The New Name Version of Reptiles of the World A Life List:: VOLUME II: ALL SNAKES, TURTLES AND CROCODILIANS

Welcome to THE NEW NAME VERSION OF REPTILES OF THE WORLD: A LIFE LIST, VOLUME II: ALL SNAKES, TURTLES AND CROCODILIANS. It is the most beautifil (unillustrated) listing in print of all species and subspecies of these creatures. Perhaps the most striking feature of this New Name Version of Reptiles of the World will be its NEW LEXICON OF PROPOSED ENGLISH NAMES. For the first time in reptiles, a comprehensive and systematic approach to common naming has been applied. Reptiles of the World, Volume II, is also the only to all the Earth's snakes, Turtles and Crocs which marries the useful combanation of ENGLISH COMMON NAMES (for subspecies, too), SCIENTIFIC NAMES and their AUTHORSHIP/DATE, and RANGE DISCRIPTIONS (i.e., where they live). Provided are several new proposals such as Expanding Linnaean Taxonomy, Novel Taxonomic Proposals, Timeclips, and a brand new scheme for matching up all of Life: Iam-badging. For Indexes, coveing both Volumes, round out this book. Many humorous footnotes and autobiographical snippets are presented to keep things lively and spark discussion. (Some features, such as How to Use this Book are only in Volume I.) It is shocking this most basic combanation of world-scale reptile data has taken so long to appear in print. Birds and Mammals have been graced with their own full-data checklists. As this is a hobby oriented Life List (not just a 'scientific checklist'), it has a 'box' (actually a 'lozange shape') to MARK IN YOUR SIGHTINGS, and space to write in WHEN and WHERE YOU SAW A REPTILE, all in a user-friendly format. Three pages of blank lines are provided at the close of the main entries for the reader to write in sightings of Introduced animals seen in the wild. Though the approach taken gives specialists many of their 'bells and whistles', the focus of this effort is the nature-friendly public. Think of this work as a sort of 'People's Listing' of these fellow travelers on this planet. Nature Paperback 8 1/2" x 11"(white paper) 423 pages (plus cover--note the pagination is continuous from Volume I, so this book 'says' it starts on page 397 and ends on page 816). Read more