Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. BIOREGIONS OF CALIFORNIA 6
6. BIOTIC COMMUNITIES OF CALIFORNIA 8
7. CONSERVATION OF CALIFORNIA AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES 22
8. IDENTIFYING CALIFORNIA AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES 25
9. SPECIES ACCOUNTS
10. CAUDATA-SALAMANDERS 30
11. ORDER ANURA--FROGS 78
12. ORDER TESTUDINES-TURTLES AND TORTOISES 110
13. ORDER SQUAMATA-SUBORDER LACERTILIA-LIZARDS 126
14. ORDER SQUAMATA-SUBORDER SERPENTES-SNAKES 182
15. SPECIES POTENTIALLY OCCURRING IN CALIFORNIA 230
16. COLOR PLATES 233
17. LARVAL AMPHIBIAN IDENTIFICATION 398
18. RANGE MAPS - Salamanders 430
19. TAXONOMIC NOTES 492
20. GLOSSARY 504
21. RESOURCES 509
22. VENOMOUS SNAKEBITE 512
23. RATTLESNAKE MYTHS 513
24. INDEX TO COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES 514
25. SPECIES CHECKLIST 519