Salamanders of the Eastern United States

Describing more than 120 species of salamanders occurring in the eastern United States, ecologists Larry Wilson, Whit Gibbons, and Joe Mitchell provide us with a comprehensive and authoritative-yet accessible and fun-to-read-guide to these often secretive, always fascinating wonders of nature. Wilson, Gibbons, and Mitchell enumerate the distinguishing characteristics of salamanders, including how they are different from other amphibians and from reptiles, especially lizards. In each species account, they discuss distribution, habitat, behavior and activity, reproduction, food and feeding, predators and defense, conservation, and taxonomy. Stunning color photo-graphs and distribution maps accompany each account. Given that a high percentage of the world's salamander species live in the region and the scientific and popular concern for the worldwide decline in amphibian populations. Salamanders of the Eastern United States will appeal to people of all ages and levels of knowledge interested in natural history and conservation. The guide will help foster the growing interest in salamanders as well as cultivate a desire to protect and conserve these fascinating amphibians and their habitats. Conservation-oriented approach, More than 500 color photographs, More than 80 distribution maps, Clear species descriptions and photographs, Sections on salamander biology, worldwide diversity, identification, taxonomy, habitats, and conservation, "Did You Know?" sidebars of interesting facts