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A Field Guide To A full-color, fully illustrated guide that provides concise information on all 141 species of amphibians and reptiles found in Arizona. Species accounts include high quality color photographs, compendious natural history information, detailed range maps, custom illustrations, line drawings, and call outs to key identification characteristics. Sections on biotic communities, snake bite, toad toxins, and viewing tips preface the accounts and the book closes with a robust glossary, species index, and check list. This guide is a practical tool for both frequent wildlife watchers and the occasional visitor to the Arizona outdoors. 150 pages. |
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A Field Guide To Full color photographs of each species with call-outs to distinguishing characteristics aid with identifying animals in the field. Short species accounts provide information on habitat, behavior, diet, and reproduction. Detailed distribution maps, information on snake bite, toad toxins, biotic communities, and viewing tips combine to make this a surprisingly comprehensive pocket guide. |
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Tucson Herpetological Society Brochure |
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Tucson Herpetological Society |
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Don't Turn It Loose PARC 's policy on the use and fate of herps used as teaching aids--Produced by the Arizona Game and Fish Department's Heritage Fund. |
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Habitat Management Guidelines for Amphibians and Reptiles of the Arid Southwest |
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Life as a Lizard game This unit provides an overview of lizard biology culminating in the "Life as a Lizard" role playing game. The game gives students a chance to move around indoors or outdoors and use their movement to learn about lizards and their behavior. Participants take on the identities of lizards and act out a day and night in the life of many different species of lizard. The game's props are easily made and the unit contains step by step lessons with national science education standards, glossary words, background information, internet and multimedia resources, trivia activities, and suggestions for additonal student investigations. |
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Living With Venomous Reptiles An encounter with a rattlesnake is a potentially dangerous situation; your knowledge about reptiles and how to avoid rattlesnakes could be invaluable. |