{"product_id":"salamanders-of-the-southeast-9780820330358","title":"Salamanders of the Southeast","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescribing 102 species of salamanders occurring in the southeastern United States, ecologists Joe Mitchell and Whit Gibbons provide us with the most comprehensive and authoritative, yet accessible and fun-to-read, guide to these often secretive, always fascinating wonders of nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMitchell and Gibbons enumerate the distinguishing characteristics of salamanders, including how they are different from other amphibians and from reptiles, especially lizards. Also discussed are distribution, habitat, behavior and activity, reproduction, food and feeding, predators and defense, conservation, and taxonomy. Accompanying each account are photographs illustrating typical adults and variations and distribution maps for the Southeast and the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGiven that 17 percent of the world's species of salamanders live in the Southeast and the scientific and popular concern for the worldwide decline in amphibian populations in general, \u003ci\u003eSalamanders of the Southeast\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to people of all ages and levels of knowledge interested in natural history and conservation. The guide will help foster the growing interest in salamanders as well as cultivate a desire to protect and conserve these fascinating amphibians and their habitats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeatures: \u003cbr\u003eConservation-oriented approach\u003cbr\u003eMore than 400 color photographs\u003cbr\u003e77 distribution maps\u003cbr\u003eClear descriptions and photographs of each species\u003cbr\u003eSections on biology, worldwide diversity, identification, taxonomy, habitats, and conservation\u003cbr\u003eDid You Know?\" sidebars of interesting facts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhit Gibbons (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e WHIT GIBBONS is a professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Georgia and author or coauthor of several books on herpetology and ecology, including \u003ci\u003eKeeping All the Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSnakes of the Southeast\u003c\/i\u003e, Revised Edition, \u003ci\u003eFrogs and Toads of the Southeast, Lizards and Crocodiles of the Southeast, Turtles of the Southeast, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSalamanders of the Southeast\u003c\/i\u003e (all Georgia). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Mitchell (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JOE MITCHELL (1948-2019) was a herpetology research associate at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and author\/co-author of numerous books including Reptiles of Virginia (Smithsonian) and Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Virginia (VA Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries), as well as approximately 500 papers on turtles, snakes, and conservation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648917344530,"sku":"9780820330358","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e61628ec-19f2-4668-9f99-b50af828f147.jpg?v=1733252681","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/salamanders-of-the-southeast-9780820330358","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}