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Lizards of the American Southwest: A Photographic Field Guide
enlarge	Creators: Lawrence Jones, Rob Lovich Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers Category: Book List Price: ~~$24.95~~ Buy New: $15.65 as of 7/31/2010 03:02 MDT details You Save: $9.30 (37%) New (14) Used (6) from $15.65 Seller: ---superbookdeals Rating: 6 reviews Sales Rank: 93265 Media: Paperback Pages: 568 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7 Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.9 ISBN: 1933855355 Dewey Decimal Number: 597.950979 EAN: 9781933855356 ASIN: 1933855355 Publication Date: September 8, 2009 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description Lizards of the American Southwest covers all 96 species found in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Texas west of the Pecos River. Learn where to find lizards and how to identify them. Includes detailed information on habitat, natural history, taxonomy, viewing tips, plus hundreds of photos, illustrations, and maps.

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next » A huge lizard book that is worth every penny February 24, 2010 Ryan Winkleman (CA) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful This book is essential for anybody who is interested in southwestern lizard species. The authors, all 77 of them, have created a field guide that is rich with details about each animal it covers, and it covers a lot. If you are familiar with Lawrence Jones' previous publications, such as Amphibians of the Pacific Northwest, then you will recognize the format of this book and its species accounts. Rather than have pictures, species accounts, and range maps all in separate sections, like Stebbins does in A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians (Peterson Field Guide), this book lays them all out together for each species. Therefore, for each species you look at, you'll get the range map, assorted information (characteristics, habitat, natural history, distribution, variation/subspecies, etc.), and typically 4-5 beautiful photographs of the animal and/or its habitat. Both formats have their pros and cons, and I find both serve their purposes depending on your specific needs when you open the book. It is something to be aware of, however, if you have a preference one way or the other. Organization is by Family, so it's easiest if you have a little bit of knowledge of taxonomy first. If not, there's a handy quick guide in the back of the book that shows you representative pictures and tells you what page to turn to to find lizards that resemble that. Also included in the book is a checklist for the Southwest, with every species clearly shown with what states it is known to occur in. The book also contains a glossary in the back. One "bad" thing is that the Latin names of the animals are whatever has been most recently assigned, which means that they're not necessarily fully recognized by the community yet. It is something to keep in mind, that not all Latin names are widespread and you may need to do the ol' parentheses trick (i.e., "Phrynosoma coronatum (='blainvilli')." For the list price of $25, or ~$16.50 on Amazon, this book is a steal. It is a monster at 568 pages, but that's 568 pages of great information. It's clear from reading the book that the authors were passionate about writing it; it's even more clear when you read inside that not a single of the 77 contributors received compensation for their work, and that 100% of the proceeds go to supporting The Herpetologists' League. If you are looking for a new, current, go-to book for lizards of the American Southwest, pick up this book. You will not regret it. Maybe the best deal on amazon now! October 26, 2009 Breck Breckenridge (Spokane, Washington) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful I bought this book for $16.47 (it lists for $25.00) and it would be a heck of a buy at twice the price - heck even thrice the price. The book is HEAVY, well bound, highest quality photos both in how taken and how reproduced by Rio Nuevo Press in Tucson. Just a great deal on what will become a classic book on this aspect of popular herpetology. I particularly like that the authors/editors did not try to do it all themselves - they enlisted the help of many other herpetologists, presumably based upon those scholars' specialities, and yet the authors/editors have instituted a great format for each species, including what you'd expect from a field guide, but also much more. I particularly like the occasional personal observations, and of equal worth is the section under each species telling us where best to view this species. Obviously I am a fan now of this book. Anyone else who is interested in the American Southwest's lizard fauna will be too once they have their own copy in hand. All you ever wanted to know about lizards September 29, 2009 Peter F. Brussard (Reno, NV USA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful This is a top-notch field guide. The text is informative, and the illustrations are superb. Highly recommended. hooray for lizards of the southwest June 18, 2010 Lizard Aficionado (California, USA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful This book tells you everything about identifying lizards, where to find them and helpful remarks. The text is easy to read and the pictures are high quality making great visual aids. An enormous amount of knowledge went into this book including information on each lizard and how to tell them apart. Sometimes you really have to catch a lizard to be sure what it is. This book provides instructions on how to noose a lizard but it's very difficult to catch one alive. The first few times I tried to noose a lizard it got away. Then I started pulling harder on the noose but ended up strangling a lizard. Now I just feel bad about trying to catch one this way. I thought I had carefully followed the instructions line by line. Maybe this activity is best left to the experts. Anyway, everyone, good luck in all your lizard watching and don't forget to buy this most essential book. This is a great book! August 29, 2009 Terry A. Johnson (Clifton, az United States) 4 out of 6 found this review helpful Don't let the low price fool you...This book deserves to be sold in the [...] range. The general information, photographs, and species accounts are the best I have seen! It is a must have for every herpetologist and naturalist. I was fortunate to meet Larry Jones in the Chiricahuas this summer and he showed me his copy...When I stopped by the Chiricahua Desert Museum, they had just that day gotten in their shipment, Larry had autographed them, and that's where I got mine copy ([...]). [...] Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next »

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