The amphibians and reptiles of Michigan : a Quaternary and recent faunal adventure

Holman, J. Alan 1931-2006 (Author).

Summary: Color photographs of major herpetological habitats in Michigan are provided and color photographs of all modern species are included. Black-and-white illustrations depict both modern and ancient speicies. Herpetologists, paleontologists, zoologists, ecologists, and general biologists, as well as anyone who loves salamanders, frogs, turtles, and snakes will appreciate the comprehensive research presented in The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michigan."--pub. desc.

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ISBN: 0814337139 (e-book)
ISBN: 9780814337134 (e-book)
ISBN: 0814332390 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780814332399 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xix, 291 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.
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Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c2012.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1. Michigan as a herpetological habitat. pt. 2. Species accounts. Class amphibia : Order caudata (salamanders): Family ambystomatidae: Blue-spotted salamander ; Blue-spotted/Jefferson salamander complex ; Spotted salamander ; Marbled salamander ; Small-mouthed salamander ; Eastern tiger salamander -- Family plethodontidae: Four-toed salamander ; Eastern red-backed salamander -- Family proteidae: Common mudpuppy -- Family salamandridae: Eastern newt -- Family sirenidae: Western lesser siren -- Order anura (frogs and toads) -- Toads: Family bufonidae: Eastern American toad ; Fowler's toad -- Frogs: Family hylidae: Blanchard's cricket frog ; Cope's gray treefrog ; Gray treefrog ; Northern spring peeper ; Boreal chorus frog ; Western chorus frog -- Family ranidae: American bullfrog ; Northern green frog ; Pickerel frog ; Northern leopard frog ; Mink frog ; Wood frog -- Class reptilia : Order testudines (turtles): Family chelydridae: Eastern snapping turtle -- Family emydidae: Painted turtle ; Spotted turtle ; Blanding's turtle ; Wood turtle ; Northern map turtle ; Eastern box turtle ; Red-eared slider -- Family kinosternidae: Eastern musk turtle -- Family trionychidae: Eastern spiny softshell -- Order Squamata -- Lizards: Family scincidae: Five-lined skink -- Family teiidae: Six-lined racerunner -- Snakes: Family colubridae: Kirtland's snake ; Blue racer ; Northern ring-necked snake ; Eastern hog-nosed snake ; Eastern milksnake ; Copper-bellied watersnake ; Common watersnake ; Smooth greensnake ; Central ratsnake ; Eastern foxsnake ; Western foxsnake ; Queen snake ; DeKay's brownsnake ; Northern red-bellied snake ; Butler's gartersnake ; Northern ribbonsnake ; Eastern gartersnake -- Family viperidae: Eastern massasauga -- pt. 3. Quaternary remains of Michigan amphibians and reptiles. Michigan's pleistocene herpetofauna : Anurans: Family bufonidae: American toad -- Family ranidae: Green frog -- Turtles: Family emydidae: Painted turtle -- Family trionychidae: Spiny softshell turtle -- Michigan's holocene herpetofauna : Anurans: Family bufonidae: American toad -- Family hylidae: Spring peeper -- Reptiles: Family chelydridae: Eastern snapping turtle -- Family emydidae: Painted turtle ; Spotted turtle ; Blanding's turtle ; Specifically undetermined map turtle -- Family kinosternidae: Eastern musk turtle -- Family trionychidae: Spiny softshell -- Herpetofauna of Michigan archaeological sites : Anurans: Family bufonidae: American toad ; Toad -- Family ranidae: American bullfrog ; True frog -- Reptiles: Family chelydridae: Snapping turtle -- Family emydidae: Painted turtle ; Spotted turtle ; Blanding's turtle ; Wood turtle ; Northern map turtle ; Eastern box turtle ; Pond slider -- Family kinosternidae: Eastern musk turtle -- Family trionychidae: Spiny softshell -- Family colubridae: North American watersnakes ; Eastern foxsnake ; North American gartersnakes -- The Pleistocene.