Today's list contains a number of papers by a couple of people who worked at the American Museum of Natural History - Charles Bogert and Charles Myers. Among the books listed is the new book on Lizards of Sri Lanka: Somaweera, Ruchira and Nilusha Somaweera. 2009. Lizards of Sri Lanka: A Colour Guide with Field Keys. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 304 p. Hardcover. An outstanding field guide, providing a modern checklist of species, illustrated key (a first for the region), for the benefit of non-technical users of the guide. Provides species accounts, that include multiple images of each taxa (museum specimens, in case of rare species), showing different ontogenetic stages, sexes and colour morphs, and a short listing of species erroneously recorded from Sri Lanka. 630 colour illustrations, distribution maps for all species, glossary, gazetteer of localities, references and scientific names index. $79.60 Please let me know if you would like anything from this list. Breck Allen, Thomas B. 1974. Vanishing Wildlife of North America. National Geographic Society, Washington, D. D., 207 p. Clothbound with a dust jacket. $8.00 Andreone, F., D. B. Fenolio and M. E. Walvoord. 2004. Erratum: "Two unknown arboreal frogs (Genus Platypelis) described from the rainforests of Northeastern Madagascar (Microhylidae: Cophylinea)" by F. Andreone, D. B. Fenolio, and M. E. Walvoord, Current Herpetology 22 (2): 91-100, 2003. Current Herpetology. 23 (2): 85-86. Included in the complete issue of this journal. $12.00 Bean, Michael J. 1977. The Evolution of Wildlife Law. Council on Environmental Quality, Washington, D. C., 482 p. Paperback. $10.00 Bernarde, Paulo Sérgio and Augusto Shinya Abe. 2006. A snake community at Espigão do Oeste, RondoÌ‚nia, southwestern Amazon, Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology. 1 (2): 102-113. This paper is part of the complete issue of journal. $20.00 Bodenheimer, F. S. 1958. Animal Ecology To-Day. Uitgeverij DR. W. Junk, The Hague, 276 p. HB. $30.00 Bodenheimer, F. S. 1959. A Biologist in Israel. Biological studies, Jerusalem, viii, 492 p., 2 plates. HB, Dj. $60.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1930. Annotated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Los Angeles County. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. 29 (1): 3-14. Entire issue of journal. $10.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1939. A study of the genus Salvadora the patch-nosed snakes. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Biological Sciences. 1 (10): 177-236, 5 plates. $45.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1940. Herpetological results of the Vernay Angola Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 77 (1): 1-107. $25.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1942. Pseudohaje Günther, a valid genus for two West African arboreal cobras. American Museum Novitates. (1174): 1-9. $3.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1942. Snakes secured by the Snyder East African Expedition in Kenya Colony and Tanganyika Territory. American Museum Novitates. (1178): 1-5. $4.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1943. Dentitional phenomena in cobras and other elapids with notes on adaptive modifications of fangs. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 81 (3): 285-260. Wrappers loose. $25.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1943. A new box turtle from southeastern Sonora, Mexico. American Museum Novitates. (1226): 1-7. Terrapene klauberi nov. sp. $3.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1943. Strange facts about snakes. Science Digest. (December): 68-70. $4.00 Bogert, Charles M. and James A. Oliver. 1945. A preliminary analysis of the herpetofauna of Sonora. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 83 (6): 297-426, 8 plates. in wrps. $85.00 Bogert, Charles M. and Bessie L. Matalas. 1945. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 53. A review of the Elapid genus Ultrocalamus of New Guinea. American Museum Novitates. (1284): 1-8. $3.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1945. Two additional races of the patch-nosed snake, Salvadora hexalepis. American Museum Novitates. (1285): 1-14. $3.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1947. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 57. A field study of homing in the Carolina toad. American Museum Novitates. (1355): 1-24. Homing; Bufo terrestris. $5.00 Bogert, Charles M. and Raymond B. Cowles. 1947. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 58. Moisture loss in relation to habitat selection in some Floridian reptiles. American Museum Novitates. (1358): 1-34. Water loss; habitat selection; Florida; Kinosternon subrubrum; Pseudemys floridana; terrapene carolina; Gopherus polyphemus; Alligator mississippiensis; Sceloporus woodi; Eumeces inexpectatus; Rhineura floridana; Drymarchon corais; Coluber constrictor; Masticophis flagellum. $6.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1947. The status of the genus Leptodrymus Amaral, with comments on modifications of colubrid premaxillae. American Museum Novitates. (1352): 1-14. $3.50 Bogert, Charles M. 1949. Thermoregulation in reptiles, a factor in evolution. Evolution. 3 (3): 195-211. $4.50 Bogert, Charles M. 1952. Open door to the Amphibia of western North America. Ecology. 33 (3): 435-436. Review of "Amphibians of Western North American". $1.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1952. Relative abundance, habitats, and normal thermal levels of some Virginian salamanders. Ecology. 33 (1): 16-30. Desmognathus wrighti, Desmognathus ochrophaeus carolinensis, Plethodon metcalfi, Eurycea bislineata wilderae, Plethodon welleri, . $5.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1953. Body temperatures of the Tuatara under natural consitions. Zoologica. 38 (4): 63-64. $3.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1953. The Tuatara: Why is it a lone survivor? The Scientific Monthly. 76 (3): 163-170. $3.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1954. Filling the gaps of knowledge. II. Systematic research in the biological studies. Eighty-fifth Annual Report of the American Museum of Natural History. July, 1953, through June, 1954: 9-12. $3.00 Bogert, Charles M. and Rafael MartÃn del Campo. 1956. The Gila Monster and its Allies. Bulletin of the American Museim of Natural History. 109 (1): 1-238, 20 plates. Clothbound. $300.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1957. A comprehensive account of the rattlesnake. Ecology. 38 (2): (1 p.). Review of Klauber's "Rattlesnakes, their habits, life histories, and influence on mankind". $1.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1958. Sounds of North American frogs. The biological significance of voice in frogs. Folkways Records, New York, 17. Companion book to the frog call recordings. $4.50 Bogert, Charles M. and William G. Degenhardt. 1961. An addition to the fauna of the United States, the Chihuahua ridge-nosed rattlesnake in New Mexico. American Museum Novitates. (2064): 1-15. $4.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1961. Book review: Die Amphibien und Reptilien Europas. Copeia. 1961 (2): 252-256. $1.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1961. Book review: Los Reptiles de Chiapas. Copeia. 1961 (4): 506-507. $1.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1962. Isolation mechanisms in toads of the Bufo debilis group in Arizona and Western Mexico. American Museum Novitates. (2100): 1-37. $6.00 Bogert, Charles M. and William E. Duellman. 1963. A new genus and species of colubrid snake from the Mexican state of Oaxaca. American Museum Novitates. (2162): 1-15. Cryophis hallbergi n. sp. $3.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1964. Snakes of the genera Diaphorolepis and Synophis and the colubrid subfamily Xenoderminae (Reptilia, Colubridae). Senck. Biol. 45 (3/5): 509-531. $4.50 Bogert, Charles M. and Ann P. Porter. 1966. The differential characteristics of the Mexican snakes related to Geophis dubius (Peters). American Museum Novitates. (2277): 1-19. $4.00 Bogert, Prepared by Charles M. 1966. Index to the species for which hemipenes are depicted in "Crocodilians, Lizards, and Snakes of North America". Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service, Annual Report United States National Museum for 1898. 155-1294. $5.00 Bogert, Charles M. and Ann P. Porter. 1966. A new species of Geophis (Serpentes, Colubridae) from the state of Colima, Mexico. American Museum Novitates. (2260): 1-10. Geophis gertschi n. sp. $3.00 Bogert, Charles M. and Ranil Senanayake. 1966. A new species of toad (Bufo) indigenous to southern Ceylon. American Museum Novitates. (2269): 1-18. Bufo fergusoni, Bufo atukoralei nov. sp. $4.00 Bogert, Charles M. and Vincent D. Roth. 1966. Ritualistic combat of male gopher snakes, Pituophis melanoleucus affinis (Reptilia, Colubridae). American Museum Novitates. (2245): 1-27. $5.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1967. New salamanders of the Plethodontid genus Pseudoeurycea from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Mexico. American Museum Novitates. (2314): 1-27. Pseudoeurycea anitae nov. sp, Pseudoeurycea mystax nov. sp., Pseudoeurycea conanti nov. sp. $4.50 Bogert, Charles M. and Ann P. Porter. 1967. A new species of Abronia (Sauria, Anguidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. American Museum Novitates. (2279): 1-21. Abronia mixteca nov. sp. $4.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1968. A new arboreal pit viper of the genus Bothrops from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. American Museum Novitates. (2341): 1-14. Bothrops rowleyi n. sp. $3.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1968. A new genus and species of dwarf boa from Southern Mexico. American Museum Novitates. (2354): 1-38. Exiliboa nov. gen., Exiliboa placata nov. sp. $7.00 Bogert, Charles M. 1968. The variations and affinities of the Dwarf boas of the genus Ungaliophis. American Museum Novitates. (2340): 1-26. Ungaliophis. $4.50 Bogert, Charles M. 1969. The eggs and hatchlings of the Mexican leptodactylid frog Eleutherodactylus decoratus Taylor. American Museum Novitates. (2376): 1-9. $2.50 Bogert, Charles M. n.d. Sounds of the American Southwest. Folkways Records & Service Corp., New York, 12 unnumbered pages. Does not include the record. $3.00 Carr, Donald E. 1966. Death of the Sweet Waters. W. W. Norton, New York, 257 p. Clothbound with a dust jacket. $8.00 Costello, David F. 1972. The Desert World: Plant and Animal Life of the American Desert. Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 264 p. Clothbound with a dust jacket. Amphibians and reptiles on pp. 191-209. $18.00 Das, Indraneil and Tzi-Ming Leon. 2004. A new species of Cnempaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Southern Thailand. Current Herpetology. 23 (2): 63-71. Included in the complete issue of this journal. Cnemaspis phuketensis sp. nov. $12.00 Haramura, Takashi. 2004. Salinity and other abiotic characterisitcs of the oviposition sites of the Rhacophorid Frog, Buergeria japonica. Current Herpetology. 23 (2): 81-84. Included in the complete issue of this journal. $12.00 IbargüengoytÃa, Nora R., Miguel Bertona and Margarita Chiaraviglio. 2006. Seasonal changes in testicular activity of the protected Cites I Boa constrictor occidentalis (Serpentes: Boidae): an histological study. South American Journal of Herpetology. 1 (2): 143-148. This paper is part of the complete issue of journal. $20.00 Marques, Otavio A. V., Selma M. Almeida-Santos and Murilo G. Rodrigues. 2006. Activity patterns in coral snakes, genus Micrurus (Elapidae), in south and southeastern Brazil South American Journal of Herpetology. 1 (2): 114-120. This paper is part of the complete issue of journal. $20.00 McNulty, Faith. 1966. The Whooping Crane: The Bird that Defies Extinction. E. P. Dutton, New York, 190 p. Clothbound with a dust jacket. $7.50 Miranda, Tatiana, Martin Ebner, Mirco Solé and Axel Kwet. 2006. Spatial, seasonal and intrapopulational variation in the diet of Pseudis cardosoi (Anura: Hylidae) from the AraucaÌria plateau of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology. 1 (2): 121-130. This paper is part of the complete issue of journal. $20.00 Myers, Charles W. 1957. Amphibians and reptiles of Washington State Park, Washington County, Missouri. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 60 (3): 288-296. $3.00 Myers, Charles W. 1959. Amphibians and reptiles of Montauk State Park and vicinity, Dent County, Missouri. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 62 (1): 88-90. $3.00 Myers, Charles W. 1965. Biology of the ringneck snake, Diadophis punctatus, in Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 10 (2): 43-90. $7.00 Myers, Charles W. 1966. The distribution and behavior of a tropical horned frog, Cerathyla panamensis Stejneger. Herpetologica. 22 (1): 67-71. $1.00 Myers, Charles W. 1966. Lygophis boursieri (Jan), a snake new to the fauna of Colombia. Copeia. 1966 (4): 886-888. $1.00 Myers, Charles W. 1966. A new species of colubrid snake, genus Coniophanes, from Darien, Panama. Copeia. 1966 (4): 665-668. Coniophanes joanae nov. sp. $1.00 Myers, Charles W. 1967. The familial position of Typhlophis Fitzinger (Serpentes). Herpetologica. 23 (1): 75-77. $1.00 Myers, Charles W. and Linda Trueb. 1967. The hemipenis of an anomalepidid snake. Herpetologica. 23 (3): 235-238. $1.00 Myers, Charles W. and A. Stanley Rand. 1969. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Barro Colorado Island, Panama, with comments on faunal change and sampling. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. (10): 1-11. $4.00 Myers, Charles W. 1969. The ecological geography of cloud forest in Panama. American Museum Novitates. (2396): 1-52. $8.00 Myers, Charles W. 1969. Snakes of the genus Coniophanes in Panama. American Museum Novitates. (2372): 1-28. $4.50 Myers, Charles W. 1969. South American snakes related to Lygophis boursieri: A reappraisal of Rhadinaea antioquiensis, Rhadinaea tristriata, Coronella whymperi, and Liophis atahuallpae. American Museum Novitates. (2385): 1-27. $4.50 Myers, Charles W. 1971. Central American lizards related to Anolis pentaprion: Two new species from the Cordillera de Talamanca. American Museum Novitates. (2471): 1-40. Anolis pentaprion. $5.00 Myers, Charles W. 1971. A new species of green Anole (Reptilia, Sauria) from the north coast of Veraguas, Panama. American Museum Novitates. (2470): 1-14. Anolis. $3.00 Myers, Charles W. 1973. Anguid lizards of the genus Diploglossus in Panama, with the description of a new species. American Museum Novitates. (2523): 1-20. Diploglossus montisilvestris nov. sp. $4.00 Myers, Charles W. 1973. A new genus for Andean snakes related to Lygophis boursieri and a new species (Colubridae). American Museum Novitates. (2522): 1-37. Saphenophis gen. nov., Saphenophis antioquiensis, Saphenophis boursieri, Saphenophis tristriatus, Saphenophis atahuallpae, Saphenophis sneiderni nov. spp. $6.00 Myers, Charles W. and Marinus S. Hoogmoed. 1974. Zoogeographic and taxonomic status of the South American snake Tachymenis surinamensis (Colubridae). Zoologische Mededelingen. 48 (17): 187-194, plate 1. $3.00 Myers, Charles W. and John W. Daly. 1976. A new species of poison frog (Dendrobates ) from Andean Ecuador, including an analysis of its skin toxins. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas. (59): 1-12. Dendrobates abditussp. nov; New species; Ecuador. $3.00 Myers, Charles W. and John W. Daly. 1976. Preliminary evaluation of skin toxins and vocalizations in taxonomic and evolutionary studies of poison-dart frogs (Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 157 (3): 177-262. $22.00 Myers, C. W., J. W. Daly and B. Malkin. 1978. A dangerously toxic new frog (Phyllobates) used by Emberá Indians of western Colombia, with discussion of blowgun fabrication and dart poisoning. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 161 (2): 307-366, 2 plates. $24.00 Myers, Charles W. and John W. Daly. 1979. A name for the poison frog of Cordillera Azul, Eastern Peru, with notes on its biology and skin toxins (Dendrobatidae). American Museum Novitates. (2674): 1-24. Dendrobates silverstonei n. sp. $5.00 Myers, Charles W. and John W. Daly. 1980. Taxonomy and ecology of Dendrobates bombetes, a new Andean poison frog with new skin toxins. American Museum Novitates. (2692): 1-23. $5.00 Myers, C.W. and J.A. Campbell. 1981. A new genus and species of colubrid snake from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico. American Museum Novitates. (2708): 1-20. Rhadinophanes gen. nov., Rhadinophanes monticola sp. nov. $4.00 Myers, Charles W. and Wiliam E. Duellman. 1982. A new species of Hyla from Cerro Colorado, and other tree frog records and geographical notes from western Panama. American Museum Novitates. (2752): 1-32. Hyla graceae n. sp. $5.00 Myers, Charles, W. 1982. Spotted poison frogs: Descriptions of three new Dendrobates from Western Amazonia, and resurrection of a lost species from "Chiriqui". American Museum Novitates. (2721): 1-23. Dendrobates vanzolinii sp. nov., Dendrobates captivus sp. nov., Dendrobates mysteriosus sp. nov. $5.00 Myers, Charles W. and John W. Daly. 1983. Dart-poison frogs. Scientific American. 248 (2): 120-133. $3.00 Myers, Charles W., John W. Daly and VÃctor MartÃnez. 1984. An arboreal poison frog (Dendrobates) from Western Panama. American Museum Novitates. (2783): 1-20. Dendrobates arboreus n. sp. $4.00 Myers, Charles W. 1986. An enigmatic new snake from the Peruvian Andes, with notes on the Xenodontini (Colubridae: Xenodontinae). American Museum Novitates. (2853): 1-12. Liophis problematicus sp. nov. $3.00 Myers, Charles W. and Linda S. Ford. 1986. On Atopophrynus, a recently described frog wrongly assigned to the Dendrobatidae. American Museum Novitates. (2843): 1-15. $3.00 Myers, Charles W. and Patricia A. Burrowes. 1987. A new poison frog (Dendrobates) from Andean Colombia, with notes on a lowland relative. American Museum Novitates. (2899): 1-17. Dendrobates andinus n. sp. $4.00 Myers, Charles W., Alfredo Paolillo-O. and John W. Daly. 1991. Discovery of a defensively malodorous and nocturnal frog in the family dendrobatidae: Phylogenetic significance of a new genus and species from the Venezuelan Andes. American Museum Novitates. (3002): 1-33. Aromobates nov. gen., Aromobates nocturnus nov. sp. $5.00 Myers, Charles W. 1991. Distribution of the dendrobatid frog Colostethus chocoensis and description of a related species occurring macrosympatrically. American Museum Novitates. (3010): 1-15. Colostethus lacrimosus nov. sp. $3.00 Myers, C. W. and M. A. Donnelly. 1991. The lizard genus Sphenomorphus (Scincidae) in Panama, with description of a new species. American Museum Novitates. (3027): 1-12. Sphenomorphus rarus nov. sp. $3.00 Myers, Charles W. and Richard G. Zewifel. 1993. Biographical sketch and bibliography of Charles Mitchell Bogert, 1908-1992. Herpetologica. 49 (1): 133-146. $2.00 Myers, Charles W. and John E. Cadle. 1994. A New Genus for South American Snakes Related to Rhadinaea obtusa Cope (Colubridae) and Resurrection of Taeniophallus Cope for the "Rhadinaea " brevirostris Group. American Museum Novitates. (3102): 1-33. Psomophis nov. gen. $5.00 Myers, Charles W. and Maureen A. Donnelly. 1996. A new herpetofauna from Cerro YavÃ, Venezuela: First results of the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-TERRAMAR Expedition to the Northwestern Tepuis. American Museum Novitates. (3172): 1-56. Eleutherodactylus cantitans sp. nov., Eleutherdactylus pruinatus sp. nov., Eleutherodactylus yaviensis sp. nov., Euspondylus goeleti sp. nov., Phenacosaurus bellipeniculus sp. nov., Thamnodynastes yavi sp. nov., Thamnodynastes duida sp. nov. $11.00 Myers, Charles W. and Maureen A. Donnelly. 1997. A Tepui Herpetofauna on a Granitic Mountain (Tamacuari) in the Borderland Between Venezuela and Brazil: Report from the Phipps Tapirapecó Expedition. American Museum Novitates. (3213): 1-71. Hyalinobatrachium crurigasciatum nov. sp., Colostethus tamacuarensis nov. sp., Stefania tamacuarina nov. sp., Eleutherodactylus avius nov. sp. $9.00 Myers, Charles W. and Maureen A. Donnely. 2001. Herpetofauna of the Yutajé-Corocoro Massif, Venezuela: Second Report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition to the Northwestern Tepuis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. (261): 1-85. $18.00 Ota, Hidetoshi. 2004. Field observations on a highly endangered snake, Opisthotropis kikuzatoi (Squamata: colubridae), endemic to Kumejima Island, Japan. Current Herpetology. 23 (2): 73-80. Included in the complete issue of this journal. $12.00 Pombal, José P. Jr. and Joao Luiz Gasparini. 2006. A new Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic rainforest of EspiÌrito Santo, Southeastern Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology. 1 (2): 87-93. This paper is part of the complete issue of journal. $20.00 Powell, W. Robert. 1974. Inventory of Rare and Endangered Vascular Plants of California. California Native Plant Society, Berekely, iii, 55 p. $8.00 Randriamahazo, Herilala J. A. R. and Akira Mori. 2004. Thermal biology of an Iguanian Lizard, Opulurus cuvieri cuvieri, in a tropical dry forest of Madagascar. Current Herpetology. 23 (2): 53-62. Included in the complete issue of this journal. $12.00 Ribeiro, Marco A., Jr., Toby A. Gardner and Teresa C. S. Ãvila-Pires. 2006. The effectiveness of glue traps to sample lizards in a tropical rainforest. South American Journal of Herpetology. 1 (2): 131-137. This paper is part of the complete issue of journal. $20.00 Scanferla, Carlos A., Ricardo Montero and Federico L. Agnolin. 2006. The first fossil record of Amphisbaena heterozonata from the late Pleistocene of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. South American Journal of Herpetology. 1 (2): 137-142. This paper is part of the complete issue of journal. $20.00 Somaweera, Ruchira and Nilusha Somaweera. 2009. Lizards of Sri Lanka: A Colour Guide with Field Keys. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 304 p. Hardcover. An outstanding field guide, providing a modern checklist of species, illustrated key (a first for the region), for the benefit of non-technical users of the guide. Provides species accounts, that include multiple images of each taxa (museum specimens, in case of rare species), showing different ontogenetic stages, sexes and colour morphs, and a short listing of species erroneously recorded from Sri Lanka. 630 colour illustrations, distribution maps for all species, glossary, gazetteer of localities, references and scientific names index. $79.60 Thomas, Robert A., Renato Silveira Bérnils, Julio César de Moura-Leite and Sérgio Augusto Abrahâo Morato. 2006. Redescription of Ditaxodon taeniatus (Hensel, 1868) (Serpentes, Colubridae, Xenodontinae): variation, relationships, and distribution. South American Journal of Herpetology. 1 (2): 94-101. This paper is part of the complete issue of journal. $20.00 |