Reptiles and amphibians of the Pacific Islands : a comprehensive guide / George R. Zug.
Material type: TextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0520955404
- 9780520955400
- Reptiles -- Islands of the Pacific -- Identification
- Amphibians -- Islands of the Pacific -- Identification
- Reptiles -- Pacifique, Îles du -- Identification
- Amphibiens -- Pacifique, Îles du -- Identification
- NATURE -- Animals -- Reptiles & Amphibians
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific
- 597.909 23
- QL664.A1 Z84 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pacific geography and geology -- The contemporary Pacific -- Human history in the Pacific -- Island & island group herpetofaunas. North Pacific -- West- & north-central Pacific: Micronesia -- Equatorial Pacific -- Southwest Pacific -- South-central Pacific: Polynesia -- Eastern Pacific -- Recognizing species. Identifying amphibians & reptiles -- Frogs & toads -- Lizards -- Snakes -- Turtles & crocodiles -- Identification plates.
Print version record.
The Pacific is not only the world's largest body of water; its vast expanse also includes an extraordinary number and diversity of oceanic islands, from Palau and the Marianas east of the Philippines to Cocos Island and the Galápagos west of the Americas. The isolation of these islands and the extreme distances between them long prevented scientists from studying their floras and faunas in a comparative context. But now George R. Zug, one of the world's foremost experts on the diverse reptiles and amphibians of the Pacific Basin, offers the first such systematic overview in more than half a cen.
English.
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