The Reptiles of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: xiv, 273 pages ; 26 cm
From the lowcountry coastal tidelands to the upstate Blue Ridge Mountains and everywhere in between, South Carolina's varied landscapes and habitats are home to a fascinating and mysterious assortment of alligators, turtles, lizards, and snakes. The Reptiles of South Carolina, a comprehensive, illustrated guide to the Palmetto State, includes seventy-five native species of reptiles as well as introduced forms. Jeffrey D. Camper's accessible descriptions and intriguing details are designed to enlighten readers about this misunderstood and often-maligned group of secretive and ecologically important animals. Camper begins with a discussion of the state's mild climate and wide variety of natural habitats, including forests, plains, sandhills, wetlands, and barrier islands. The entry for each species provides a color picture, detailed descriptions of external appearance, variations in size and color, taxonomic keys, comparisons to similar species to aid in identification, and natural history. Camper also assesses the conservation status of each species and offers a detailed range map of where that species is known to occur in the state and another map showing its entire geographic range in the continental United States.
Contents:
Major habitats of South Carolina -- Alligators, caimans, crocodiles, and gavials: Order Crocodilia -- Turtles: Order Testudines -- Lizards: Order Squamata -- Snakes: Order Squamata -- Species possibly occurring in South Carolina -- Appendix I. Checklist of the reptiles of South Carolina -- Appendix II. Specimens examined.
ISBN:
9781611179484
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ANIMALS Reptile Cam | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/16/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references and index.