Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of CortésUniversity of California Press, 16 sep 2002 - 399 pagina's The Baja California peninsula is home to many forms of life found nowhere else on earth. This, combined with the peninsula's rugged and inaccessible terrain, has made the area one of the last true biological frontiers of North America. L. Lee Grismer is not only the foremost authority on the amphibians and reptiles of Baja California, but also an outstanding photographer. He has produced the most comprehensive work on the herpetofauna of the peninsula and its islands ever published. With its stunning color images, detailed accounts of many little-known species, and descriptions of the region's diverse environment, this is the definitive guide to the amphibians and reptiles of a fascinating and remote region. The culmination of Grismer's quarter century of fieldwork on the Baja peninsula and his exploration of more than one hundred of its islands in the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortés, this book gives information on the identification, distribution, natural history, and taxonomy of each species of amphibian and reptile found there. Preliminary accounts of the life history of many of the salamanders, frogs, toads, turtles, lizards, and snakes are reported here for the first time, and several species that were almost unknown to science are illustrated in full color. The book also contains new data on species distribution and on the effect of the isolated landscape of the peninsula and its islands on the evolutionary process. Much of the information gathered here is presented in biogeographical overviews that consider the extremely varied environments of Baja California in both a contemporary and a historical framework. An original and important contribution to science, this book will generate further research for years to come as it becomes a benchmark reference for both professionals and amateurs. |
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FOREWORD BY HARRY W GREENE | |
viii | |
INTRODUCTION 43 | |
SALAMANDERS 55 | |
TURTLES AND TORTOISES 87 | |
LIZARDS 107 | |
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Sand Rock Horned | |
Whiptails | |
Night Lizards | |
Legless and Alligator Lizards 241 | |
WORM LIZARDS 253 | |
Colubrid Snakes | |
Coral Snakes and Sea Snakes 315 | |
APPENDIX A INSULAR SPECIES CHECKLIST 343 | |
GLOSSARY 355 | |
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adult males adults reaching Ángeles areas Arroyo bands basking blotches Bufo Cabo San Lucas Cape Region Cataviña caudal Cnemidophorus color pattern Crotalus dark DISTRIBUTION Dorsal ground color dorsal pattern dorsal scales El Rosario enlarged escamas femoral pores flat forelimbs GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION gray Grismer gular region Gulf of California habitat hatchlings hind limbs Holotype imbricate infralabials Isla Cerralvo Isla San Isla Tiburón island juveniles keeled Magdalena Mexico NATURAL HISTORY northwestern observed occurs paravertebral Paso de San pattern classes peninsula Peninsular Ranges Petrosaurus populations posterior posteriorly Rancho region of study RELATIONSHIPS AND TAXONOMY rocks rocky Rosario San Ignacio San José San Matías San Pedro Mártir Santo Sauromalus Scaphiopus couchii Sceloporus Sierra Juárez Sierra la Laguna Sierra San Pedro snakes Sonora southern species specimens spinose spots stansburiana stripe subcaudals supralabials tail tubercles turtles Type locality Urosaurus usually ventral scales vertebral Vizcaíno Desert