Peterson Field Guide To Reptiles And Amphibians Eastern & Central North America (Peterson Field Guides)

A must for an animal enthusiasts book collection.

Exactly as described. Shipped on time. Happy with purchase

Great guide book! Covers the whole of North America as well as including invasive species! Exactly what I was looking for; full color, tons of pictures and information about behavior, breeding, & ranges

wonderful field guide, i love the illustrations in Peterson field guides over any other

The book is an update of the original edition of Roger Conant from 1958, Even though two of the authors are deceased Powell should have left Conant as the original author. Powell also uses this book to make his own distasteful new common names with disregard for the lists that are made by herpetology organizations, particularly anoying is his coining of new names for a recently described species of Lilthobates, the authors did not call it Kaufields leopard frog. But Tom Collins also liked to decree his own species as well, so let poor Roger roll in his grave! The maps are also garishly colored and many of them do not depict the actual range of the animals, It is also confusing that he puts western species which have a slight eastern range extension as well as invasive foreign species into the text as if they were braodly distributed in Eastern and Central North America rather than in a separate section. It is an important reference book, but more time should have been spent to details and consulting other herpetologists and not just inventing his own. I am sure he got a lucrative contract with the Peterson Field Guide series to write this book, Tom Collins tol me how much he was making from the other editions, it would have been wise for him to welcome another person aboard to make this new edition of the Bible for North American Herpetologis better than ever. It is a travesty that he cut out the section on Making and Transporting the catch and reduced the introduction from 16 pages to 10 pages of text (3 p of photos). I persaonlly knew all threee authors.

Got for my grandson, just wish it had glossy photographs

Beautiful photos, very informative, easy to understand. I can't say enough good thing!!

Wow! 600+ pages with beautiful color plates and more reptiles than I knew existed in the US. Included the newer invasive species that have changed the Florida landscape in recent years. This and heavy, it includes just about EVERYTHING a reptile lover could want in a field guide