Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Characterization of Amphibians and Reptiles
• 3. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Alberta: A Brief Introduction
• 4. How to Observe Amphibians and Reptiles
• 5. A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Alberta
• A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Alberta
• Key to the Adult Amphibians and Reptiles of Alberta
• Key to the Larval Amphibians and Reptiles of Alberta
• Key to the Eggs of the Amphibians of Alberta
• Species Accounts
• Ambystoma macrodactylum
• Ambystoma tigrinum
• Spea bombifrons
• Bufo boreas
• Bufo cognatus
• Bufo hemiophrys
• Pseudacris maculata
• Rana luteiventris
• Rana pipiens
• Rana sylvatica
• Chrysemys picta
• Phrynosoma hernandesi
• Heterodon nasicus
• Pituophis catenifer
• Thamnophis elegans
• Thamnophis radix
• Thamnophis sirtalis
• Crotalus viridis
• Species Possibly Occurring in Alberta
• Ascaphus truei
• Chelydra serpentina
• Charina bottae
• Coluber constrictor
• 6. Zoogeography of the Alberta Herpetofauna
• 7. Amphibian and Reptile Natural History
• 8. Coping with the Cold
• 9. The Challenge of Aridity
• 10. Defence and Venoms
• 11. Amphibians, Reptiles, and People
• Bibliography
• General References and Guides to the Amphibians and Reptiles of North America
• References Pertienent to the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles in Alberta
• Glossary
• Index

About the Author

Anthony P Russell and Aaron M Bauer

Reviews

"...this is an important book that helps direct attention to boreal herpetology. Given the currently high public interest in a possible global decline of amphibians, this book is particularly timely." -- Herpetological Review

An important book that helps direct attention to boreal herpetology. Given the currently high public interest in a possible global decline of amphibians, this book is particularly timely. Herpetological Review

Russell and Bauer have provided a first--rate field guide, with broad appeal, that effectively places the extant Albertan herpetofauna into its proper evolutionary, historical and ecological context. The Canadian Field Naturalist