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Title: Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia
ISBN: 0820331112
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Publicate Date: 2008-07-01
Publish: 2008-07-01
List Price: $39.95
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Paperback
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Amazon Lowest Used Price: $29.41
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1: Great Book
This is a terrific book on Southern reptiles and amphibians. The photographs are excellent and the range maps are very helpful. Amazon offers it at a very reasonable price. Highly recommended.
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2: Excellent Reference
We wanted a book that would allow us to identify turtles and reptiles that live in our pond, and this book exceeded expectations. Good photos, habitat maps and detailed descriptions of every species. One of the best guides that we own.
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3: GRate book!
This is an excellent book on herps in Georgia. I'm majoring in wildlife management in college and if this book was sold at the college, it would be while over >$120! Excellent book, current and up to date, color pictures for EVERY species, ranges for state (Georgia) and nation. What a BOOK!
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4: Perfect book for reptile and amphibian lovers of Georgia
This book is wonderfully written and layed out. Each species has a load of pictures to help accurately identify it. All information is useful with no filler material. Absolutely perfect.
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5: A Great Reference Book for Georgia's Herpetofauna
Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia is an excellent reference book, recommended for anyone with an interest in or appreciation for reptiles and amphibians generally, or anyone who wants to know more about the species that live in the state of Georgia. While it could be called a field guide, it is really too large for carrying into the field, although it does have a nice flex cover that might make it suitable for carrying in a backpack.
Upon first perusal I had the impression that over half the book was just about the salamanders. After taking more time I saw that the book had a roughly equal number of pages devoted to both reptiles and to amphibians, but there is no shortage of lovely photographs of salamanders. Most books about reptiles and amphibians spend a lot of time on snakes, with amphibians like salamanders included as an afterthought. Also, I live in the western part of the country, so I am used to having more lizards in a book like this, of which there is only a relatively small section in this book. That said, the book is very thorough, and it is the actual diversity of reptile and amphibian species within Georgia that determines how many pages are devoted to each group.
There are excellent range maps for each species, showing the counties where you can expect to find them. There is information on classification, habitat, reproduction, behavior and conservation status for each species as well.
If you want to identify a salamander or snake that you found in Georgia, this is the book for you. If you just want to look at beautiful photographs of salamanders, frogs, lizards, snakes and turtles, this is a great book for that too. If you want to know about the distribution and habits of Georgia's reptiles and amphibians, I can recommend the book for that as well. Basically it's just a great book for the lover of reptiles and amphibians, and I recommend it.
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