Basic References and Identification Guides

Amphibians and Reptiles of the Chihuahuan Desert Region

Conant, R. C. and J. T. Collins. 1991. A field guide to reptiles and amphibians, eastern and central North America, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. xviii + 450 pp.

Degenhardt, William G., Charles W. Painter, and Andrew H. Price. 1996. Amphibians and reptiles of New Mexico. Univ. New Mexico Press, Abuquerque. xix + 431pp.

Dixon, J. R. 2000. Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas, Second Edition. Texas A&M Univ. Press, College Station. 421 pp.

Flores-Villela, O. 1995. Herpetofauna Mexicana. Spec. Publ. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist (17):73.

Flores-Villela, O. A., F. Mendoza-Quijano, G. Gonzlez-Poreter. 1995. Recopilacion de claves para la determinacion de anfibios y reptiles de Mexico. Publ. Esp. Museo Zool., Univ. Nac. Aut. México (10):1-285.

Liner, E. A. 1994. Scientific and common names for the amphibians and reptiles of Mexico in English and Spanish. Soc. Study Amphib. Rept. Herpetol. Circular (23):1-113.

Morafka, D. J. 1977. A biogeographical analysis of the Chihuahuan Desert through its herpetofauna. Biogeographica, Volume IX. Dr. W. Junk, B.V., The Hague. 313 pp.

Powell, R., J. T. Collins, and E. D. Hooper, Jr. 1998. A key to amphibians and reptiles of the continental United States and Canada. Univ. Kansas Press, Lawrence. 131 pp.

Price, A. H. 1998. Poisonous snakes of Texas. Texas Parks and Widlife Press, Austin. 112 pp.

Stebbins, R. C. 1985. A field guide to western reptiles and amphibians, Second edition. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. xiv + 336 pp.

Werler, J. E. and Dixon, J. R. 2000. Snakes of Texas. Univ. Texas Press, Austin. 544 pp.

Last Update: 21 June 2000.