Herpetology (3rd Edition)

Part 1. What Are Amphibians And Reptiles? -- 1. Herpetology As A Filed Of Study -- 2. The Place Of Amphibians And Reptiles In Vertebrate Evolution -- 3. Systematics And Diversity Of Extant Amphibians -- 4. Systematics And Diversity Of Extant Reptiles -- 5. Biogeography Of Amphibians And Reptiles -- Part 2. How Do They Work? -- 6. Temperature And Water Relations -- 7. Energetics And Performance -- 8. Reproduction And Life Histories Of Amphibians -- 9. Reproduction And Life Histories Of Reptiles -- 10. Body And Support -- 11. Feeding -- Part 3. What Do The Do? -- 12. Movements And Orientation -- 13. Communication -- 14. Mating Systems And Sexual Selection -- 15. Diets, Foraging, And Interactions With Parasites And Predators -- 16. Species Assemblages -- Part 4. What Are Their Prospects For Survival? -- 17. Conservation And The Future Of Amphibians And Reptiles. F. Harvey Pough ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.