Texas Lizards : A Field Guide.
Hibbitts, Troy D.
Texas Lizards : A Field Guide. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (352 pages) - Texas Natural History Guides . - Texas Natural History Guides .
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What Is a Lizard? -- Natural History -- Activity and Seasonality -- Reproduction -- Behavior -- Conservation -- Texas Biogeography and Landforms -- Habitat Loss -- Pollution -- Climate Change -- Introduced Species -- Observing and Collecting Lizards -- Observing Lizards -- Photographing Lizards -- Collecting Lizards -- Legal Aspects of Collecting Lizards -- Permits and Collecting Lizards in Texas -- Threatened, Endangered, or Protected Nongame Species -- Maintenance of Lizards -- Maintaining Lizards in Captivity -- Creating Lizard Habitat -- Handling Lizards -- Museum and Preserved Lizard Specimens -- Scientific and Common Names -- Dichotomous Key to Texas Lizards -- Dichotomous Keys -- Key to Texas Lizards -- Systematic Accounts -- Order Squamata, Suborder Iguania -- Family Crotaphytidae -- Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) -- Reticulate Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus reticulatus) -- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia wislizenii) -- Family Iguanidae -- Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) -- Family Phrynosomatidae -- Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus) -- Spot-tailed Earless Lizard (Holbrookia lacerata) -- Lesser Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata) -- Keeled Earless Lizard (Holbrookia propinqua) -- Texas Horned LizardPhrynosoma cornutum -- Greater Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) -- Round-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) -- Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana) -- Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) -- Rose-bellied Lizard (Sceloporus variabilis) -- Canyon Lizard (Sceloporus merriami) -- Mesquite Lizard (Sceloporus grammicus) -- Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) -- Eastern Fence Lizard complex (Sceloporus undulatus complex) -- Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus). Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister) -- Blue Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) -- Crevice Spiny LizardSceloporus poinsetti -- Family Polychrotidae -- Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) -- Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) -- Order Squamata, Suborder Scleroglossa -- Infraorder Gekkota -- Family Eublepharidae -- Texas Banded Gecko (Coleonyx brevis) -- Reticulated Gecko (Coleonyx reticulatus) -- Family Gekkonidae -- Rough-tailed Gecko (Cyrtopodion scabrum) -- Common House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) -- Indo-Pacifi c House Gecko (Hemidactylus garnoti) -- Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) -- Infraorder Scincomorpha -- Family Scincidae -- Coal Skink (Plestiodon anthracinus) -- Prairie Skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) -- Four-lined Skink (Plestiodon tetragrammus) -- Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) -- Broad-headed Skink (Plestiodon laticeps) -- Many-lined Skink (Plestiodon multivirgatus) -- Great Plains Skink (Plestiodon obsoletus) -- Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) -- Family Teiidae -- Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis) -- Rusty-rumped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis septemvittata) -- Little Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis inornata) -- Marbled Whiptail (Aspidoscelis marmorata) -- Six-lined Racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineata) -- Gray Checkered Whiptail (Aspidoscelis dixoni) -- Common Checkered Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselata) -- Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis) -- New Mexico Whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicana) -- Desert Grassland Whiptail (Aspidoscelis uniparens) -- Laredo Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis laredoensis) -- Infraorder Diploglossa -- Family Anguidae -- Texas Alligator Lizard (Gerrhonotus infernalis) -- Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus) -- Appendix A: Species with Texas Records of Questionable Origin -- Appendix B: Nonestablished Exotic Species -- Appendix C: Lizard Informational Resources. Appendix D: Map of Texas Counties -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of Common Names -- Index of Scientific Names.
No detailed description available for "Texas Lizards".
9780292771963
Lizards-Texas-Identification.
Electronic books.
QL653
597.9509764
Texas Lizards : A Field Guide. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (352 pages) - Texas Natural History Guides . - Texas Natural History Guides .
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What Is a Lizard? -- Natural History -- Activity and Seasonality -- Reproduction -- Behavior -- Conservation -- Texas Biogeography and Landforms -- Habitat Loss -- Pollution -- Climate Change -- Introduced Species -- Observing and Collecting Lizards -- Observing Lizards -- Photographing Lizards -- Collecting Lizards -- Legal Aspects of Collecting Lizards -- Permits and Collecting Lizards in Texas -- Threatened, Endangered, or Protected Nongame Species -- Maintenance of Lizards -- Maintaining Lizards in Captivity -- Creating Lizard Habitat -- Handling Lizards -- Museum and Preserved Lizard Specimens -- Scientific and Common Names -- Dichotomous Key to Texas Lizards -- Dichotomous Keys -- Key to Texas Lizards -- Systematic Accounts -- Order Squamata, Suborder Iguania -- Family Crotaphytidae -- Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) -- Reticulate Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus reticulatus) -- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia wislizenii) -- Family Iguanidae -- Mexican Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) -- Family Phrynosomatidae -- Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus) -- Spot-tailed Earless Lizard (Holbrookia lacerata) -- Lesser Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata) -- Keeled Earless Lizard (Holbrookia propinqua) -- Texas Horned LizardPhrynosoma cornutum -- Greater Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) -- Round-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) -- Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana) -- Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) -- Rose-bellied Lizard (Sceloporus variabilis) -- Canyon Lizard (Sceloporus merriami) -- Mesquite Lizard (Sceloporus grammicus) -- Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) -- Eastern Fence Lizard complex (Sceloporus undulatus complex) -- Texas Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus). Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister) -- Blue Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) -- Crevice Spiny LizardSceloporus poinsetti -- Family Polychrotidae -- Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) -- Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) -- Order Squamata, Suborder Scleroglossa -- Infraorder Gekkota -- Family Eublepharidae -- Texas Banded Gecko (Coleonyx brevis) -- Reticulated Gecko (Coleonyx reticulatus) -- Family Gekkonidae -- Rough-tailed Gecko (Cyrtopodion scabrum) -- Common House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) -- Indo-Pacifi c House Gecko (Hemidactylus garnoti) -- Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) -- Infraorder Scincomorpha -- Family Scincidae -- Coal Skink (Plestiodon anthracinus) -- Prairie Skink (Plestiodon septentrionalis) -- Four-lined Skink (Plestiodon tetragrammus) -- Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) -- Broad-headed Skink (Plestiodon laticeps) -- Many-lined Skink (Plestiodon multivirgatus) -- Great Plains Skink (Plestiodon obsoletus) -- Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) -- Family Teiidae -- Texas Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis) -- Rusty-rumped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis septemvittata) -- Little Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis inornata) -- Marbled Whiptail (Aspidoscelis marmorata) -- Six-lined Racerunner (Aspidoscelis sexlineata) -- Gray Checkered Whiptail (Aspidoscelis dixoni) -- Common Checkered Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tesselata) -- Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis) -- New Mexico Whiptail (Aspidoscelis neomexicana) -- Desert Grassland Whiptail (Aspidoscelis uniparens) -- Laredo Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis laredoensis) -- Infraorder Diploglossa -- Family Anguidae -- Texas Alligator Lizard (Gerrhonotus infernalis) -- Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus) -- Appendix A: Species with Texas Records of Questionable Origin -- Appendix B: Nonestablished Exotic Species -- Appendix C: Lizard Informational Resources. Appendix D: Map of Texas Counties -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of Common Names -- Index of Scientific Names.
No detailed description available for "Texas Lizards".
9780292771963
Lizards-Texas-Identification.
Electronic books.
QL653
597.9509764