Texas Amphibians : A Field Guide.

Intro -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- Seasonality -- Habitat -- Reproduction -- Loss and Regeneration of Body Parts -- Glands, Toxins, and Chemical Defenses -- CONSERVATION -- Habitat Destruction -- Pollution -- Introduced Species -- Collecting and Trade of Animals as a Cause of Decline -- Chytridiomycosis -- OBSERVING AND COLLECTING AMPHIBIANS -- Observing Amphibians -- Photographing Amphibians -- Collecting Amphibians -- Legal Aspects of Collecting Amphibians -- Permits and Collecting Amphibians in Texas -- Threatened, Endangered, or Protected Nongame Species -- MAINTENANCE OF AMPHIBIANS -- Maintaining Amphibians in Captivity -- Creating a Natural Setting -- Handling Amphibians -- MUSEUM AND PRESERVED AMPHIBIAN SPECIMENS -- SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES -- KEYS -- KEY TO THE SALAMANDERS OF TEXAS -- KEY TO THE FROGS OF TEXAS -- GENERIC KEY TO AMPHIBIAN LARVAE -- SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNTS -- ORDER CAUDATA: SALAMANDERS -- FAMILY AMBYSTOMATIDAE: MOLE SALAMANDERS -- Spotted Salamander -- Barred Tiger Salamander -- Marbled Salamander -- Mole Salamander -- Small-mouthed Salamander -- Eastern Tiger Salamander -- FAMILY AMPHIUMIDAE: AMPHIUMAS -- Three-toed Amphiuma -- FAMILY PLETHODONTIDAE: LUNGLESS SALAMANDERS -- Salado Salamander -- Cascade Caverns Salamander -- San Marcos Salamander -- Georgetown Salamander -- Texas Salamander -- Fern Bank Salamander -- Dwarf Salamander -- Texas Blind Salamander -- Blanco Blind Salamander -- Barton Springs Salamander -- Jollyville Plateau Salamander -- Comal Blind Salamander -- Valdina Farms Salamander -- Austin Blind Salamander -- Comal Springs Salamander -- Pedernales River Springs Salamander -- Southern Dusky Salamander -- Western Slimy Salamander -- FAMILY PROTEIDAE: WATERDOGS, OR MUDPUPPIES -- Gulf Coast Waterdog -- FAMILY SALAMANDRIDAE: NEWTS -- Black-spotted Newt -- Eastern Newt.

FAMILY SIRENIDAE: SIRENS -- Lesser Siren -- Rio Grande Siren -- ORDER ANURA: FROGS -- FAMILY BUFONIDAE: TRUE TOADS -- American Toad -- Great Plains Toad -- Green Toad -- Fowler's Toad -- Houston Toad -- Red-spotted Toad -- Texas Toad -- Woodhouse's Toad -- Gulf Coast Toad -- Cane Toad -- FAMILY HYLIDAE: TREE FROGS -- Northern Cricket Frog -- Canyon Treefrog -- Cope's Gray Treefrog -- Green Treefrog -- Squirrel Treefrog -- Gray Treefrog -- Spotted Chorus Frog -- Spring Peeper -- Upland Chorus Frog -- Strecker's Chorus Frog -- Mexican Treefrog -- FAMILY CRAUGASTORIDAE: NORTHERN RAIN FROGS -- Barking Frog -- FAMILY ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE: ROBBER FROGS -- Rio Grande Chirping Frog -- Spotted Chirping Frog -- Cliff Chirping Frog -- FAMILY LEPTODACTYLIDAE: NEOTROPICAL GRASS FROGS -- Mexican White-lipped Frog -- FAMILY MICROHYLIDAE: NARROW-MOUTHED TOADS -- Eastern Narrow-mouthedToad -- Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad -- Sheep Frog -- FAMILY SCAPHIOPODIDAE: SPADEFOOTS -- Couch's Spadefoot -- Hurter's Spadefoot -- Plains Spadefoot -- Mexican Spadefoot -- FAMILY RANIDAE: TRUE FROGS -- Crawfish Frog -- Rio Grande Leopard Frog -- Plains Leopard Frog -- American Bullfrog -- Green Frog -- Pig Frog -- Pickerel Frog -- Southern Leopard Frog -- FAMILY RHINOPHRYNIDAE: BURROWING TOADS -- Mexican Burrowing Toad -- APPENDIX A. Possible Additional Species for Texas -- APPENDIX B. Learning More about Amphibians: Resources -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF COMMON NAMES -- INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES.

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