A Guide to the Anolis Lizards (Anoles) of Mainland Central and South America (eBook)

Steven Poe (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-26819-4 (ISBN)

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An authoritative treatment of the diverse and beautiful anole lizards of mainland Central and South AmericaAnoles are highly visible and aesthetically pleasing lizards that are abundant throughout Central and South America. The subjects of countless evolutionary and ecological studies that have advanced our understanding of basic principles in biology, these colorful reptiles are notoriously difficult to identify, and species names are often confusing and inconsistent. A Guide to the Anolis Lizards (Anoles) of Mainland Central and South America is the first book to enable the identification of all known species of anole in the region while establishing baseline knowledge for further research. Drawing on the latest findings, this comprehensive field companion and taxonomic reference is the ultimate guide to these extraordinary lizards.Provides the first stable taxonomy of mainland anoles while aiding field identification of these marvelous neotropical reptilesFeatures hundreds of stunning photos depicting most species, including several species never before photographedDescribes the key identification features and natural history of over 200 species of mainland anolesFacilitates scientific research on evolution, ecology, and species discoveryAn ideal travel companion for ecotourists and other visitors to Central and South AmericaAccompanied by an online identification key

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.9.2025
• Vorwort: Kevin De Queiroz
• Zusatzinfo: 445 color photos. 240 maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: abruptly • Active diurnally • Adpressed toe • Adpressed toe reaches • Amazonian • Andean • Andes • animals. • anole • Anole species • Anolis • Areas • Arias • Biology • Blotches • Caribbean • Carvajal • Central • Color • conservation • Contact • Contact supraocular scales • Contact supraorbital • Contact supraorbital semicircles • Cordillera • Costa Rica • Dewlap • Dewlap color • Dewlap orange • Dewlap red • Diurnally • Ecology • Edge • elevation • Enlarged adpressed toe • Enlarged hindlimbs • Enlarged middorsal • Enlarged rows • Equal tympanum • Evolution • Eye • Eye snout • Females • Field guide • Forest • Forest active diurnally • frenatus • fuscoauratus • Geographically • Geographically proximal • gradually • Habitat • Herpetology • Highland • Highland anole • hindlimbs • Hindlimbs adpressed • History • History forest • Identification • Interparietal • Keeled middorsal • Keeled ventral • Keeled ventral scales • Köhler • laeviventris • Lateral • Lateral stripe • leaves • Lichenous • limifrons • lizards • Locality • Lowland • Lowland anole • Mainland • Mainland anoles • Males • Mccranie • Middorsal • Middorsal scales enlarged • Middorsal scales gradually • Middorsal scales greatly • Natural History • Nature • nature guides • Neotropics • Ocelli • Orange • Orange dewlap • Pink • proximal • Range • Reptiles • Rio • rows • scales • Scales abruptly • Scales abruptly enlarged • Scales enlarged • Scales gradually enlarged • Scales greatly enlarged • Scales keeled • Scales keeled middorsal • Scales separating • Scales separating supraorbital • Scales smooth • Science • Semicircles contact • Separated scales • Separating supraorbital • sericeus • sleeps • smooth • Smooth middorsal • Smooth ventral • snout • species • Species anolis • specimen • Squamata • stem • Strongly keeled • Subequal • Supralabials • Supralabials contact scales • Supraocular • Supraocular scales • Supraorbital • Supraorbital semicircles • Sympatric • toe • Toe eye • Toe reaches • traits • tree trunks • twigs • Twigs leaves • Tympanum • Vegetation • Vegetation sleeps • ventral • Ventral scales • Ventral scales keeled • Ventral scales smooth • vines
• ISBN-10: 0-691-26819-3 / 0691268193
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-26819-4 / 9780691268194