Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California
- Book Review,
by Ron H. McPeak
From Book News, Inc.
Covers species that occur on the Baja California Peninsula, islands of the Gulf of California, and the islands along the Pacific Coast. Reviews the geography, geology, and diversity of Baja California, and provides general information on finding reptiles and amphibians, venomous reptiles, and conservation. Species accounts include color photos. McPeak has degrees in zoology and biology and owns Global Biological Consultants.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR
Newsletter of Lindblad Expeditions
...photographs are exquisite and capture the essential characteristics for easy species identification.
The Quarterly Review
...worth its selling price because there are no competing publicaions.
Copeia, 2001, No. 2
...book reviews the diversity of amphibians and nonavian reptiles, providing photographs for about 80% of the species.
Baja Life - Issue Ten 2000
...may rid you of your fears...open a new world of interest and fascination for Baja's amphibians and reptiles.
E-Streams - An Electronic Magazine
Excellent color photos...narrative detail included with each photo is easy to read and succinct.
Book Description
This is the first and only color field guide to the frogs, toads, salamanders,snakes and lizards that are found on the Baja peninsula and the islands in the Sea of Cortez and off the outer coast of Bja California. The narrative for each species includes: identification,range and habitat, and natural history. each species is illustrated with at least one color photo.
About the Author
Ron McPeak has had an interest in herpetology since chilhood. He began exploring Baja California in the 1960s and has traveled throughout the Bja California Peninsula and visited many Gulf and Pacificside islands. Ron received a B.S. degree in Zoology from California State University at Long Beach and an M.S. degree in Biology from the University of Southern California. Ron owns Global Biological Consultants, a consulting firm that has projects in many parts of the world. His interests range from marine ecology and taxonomy to entomology and herpetology. Ron has published popular and scientific articles on invertebrate taxonomy, marine ecology, and herpetology; and co-authored a book entitled The Amber Forest. It is Ron's hope that this book allows the reader to identify the amphibians and reptiles of Baja California, Mexico and excites an interest in herpetology.
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