This volume details the 182 species and subspecies of snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and salamanders present in the state of Alabama. Containing photographs and range maps for each species, the book also shows the specific locality from which each specimen on record was collected.
This volume details the 182 species and subspecies of snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and salamanders present in the state of Alabama. Containing phot...
For nearly 200 million years, Earth has been occupied by reptiles--a lineage of terrestrial vertebrates that includes some, like birds, that have invaded the aerial environment, and others, like turtles, that have invaded aquatic environments. With thirty-nine known species, Alabama harbors more turtle species than any other state in the nation, and its Mobile River basin is the center of the world's greatest biodiversity in turtles, surpassing all other river systems around the globe, including the Amazon and the Nile. Turtles of Alabama documents that extraordinary wealth and...
For nearly 200 million years, Earth has been occupied by reptiles--a lineage of terrestrial vertebrates that includes some, like birds, that have inva...
