Mario Lutz
Lord of the Serpents
Number of posts : 1416
Age : 56
Location : Puerto Galera, Philippines
Points : 8198
Registration date : 2008-03-06
 | Subject: Now Online Gratis  Fri 5 Sep - 12:03 | |
| AMPHIBIANS, TURTLES, AND REPTILES OF CHEYENNE BOTTOMS Second (Revised) Edition by Joseph T. Collins & Suzanne L. Collins with photographs by Suzanne L. Collins
Cheyenne Bottoms, a nearly 27,500-acre wetlands situated in a relatively dry 41,000-acre
lowland in central Kansas, sports a small but fascinating herpetofauna composed of 28
species˜one salamander, eight frogs and toads, five turtles, two lizards, and twelve
snakes. This delightful guide to the amphibians, turtles, and reptiles of the Bottoms is
spiced with humorous anecdotes and asides that provide a sometimes whimsical,
sometimes somber, view of these creatures, as well as solid information about their
natural history along with the most up-to-date taxonomy backed by scientific evidence.
The book is profusely illustrated with 36 images (33 of them in color) by co-author
Suzanne L. Collins, a noted wildlife photographer.
Sponsors of this elegant and informative little book include the:
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Manhattan, Kansas)
Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University (Hays, Kansas)
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (Pratt)
Westar Energy (Topeka)
Kansas Herpetological Society (Topeka)
Touchstone Energy (Washington, D. C.)
The Center for North American Herpetology (Lawrence, Kansas)
For greater accuracy, comprehension, and ease of use, this book uses the traditional,
standard common names for North American species maintained by Collins & Taggart
(2002. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians,
Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians. Fifth Edition), published by The Center for North
American Herpetology (available as a pdf at the CNAH web site) and updated daily online.
***** Nearly 2,000 copies of this book have been distributed gratis nationwide, and it is now available as a gratis downloadable reprint (in color) from the CNAH PDF Library at: http://www.cnah.org/cnah_pdf.asp | |
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Sven Vogler
Newbie
Number of posts : 23
Age : 54
Location : Hamburg / Germany
Points : 5844
Registration date : 2008-05-16
| | Subject: Re: Now Online Gratis Fri 5 Sep - 19:18 | |
| Thanks!
I just filled some diskspace with a bunch of interesting publications...
Did you know that a handful of organisations did put their back-issues online?
You can get e.g. the complete AMNH-publictions (Gila Monster and its Allies; description of Bothriechis rowleyi;....).
http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/
Try searching for "snake" or "herpeto" and you might be surprised.
Maybe we could start a literature-download-link-thread?
Greetings from Hamburg
Sven Vogler | |
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