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The Osteology of Reptiles and Amphibians: A Modern Comparative Atlas of North American Species is an original guide to all skeletal systems and bone compositions of herpetofauna ranging including turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes. This book looks at the largest concentration of reptilian and amphibian species found across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and beyond. The book begins with fundamental overviews and descriptions for osteological identification, herpetological evolution, and the study of functional and comparative morphology. Its primary feature, unlike any other book of a similar subject matter, is the numerous line drawings separated by bone type, with representatives from all major herpetofauna groups allowing individuals looking to identify unknown bones to group. This book offers detailed, scaled, within-group drawings that allow researchers to collect data within major groups. The Osteology of Reptiles and Amphibians: A Modern Comparative Atlas of North American Species is the first of its kind, offering herpetologists, vertebrate biologists, palaeontologists, and zooarchaeologists a core visual resource for studying and understanding herpetofauna osteology. This book is also useful for students in animal biology, herpetology, and osteology courses.
Dr Beth Reinke is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Northeastern Illinois University. Previously, she was a researcher and instructor in the Miller Laboratory at Penn State University. Dr Reinke received her PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Dartmouth College. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, most notably on reptilian and amphibian bones and their evolution.
