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Snakes of the Eastern United States
Whit Gibbon – 2017
Features: More than 385 stunning color photographs • Colorful geographic range maps • Species accounts that cover identification, general ecology and behavior, and conservation status • Extra information on snakes in urban and suburban areas • Strong conservation message, with a focus on environmental threats to native species • Coverage of invasive snakes
Salamanders of the Southeast
Joe Mitchell and Whit Gibbons – 2010
The final volume in the highly acclaimed series of guides to southeastern reptiles and amphibians. Describes 102 species of salamanders occurring in the southeastern United States. Features: Conservation-oriented approach • More than 400 color photographs • 77 distribution maps • Clear descriptions and photographs of each species • Sections on biology, worldwide diversity, identification, taxonomy, habitats, and conservation • “Did You Know?” sidebars of interesting facts
Lizards and Crocodilians of the Southeast
Whit Gibbons, Judy Greene, and Tony Mills – 2009
Features: In-depth descriptions of both native and introduced species • Conservation-oriented approach • Approx. 330 color photographs • Approx. 18 distribution maps (for native species only) • “Did You Know?” sidebars of interesting facts • Size charts; key identifiers; and information about distribution and habitat, behavior and activity, food and feeding, reproduction, predators and defense, variation and taxonomy, and conservation • Chapters on lizard and crocodilian biodiversity and on human interactions with lizards and crocodilians
Turtles of the Southeast
Kurt Buhlmann, Tracey Tuberville, and Whit Gibbon – 2008
Features: In-depth descriptions of the forty-two native species • Conservation-oriented approach • More than two hundred color photographs • Nearly forty distribution maps • Clear descriptions of each species, including differences in the appearance of young and mature turtles • “Did You Know?” sidebars of interesting turtle facts • Size charts • Key identifiers • Information about habitat, behavior and activity, food and feeding, reproduction, predators and defense, and conservation
Frogs & Toads of the Southeast
Mike Dorcas and Whit Gibbons – 2008
Features: Conservation-oriented approach • Approximately 250 color photographs • Approximately 45 distribution maps • Clear description and photographs of each species in both tadpole and adult stages • Chapters on identification, vocalizations, reproduction, global diversity (including remarkable species such as the gastric brooding frog, poison dart frogs, and saltwater frogs), and introduced species
Amphibians & Reptiles of Georgia
Edited by: John B. Jensen, Carlos D. Camp, Whit Gibbons, and Matt Elliott – 2008
Features: Nearly 500 color photographs • 24 line drawings showing each group’s defining features • Almost 200 range maps detailing county-by-county distribution • Detailed species accounts written by 54 regional experts providing information on size, appearance, and other identifying characteristics of adults and young; taxonomy and nomenclature; habits; distribution and habitat; and reproduction and development • Introductory sections providing overviews of physiography, climate, and habitats of Georgia, the Georgia Herp Atlas Project, taxonomic issues, conservation, and herpetology as a science and a career