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Cusco Amazonico

The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest

By (author) William E. Duellman
Genres: Amphibians, Reptiles
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca, United States
Imprint: Comstock Publishing Associates
Published: 17th Feb 2005
Dimensions: w 216mm h 279mm d 36mm
Weight: 1622g
ISBN-10: 0801439973
ISBN-13: 9780801439971
Barcode No: 9780801439971
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"Assays of assemblages of amphibians and reptiles provide important information on community structure in the tropics. These ectothermic organisms are highly responsive to slight differences in the environment and to seasonal differences, such as patterns of rainfall. Most species seem to have rather restricted home ranges; therefore, data gathered in a restricted area provide much better insight into the requirements of, and potential interactions among, the species in the assemblage."-from the IntroductionThe rainforests in the southwestern part of the Amazon Basin in southeastern Peru are home to scores of amphibians and reptiles. Cusco Amazonico is a richly illustrated and comprehensive account of the lives of 151 of these species. William E. Duellman's masterpiece of community ecology includes descriptions of the physical environment and vegetation found in this unique habitat along with syntheses of abundance, mass, feeding, reproductive guilds, and daily and seasonal patterns of activity. Identification keys in English and Spanish precede detailed and illustrated species accounts. Tadpoles of many frogs are described and illustrated.Cusco Amazonico will become a standard reference for herpetologists, tropical biologists, biogeographers, ecologists, and conservationists and stands on its own as a portrait of an animal community in a unique bioregion. The illustrations include 236 color photographs, 121 charts and graphs, 16 maps, 42 line drawings, 2 halftones, and 56 sets of audiospectrograms and waveforms. There are 71 tables.

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A crowning achievement and a lasting record of a unique but threatened ecosystem. * Southeastern Naturalist *