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Amphibians --- Reptiles

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Herpetology, Second Edition has been thoroughly revised. The text has been reorganized, new chapters have been added, new text references have been inserted. All this plus new color systematics sections will maintain this book as THE leading textbook on the biology of amphibians and reptiles. The book will also showcase reptiles and amphibians as model systems in conceptual areas of biology. Such a text will help integrate herpetology as a discipline into conceptually oriented undergraduate programs. The book should also appeal to a large audience of sophisticated lay people interested in reptiles and amphibians. * Written by internationally recognized experts on the biology of amphibians and reptiles * Provides a general background on the evolution and morphology of amphibians and reptiles * Details what is known about reproduction and life histories * Examines physiological ecology, emphasizing water balance, temperature, and energy * Integrates population and community ecology with conservation biology * Provides detailed taxonomic accounts of all higher taxa, including high quality distribution maps and color photographs

Herpetology. --- Herpétologie --- Herpétologie --- Herpetology --- Zoology --- Amphibians --- Reptiles

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Amphibians as laboratory animals --- Fish as laboratory animals --- Reptiles as laboratory animals --- Animal models in research

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""... are dinosaurs social constructs? Do we really know anything about dinosaurs? Might not all of our beliefs about dinosaurs merely be figments of the paleontological imagination? A few years ago such questions would have seemed preposterous, even nonsensical. Now they must have a serious answer.""At stake in the ""Science Wars"" that have raged in academe and in the media is nothing less than the standing of science in our culture. One side argues that science is a ""social construct,"" that

Science --- Dinosaurs. --- Dinosauria --- Reptiles, Fossil --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Science and society --- Sociology of science --- Social aspects. --- Philosophy.

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Turtles --- Chelonia (Order) --- Cryptodira --- Fresh-water turtles --- Freshwater turtles --- Pleurodira --- Terrapins --- Testudinata --- Testudines --- Tortoises --- Reptiles --- DGHT-AG Schildkröten --- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde. --- AG Schildkröten in Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde --- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schildkröten