Salamanders of the Old World: The Salamanders of Europe, Asia and Northern AfricaBRILL, 8 sep 2014 - 431 pagina's Salamanders of the Old World is a new in-depth reference work covering all the salamander species of Europe, Asia, and North Africa. A marvellous addition for the herp community that comes recommended for researchers, managers, conservationists, students, and salamander enthusiasts. Salamanders of the Old World • features information on biology and life history of salamanders • includes over 150 species of Europe, Asia, and North Africa • richly illustrated • focuses on habitat, behaviour, and reproduction • information on identification, eggs and larvae, and threats and species conservation • distribution maps for all species • an extensive reference list. Published in cooperation between KNNV Publishing and Naturalis Biodiversity Centre (The Netherlands). |
Inhoudsopgave
Foreword by JW Arntzen | 7 |
Preface | 9 |
Acknowledgements | 13 |
Introduction | 14 |
Cryptobranchidae Fitzinger 1826 | 26 |
Hynobiidae Cope 1859 | 33 |
Plethodontidae Gray 1850 | 147 |
Proteidae Gray 1825 | 166 |
| 387 | |
Recommended general literature on salamanders | 419 |
Websites | 420 |
Glossary | 421 |
| 424 | |
Maps of Europe and Northern Africa the Near East
SouthEast and East Asia | 426 |
About the author | 431 |
Salamandridae Goldfuss 1820 | 170 |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
adpressed adult altitudes animals aquatic areas Arntzen Batrachuperus behaviour body breeding season captive animals caudal fin clade cloaca clutch colour costal grooves courtship crested newt Cynops Description Diagnosis diameter Distribution This species dorsal dorsolateral egg sacs Eggs and larvae female female’s Fire Salamander flattened forelimbs forest Franzen genetic genus Goris & Maeda Gular fold Habitat This species head hindlimbs IUCN juveniles Kuzmin labial fold Lanza larvae limbs Lissotriton Lyciasalamandra male Matsui Max Sparreboom metamorphosis morphological mountain neoteny Neurergus Nishikawa Observations in captivity occurs Ommatotriton Onychodactylus orange Pachytriton Paramesotriton paratoids Pasmans Photo plethodontid ponds populations Poyarkov Pseudohynobius Pyron Raffaëlli range reproductive rounded Salamandra salamandra Schmidtler Schultschik skin snout snoutvent length specimens Speleomantes spermatophore spots streams Stuartet subspecies tail tailfin tailtip terrestrial Thiesmeier Thorn Threats and conservation toes Totallength Triturus Tylototriton type locality underside ventral side vomerine teeth water temperatures Weisrocket welldeveloped yellow Zeng Zhao Zhejiang