Conservation of Mesoamerican amphibians and reptiles
Subtitle: edited by Larry David Wilson, Josiah H. Townsend, and Jerry D. Johnson ; foreword by James B. Murphy
Contributors: Townsend, Josiah H., 1978-; Johnson, Jerry D.; Murphy, James B. (James Bernard), 1939-
Publisher: Eagle Mountain Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Eagle Mountain, Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 812
ISBN-13: 9780972015448
Subjects: Conservation; Reptiles; Amphibians
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / James B. Murphy; title: Preface / Larry David Wilson, Josiah H. Townsend, and Jerry D. Johnson; title: The global decline of amphibians: current trends and future prospects / Simon N. Stuart ... [et al.]; title: Summary of recent changes in higher taxonomic categories of Mesoamerican amphibians and reptiles / Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson, and Josiah H. Townsend; title: Distributional patterns of the herpetofauna of Mesoamerica, a biodiversity hotspot / Larry David Wilson and Jerry D. Johnson; title: The herpetofauna of Baja California and its associated islands: a conservation assessment and priorities / Robert W. Murphy and Fausto R. Méndez de la Cruz; title: Geographic distribution and conservation of the herpetofauna of northern Mexico / Pablo A. Lavín-Murcio and David Lazcano; title: Geographic distribution and conservation of the Mexican central highlands herpetofauna / Oscar Flores-Villela, Luis Canseco-Márquez, and Leticia Margarita Ochoa-Ochoa; title: The herpetofauna of southeastern Mexico: biogeography and conservation / Jerry D. Johnson, Vicente Mata-Silva, and Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista; title: Distribution and conservation of the herpetofauna of Belize / Peter J. Stafford ... [et al.]; title: Diversity and conservation status of the Guatemalan herpetofauna / Manuel Acevedo ... [et al.]; title: A conservation assessment of Salvadoran protected areas: priorities and recommendations based on amphibian and reptile distributions / Eli Greenbaum and Oliver Komar; title: Conservation of the Honduran herpetofauna: issues and imperatives / Josiah H. Townsend and Larry David Wilson; title: Conservation status of the herpetofauna of Nicaragua / Javier Sunyer and Gunther Köhler; title: The Costa Rican herpetofauna: conservation status and future perspectives / Mahmood Sasa, Gerardo Chaves, and Louis W. Porras; title: The herpetofauna of Panama: distribution and conservation status / César Jaramillo ... [et al.]; title: Morphological phylogeny of the montane pitvipers (crotalinae: cerrophidion), with comments on the conservation of Mesoamerican highlands / Robert C. Jadin; title: Biogeography and conservation of the Honduran subhumid forest herpetofauna / Josiah H. Townsend and Larry David Wilson; title: Impact of fire on the wetland population of the scorpion mud turtle (kinosternon scorpioides) in northwestern Costa Rica / Franklin E. Casteñada and José M. Mora; title: Natural history of the black spiny-tailed iguana (ctenosaura similis) at Parque Nacional Palo Verde, Costa Rica, with comments on the conservation of the genus ctenosaura / José M. Mora; title: Abundance and distribution of the American crocodile (crocodylus acutus) at El Cajón Reservoir, Honduras, and the development of an integrated management plan for conservation / Mario R. Espinal, José M. Mora, and Francisco Leiva; title: Conservation of crocodilians in Mesoamerica / Armando H. Escobedo Galván ... [et al.]; title: The herpetofauna of Mesoamerica: biodiversity significance, conservation status, and future challenges / Larry David Wilson and Josiah H. Townsend.