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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815919203321

Autore

Michael Damian

Titolo

Reptiles of the NSW Murray catchment : a guide to their identification, ecology and conservation / / Damian Michael and David Lindenmayer ; with contributions from Mason Crane, Matthew Herring and Rebecca Montague-Drake

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., c2010

ISBN

0-643-10189-6

1-283-15554-0

9786613155542

0-643-09821-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LindenmayerDavid

CraneMason

HerringMatthew

Montague-DrakeRebecca

Disciplina

597.9

597.909944

Soggetti

Reptiles - Australia - Upper Murray Region (N.S.W. and Vic.)

Habitat (Ecology) - Australia - Upper Murray Region (N.S.W. and Vic.)

Conservation biology - Australia - Upper Murray Region (N.S.W. and Vic.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-234) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Australia - the land of reptiles; 2 The importance of conserving reptile diversity; 3 Conserving reptiles on farms; 4 The NSW Murray catchment; 5 Species accounts; 6 Identifying similar looking skinks in the Murray catchment; Appendix 1 Reptiles of the Murray catchment and their associatedvegetation types; Appendix 2 Common and scientific names of other animals and plantsmentioned; References; Index - scientific names; Index - common names

Sommario/riassunto

An easy to use field guide for identifying the 80 reptile species currently known to occur in the Murray catchment area of New South



Wales.