Lizards and Snakes of Alabama
Lizards and Snakes of Alabama is the most comprehensive taxonomy gathered since Robert H. Mount's seminal 1975 volume on the reptiles and amphibians of Alabama. This richly illustrated guide provides an up-to-date summary of the taxonomy and life history of lizards and snakes native to, or intr...
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Gosse nature guides.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Squamate Fauna Of Alabama; Indigenous Species; Introduced Species; Taxonomic Changes And Problems; Climate Of Alabama; Alabama Geography; River Basins; Important Geographic Units; The Coastal Plain; Lower Coastal Plain; Red Hills; Black Belt; Fall Line Hills; Upland Regions; Piedmont; Talladega Upland; Ridge And Valley; Appalachian Plateaus; Tennessee Valley; Highland Rim; Species Accounts; Keys; Names; Photographs; Descriptions; Alabama Distribution; Habits; Conservation And Management; Taxonomy; Lizards And Snakes-Squamata
- Key To The Major Lineages Of Squamata Of AlabamaIguanas, Anoles, And Their Relatives; Group Iguania; Key To Families Of Iguania Of Alabama; Family Dactyloidae; Key To The Genera Of Dactyloidae Of Alabama; Beta Anoles: Genus Norops; Cuban Brown Anole: Norops Sagrei Sagrei; Anoles: Genus Anolis; Northern Green Anole: Anolis Carolinensis Carolinensis; Horned And Spiny Lizards; Family Phrynosomatidae; Key To The Genera Of Phrynosomatidae Of Alabama; Horned Lizards: Genus Phrynosoma; Texas Horned Lizard: Phrynosoma Cornutum; Spiny Lizards: Genus Sceloporus
- Eastern Fence Lizard: Sceloporus UndulatusGeckos And Their Relatives; Group Gekkota; Family Gekkonidae; House Geckos: Genus Hemidactylus; Turkish House Gecko: Hemidactylus Turcicus Turcicus; Skinks, Whiptails, And Their Relatives; Group Scincomorpha; Key To The Families Of Scincomorphs Of Alabama; Family Scincidae; Key To The Genera Of Scincidae Of Alabama; Ground Skinks: Genus Scincella; Ground Skink: Scincella Lateralis; Toothy Skinks: Genus Plestiodon; Key To The Species Of Plestiodon Of Alabama; Coal Skink: Plestiodon Anthracinus; Key To The Subspecies Of Plestiodon Anthracinus Of Alabama
- Northern Coal Skink: Plestiodon Anthracinus AnthracinusSouthern Coal Skink: Plestiodon Anthracinus Pluvialis; Northern Mole Skink: Plestiodon Egregius Similis; Southeastern Five-Lined Skink: Plestiodon Inexpectatus; Broad-Headed Skink: Plestiodon Laticeps; Five-Lined Skink: Plestiodon Fasciatus; Family Teiidae; Whiptails: Genus Aspidoscelis; Eastern Six-Lined Racerunner: Aspidoscelis Sexlineata; Glass Lizards And Their Relatives; Group Anguimorpha; Family Anguidae; Glass Lizards Genus Ophisaurus; Key To The Species Of Ophisaurus Of Alabama; Mimic Glass Lizard Ophisaurus Mimicus
- Eastern Glass Lizard Ophisaurus VentralisEastern Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus Attenuatus Longicaudus; Snakes; Group Serpentes; Key To The Families Of Snakes Of Alabama; Family Colubridae; Subfamily Colubrinae; Key To The Genera Of Colubrinae Of Alabama; Black-Headed, Crowned, And Flat-Headed Snakes: Genus Tantilla; Southeastern Crowned Snake: Tantilla Coronata; Bullsnakes, Pinesnakes, And Gophersnakes: Genus Pituophis; Eastern Pinesnake: Pituophis Melanoleucus; Key To The Subspecies Of Pituophis Melanoleucus Of Alabama; Black Pinesnake: Pituophis Melanoleucus Lodingi