Handbook of Salamanders - (Comstock Classic Handbooks) by Sherman C Bishop (Paperback)

About the Book

In this book--first published in 1943--Sherman C. Bishop discusses in a lively but authoritative manner the 126 species and subspecies of salamanders that are known to exist in the United States, Canada, and Baja California.

Book Synopsis

Despite their abundance in many parts of North America, salamanders have generally been neglected by all but a few specialists. In this book--first published in 1943--Sherman C. Bishop discusses in a lively but authoritative manner the 126 species and subspecies of salamanders that are known to exist in the United States, Canada, and Baja California.Group by group, Bishop describes salamanders in accounts that give the common and technical names, type of locality, range, habitat, size, anatomical characteristics, color, breeding habits, and relationships--all in a uniform arrangement that makes the handbook especially convenient for studying both living animals and laboratory specimens. His brief introduction surveys the relationships and general habits of salamanders and gives information on collecting and preserving them. In his foreword to the 1994 reprint edition, Edmund D. Brodie, Jr., a specialist on salamanders, updates the taxonomy of the group.

From the Back Cover

Despite their abundance in many parts of North America, salamanders have generally been neglected by all but a few specialists. In this book, Sherman C. Bishop discusses in a lively but authoritative manner the 126 species and subspecies of salamanders that are known to exist in the United States, Canada, and Lower California.

Review Quotes

An excellent, thoroughly documented treatise about these little-known amphibians [that] makes it possible for the most casual layman to learn much concerning them.

-- "Fauna"

About the Author

Sherman C. Bishop was Professor of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of Rochester.