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9781501739545

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

236 Mo

Reptiles of Costa Rica, the long-awaited companion to Amphibians of Costa Rica, is the first ever comprehensive field guide to the crocodilians, turtles, lizards, and snakes of Costa Rica. A popular destination for tourists and biologists because of its biodiversity, the country is particularly rich in reptile fauna, boasting 245 species. The sheer diversity in shapes, sizes, colors, and natural history traits of these animals is beautifully displayed in this book. Lizards range from minuscule dwarf geckos to dinosaur-like iguanids, and everything in between, while the country's snakes include tiny eyeless wormsnakes, massive boas, as well as twenty-three dangerously venomous species, which include the largest vipers in the world. Author, photographer, and conservation biologist Twan Leenders has been researching and documenting the herpetofauna of Costa Rica for nearly twenty-five years. His explorations have taken him to remote parts of Costa Rica that few people ever visit, journeys that usually find him hauling an array of photographic equipment to document his finds. In addition to including more than 1,000 photographs, detailed black and white scientific illustrations, and range maps, this book also features paintings of anole dewlaps, a key identification feature for that very complex group of lizards. This new field guide will enable the reader to identify all species, while also providing a wealth of information about natural history, predation, breeding strategies, habitat preferences, and conservation of Costa Rica's reptile fauna.

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Publié par

Cornell University Press

Date de parution

15 août 2019

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781501739545

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

236 Mo

Costa Rica Sciences et techniques

Turtles

standard length

Scalation Nomenclature

preoculars loreal rostral

prenasal

postnasal

internasal

prefrontal

postoculars

supralabials

supraocular

Conservation Status

frontal

temporals

parietal

The gold standard for conservation status designations is the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, which is available online at www.iucnredlist.org and is regularly updated. The IUCN provides range-wide conservation assessments for many species, based on the size of their entire distribution range, abundance, habitat preference, and other factors. In some cases, the local conservation status of a given species may deviate from its global status. For example, a species whose range only barely reaches Costa Rica can be rare locally, despite being common outside of the country. The conservation status indicated in each species account is based on the results of a 2014 evaluation of the country’s Red List for amphibians and reptiles, presented in the following report edited by G. Chaves, F. Bolaños, J.E. Rodríguez, and Y. Matamoros:Actualización de las Listas Rojas Nacionales de Costa Rica: Anîbios y reptiles, Escuela de Biología (San Pedro, San José, Costa Rica: Conservation Breeding Specialist Group [SSC/IUCN]/CBSG Mesoamerica, March 5-6, 2014).

Reptiles of Costa Rica

A FIELD GUIDE

T WAN LEENDERS

Hellbender Publishing A Zona Tropical Publication F R O MComstock Publishing Associates an imprint of Cornell University Press Ithaca and London

Text copyrîght © 2019 by Twan Leenders Illustratîons and range maps copyrîght © 2019 by Twan Leenders Photographs copyrîght © 2019 by respectîve photographers Dewlap îllustratîons copyrîght © 2019 by Blanca Martí

All rîghts reserved. Except for brîef quotatîons în a revîew, thîs book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced în any form wîthout permîssîon în wrîtîng from the publîshers. For înformatîon wîthîn Costa Rîca, vîsît Zona Tropîcal at www.zonatropîcal.net. For înformatîon în the rest of the world, address Cornell Unîversîty Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850, or vîsît cornellpress.cornell.edu.

Fîrst publîshed 2019 by Cornell Unîversîty Press

Prînted în Chîna

Lîbrary of Congress Catalogîng-în-Publîcatîon Data

Names: Leenders, Twan, author. Tîtle: Reptîles of Costa Rîca : a ield guîde / Twan Leenders. Descrîptîon: Ithaca : Hellbender Publîshîng/A Zona Tropîcal Press from Comstock Publîshîng Assocîates, an împrînt of Cornell Unîversîty Press, 2019. | Includes bîblîographîcal references and îndex. Identîiers: LCCN 2018053377 (prînt) | LCCN 2018054271 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501740299 (epub/mobî) | ISBN 9781501739545 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501739538 | ISBN 9781501739538 (pbk. ; alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Reptîles—Costa Rîca—Identîicatîon. Classîicatîon: LCC QL656.C783 (ebook) | LCC QL656.C783 L45 2018 (prînt) | DDC 597.9097286—dc23 LC record avaîlable at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018053377

Zona Tropîcal Press ISBN 978-0-9894408-4-4

Book desîgn: Gabrîela Wattson

Cover photograph: green iguana (Iguana iguana) by Gregory Basco

For my dad, Martien Leenders, whose infectious love of the outdoors started me on the inspiring journey that led to this book. Bedankt pap!

Contents

Foreword by Dr. Rob Puschendorf ...............................................ix Acknowledgments.........................................................................xi

Introduction....................................................................................1

Crocodilians .................................................................................14 Family Alligatoridae ....................................................17 Family Crocodylidae....................................................20

Turtles ..........................................................................................24 Marine Turtles ......................................................................27 Family Cheloniidae ......................................................28 Family Dermochelyidae...............................................40 Freshwater Turtles................................................................43 Family Chelydridae......................................................44 Family Emydidae .........................................................48 Family Geoemydidae ...................................................54 Family Kinosternidae...................................................62

Lizards and Snakes ......................................................................70

Lizards..........................................................................................72 Infraorder Diploglossa .........................................................76 Family Anguidae ..........................................................78 Family Diploglossidae .................................................84 Infraorder Gekkota...............................................................97 Family Eublepharidae ..................................................99 Family Gekkonidae ....................................................102 Family Phyllodactylidae ............................................ 113 Family Sphaerodactylidae.......................................... 119 Infraorder Iguania ..............................................................133 Family Corytophanidae..............................................135 Family Dactyloidae ....................................................147 Family Iguanidae .......................................................230

Family Phrynosomatidae ...........................................238 Family Polychrotidae .................................................245 Infraorder Scincomorpha ...................................................248 Family Scincidae........................................................250 Family Gymnophthalmidae .......................................262 Family Teiidae............................................................275 Family Xantusiidae ....................................................288

Snakes ........................................................................................294 Family Anomalepididae .............................................300 Family Leptotyphlopidae ...........................................307 Family Typhlopidae ...................................................310 Family Boidae ............................................................313 Family Loxocemidae .................................................323 Family Ungaliophiidae...............................................326 Family Colubridae .....................................................329 Family Dipsadidae .....................................................416 Family Natricidae.......................................................542 Family Elapidae .........................................................547 Family Viperidae........................................................565

Glossary .....................................................................................607 Bibliography .............................................................................. 611 Photo Credits..............................................................................617 Index ..........................................................................................619

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