notes reporting single species ...

2024年12月1日 · The study of the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Mexico, focusing on specific regions of the country, dates back to Cope's (1896) publication on the geographical distribution of amphibians and reptiles in North America, where he divided central and northern Mexico into the subprovinces of Sonoran, Austroriparian, and Toltecan.

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1999年1月1日 · West Indian Herpetoecology Robert W. Henderson I and Robert Powell z I Section of Vertebrate Zoology, Milwaukee Public 31tt~emn, 800 W. Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wiscomin 53233-1478 2 Department of Natural Sciences, Avila College, 11901 Wornall Roaa~ Kattva~ City, Missouri 64145 The islands, especially the shores, are teeming with lizards of …

1998年7月1日 · herpetology Nutrition of Pet Amphibians and Reptiles Susan Donoghue, VMD, MS, DA CVN Amphibians and reptiles are a diverse group with strin- gent demands for suitable management. All are ectother- mic and heterothermic.

Sea Turtles: Field Research and Conservation is the ideal resource for field biologist and marine conservationists, specifically those working in marine herpetology and with sea turtle species. Policymakers concerned with marine conservation, wildlife protection, and sustainable development, will also find this a useful reference for efforts ...