A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Eastern & Central North America (Peterson Field Guide...

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	A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Eastern & Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series) Roger Conant, Joseph T. Collins Houghton Mifflin, 1998 - 640 pages average customer review:based on 19 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great Guide

I'm starting to get interested in amphibian id and was looking for a book to help as I join in on frog monitoring and other citizen science projects. So, I haven't gotten to use this book in the field yet since it's still midwinter but the book seems like just what I need. It's a typical field guide in that it has the species plates. Pictures in this section are well drawn with color variations and patterns clearly shown and also described in words. Then there are the species-specific entries where each animal is described, habitats and location maps are provided, foods are described, etc. What I especially like about this book is that in this section they also have actual photographs of the animals shown. The photos are close-up so you can see the eggs or the young of snakes for example. I especially love the section on salamanders and decided not to bother trying to get a book dedicated to salamanders just yet. This has all the info I'll need to get going on understanding and identifying these creatures. Looking forward to a trek out to the vernal pools in March and bringing this book with me.

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I love this

I love this book because I have the National Audubon Society First Field Guide for reptiles and I would often run in to reptile that the I couldn't Identify. I knew that I needed a bigger better book. So I bought the western and eastern Peterson Field guide for reptiles and amphibians and it had a lot more reptiles and it had amphibian which I never had a book that had information about them before, it has a lot more reptiles and it's shows you were they are each located. It give you a detailed description of each animal and a detailed drawing of each animal. Because of this I have been able to identify reptiles and amphibian that I couldn't before. I don't like that the maps for the eastern book are not as easy to find for some of the animals.

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FANTASTIC!

This is a wonderful seller. My guide arrived very promptly and in great condition!! Terrific buy!

Excellent resource

We live on a lake and frequently refer to this book to identify our water and woodland snakes.This book is very user friendly.

Useful... not so user friendly

National Audubon's original field guide, and perhaps the most recent one, is much better organized and easier to use in the field.

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