Reptiles and Amphibians

Name: Reptiles and Amphibians
Brand: Britannica Educational Publishing
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Britannica Educational Publishing(Autor*in)

John P. Rafferty(Herausgeber*in)

Britannica Educational Publishing

1. Auflage

Erschienen am 1. Januar 2011

297 Seiten

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BOOK COVER
TITLE
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 REPTILES
GENERAL FEATURES OF REPTILES
IMPORTANCE
SIZE RANGE
DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY
NORTH TEMPERATE ZONE
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
AFRICA
HOW CROCODILES DIFFER FROM OTHER REPTILES
CHAPTER 2 LIZARDS
GENERAL FEATURES OF LIZARDS
NATURAL HISTORY OF LIZARDS
LIFE CYCLE AND LIFE HISTORY
ECOLOGY
BEHAVIOUR
FORM AND FUNCTION
SKULL AND JAWS
DENTITION
LOCOMOTION AND LIMB ADAPTATIONS
SCALES AND COLOUR CHANGE
LIZARD EVOLUTION AND CLASSIFICATION
CHAPTER 3 TYPES OF LIZARDS
FAMILIAR LIZARDS
CHAMELEONS
GECKOS
IGUANAS
MONITORS
SKINKS
UNUSUAL LIZARDS
DRACO LIZARDS
FLORIDA WORM LIZARDS
FRILLED LIZARDS
ANOLES
GILA MONSTERS
GLASS LIZARDS
CHAPTER 4 SNAKES
SNAKES AND HUMANS
NATURAL HISTORY OF SNAKES
DORMANT PERIODS
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS
REPRODUCTION
EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
MOLT
LOCOMOTION
FORM AND FUNCTION
VERTEBRAE
THE SKIN
COLORATION
SKULL AND SENSE ORGANS
UROGENITAL SYSTEM
SPECIALIZATIONS FOR SECURING FOOD
EVOLUTION
CHAPTER 5 TYPES OF SNAKES
POISONOUS SNAKES
ADDERS
BOOMSLANGS
BUSHMASTERS
CAT SNAKES
COBRAS
COLUBRIDS
COPPERHEADS
CORAL SNAKES
MANGROVE SNAKES
MOCCASINS
RATTLESNAKES
SEA SNAKES
SIDEWINDERS
NONVENOMOUS SNAKES
BLIND SNAKES
EGG-EATING SNAKES
FLYING SNAKES
GARTER SNAKES
HOGNOSE SNAKES
RACERS
SHIELDTAIL SNAKES
CONSTRICTOR SNAKES
ANACONDAS
BOAS
BULL SNAKES
PYTHONS
RAT SNAKES
CHAPTER 6 TURTLES AND TUATARAS
TURTLES
FORM AND FUNCTION
NATURAL HISTORY OF TURTLES
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION
TUATARAS
NATURAL HISTORY OF TUATARAS
FORM AND FUNCTION
EVOLUTION AND CLASSIFICATION
CHAPTER 7 TYPES OF TURTLES
BLANDING'S TURTLE
BOXTURTLES
CHICKEN TURTLES
CLEMMYS
MUD TURTLES
MUSK TURTLES
PAINTED TURTLES
PITTED SHELL TURTLES
POND TURTLES
SEA TURTLES
SIDE -NECKED TURTLES
SNAKE-NECKED TURTLES
SNAPPING TURTLES
SOFTSHELL TURTLES
TERRAPINS
TORTOISES
WOOD TURTLES
CHAPTER 8 AMPHIBIANS
GENERAL FEATURES OF AMPHIBIANS
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
CHAPTER 9 FROGS AND TOADS
SIZE RANGE AND DIVERSITY OF STRUCTURE
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE
BREEDING BEHAVIOUR AND REPRODUCTION
EGG LAYING AND HATCHING
FROM TADPOLE TO ADULT
EGG LAYING ON LAND
DIRECT DEVELOPMENT FROM EGG TO FROGLET
FEEDING HABITS
FORM AND FUNCTION
SKIN TOXINS
COLORATION
STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS
CHAPTER 10 TYPES OF ANURANS
FAMILIAR SPECIES
BULLFROGS
CHORUS FROGS
COMMON FROGS
CRICKET FROGS
FIRE-BELLIED TOADS
GREEN FROGS
MARSH FROGS
WOOD FROGS
UNUSUAL SPECIES
GLASS FROGS
LEOPARD FROGS
MIDWIFE TOADS
SPADEFOOT TOADS
SPRING PEEPERS
SURINAM TOADS
TAILED FROGS
TUNGARA FROGS
POISONOUS SPECIES
NARROW-MOUTHED TOADS
PANAMANIAN GOLDEN TOADS
PICKEREL FROGS
POISON FROGS
CHAPTER 11 NEWTS, SALAMANDERS, AND CAECILIANS
CAUDATA
SIZE RANGE AND DIVERSITY OF STRUCTURE
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE
NATURAL HISTORY OF CAUDATANS
FORM AND FUNCTION
EVOLUTION
GYMNOPHIONANS
SIZE AND RANGE
DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE
NATURAL HISTORY OF CAECILIANS
FORM AND FUNCTION
CONCLUSION
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
REPTILES
LIZARDS
SNAKES
TURTLES AND TUATARAS
AMPHIBIANS
ANURANS
CAUDATANS
GYMNOPHIONANS
INDEX
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