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Books : A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Eastern & Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series)
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A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Eastern & Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series) by: Roger Conant, Joseph T. Collins List Price: $21.00 Childrens Bookshop Price: $14.28 You Save: $6.72 (32%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 597.9097 EAN: 9780395904527 ISBN: 0395904528 Label: Houghton Mifflin Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 640 Publication Date: May 15, 1998 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Studio: Houghton Mifflin Sales Rank: 9348 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: This newly designed field guides features detailed descriptions of 595 species and subspecies. The 656 full-color illustrations and 384 drawings show key details for accurate identification. More than 100 color photographs and 333 color photographs and 333 color distribution maps accompany the species descriptions. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Excellent for identification of reptiles and amphibiansI live in North Carolina and I have been able to identify all the snakes, lizards, turtles, and frogs that I have found using this book. Good descriptions and photos to help you tell the difference between different species. Rating:  - Clear plates with good, yet badly printed pictures, and too little information on the species' biologyThis book features clear plates with apparently well painted views of probably all the species of amphibians and reptiles occuring in Canada and the USA east of the Rocky Mountains, apparently also including those of Puerto Rico and introduced ones. Unfortunately, the plates of the third edition from 1998 are printed badly, with the colour dots not completely blurring in front of the reader's eye, and the pictures are a little tiny anyway. On the page opposing the plates are the common and scientific ... Read More: Rating: - Excellent gift for a friendThank you for your timely shipping of this brand new book. I ordered it for a friend who is looking forward to getting it soon. Rating: - Great guideI have had this book for several years and absolutly love it. Not only is it nicely informative, it holds up well in the feild. I can not begin to count the number of times I have slipped (I generally keep it tucked in my waist band) in creeks on outings. After years of abuse, my cover is a worn, spine wrinkled and paged stained, but it's still solidly bound. Rating: - Excellent reference!The book is great. Wonderful range maps, nice pictures, generally good ID characters. Could use some more info on larval amphibian identification though. |
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