Texas Amphibians: A Field Guide

Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Natural History; Seasonality; Habitat; Reproduction; Loss And Regeneration Of Body Parts; Glands, Toxins, And Chemical Defenses; Conservation; Habitat Destruction; Pollution; Introduced Species; Collecting And Trade Of Animals As A Cause Of Decline; Chytridiomycosis; Observing And Collecting Amphibians; Observing Amphibians; Photographing Amphibians; Collecting Amphibians; Legal Aspects Of Collecting Amphibians; Permits And Collecting Amphibians In Texas; Threatened, Endangered, Or Protected Nongame Species; Maintenance Of Amphibians Maintaining Amphibians In Captivitycreating A Natural Setting; Handling Amphibians; Museum And Preserved Amphibian Specimens; Scientific And Common Names; Keys; Key To The Salamanders Of Texas; Key To The Frogs Of Texas; Generic Key To Amphibian Larvae; Systematic Accounts; Order Caudata: Salamanders; Family Ambystomatidae: Mole Salamanders; Spotted Salamander; Barred Tiger Salamander; Marbled Salamander; Mole Salamander; Small-mouthed Salamander; Eastern Tiger Salamander; Family Amphiumidae: Amphiumas; Three-toed Amphiuma; Family Plethodontidae: Lungless Salamanders; Salado Salamander Cascade Caverns Salamandersan Marcos Salamander; Georgetown Salamander; Texas Salamander; Fern Bank Salamander; Dwarf Salamander; Texas Blind Salamander; Blanco Blind Salamander; Barton Springs Salamander; Jollyville Plateau Salamander; Comal Blind Salamander; Valdina Farms Salamander; Austin Blind Salamander; Comal Springs Salamander; Pedernales River Springs Salamander; Southern Dusky Salamander; Western Slimy Salamander; Family Proteidae: Waterdogs, Or Mudpuppies; Gulf Coast Waterdog; Family Salamandridae: Newts; Black-spotted Newt; Eastern Newt; Family Sirenidae: Sirens; Lesser Siren Rio Grande Sirenorder Anura: Frogs; Family Bufonidae: True Toads; American Toad; Great Plains Toad; Green Toad; Fowler's Toad; Houston Toad; Red-spotted Toad; Texas Toad; Woodhouse's Toad; Gulf Coast Toad; Cane Toad; Family Hylidae: Tree Frogs; Northern Cricket Frog; Canyon Treefrog; Cope's Gray Treefrog; Green Treefrog; Squirrel Treefrog; Gray Treefrog; Spotted Chorus Frog; Spring Peeper; Upland Chorus Frog; Strecker's Chorus Frog; Mexican Treefrog; Family Craugastoridae: Northern Rain Frogs; Barking Frog; Family Eleutherodactylidae: Robber Frogs; Rio Grande Chirping Frog Spotted Chirping Frogcliff Chirping Frog; Family Leptodactylidae: Neotropical Grass Frogs; Mexican White-lipped Frog; Family Microhylidae: Narrow-mouthed Toads; Eastern Narrow-mouthedtoad; Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad; Sheep Frog; Family Scaphiopodidae: Spadefoots; Couch's Spadefoot; Hurter's Spadefoot; Plains Spadefoot; Mexican Spadefoot; Family Ranidae: True Frogs; Crawfish Frog; Rio Grande Leopard Frog; Plains Leopard Frog; American Bullfrog; Green Frog; Pig Frog; Pickerel Frog; Southern Leopard Frog; Family Rhinophrynidae: Burrowing Toads; Mexican Burrowing Toad Bob Tipton ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.