The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica

List of Keys

Preface

Acknowledgments

Photographers' Acknowledgments

Illustration Credits

PART 1 THE BASICS

1 Discovering a Tropical Herpetofauna

2 The Costa Rican Environment

3 Organization of the Systematic Accounts
(How to Use this Book)

PART 2 LIVING AMPHIBIANS

4 Amphibians (Class Amphibia)

5 Caecilians (Order Gmynophiona)

6 Salamanders (Order Caudata)

7 Frogs and Toads (Order Anura)

PART 3 LIVING REPTILES

8 Reptiles (Class Reptilia)

9 Squamates (Order Squamata)

10 Lizards (Suborder Sauria)

11 Snakes (Suborder Serpentes)

12 Turtles (Order Testudinata)

13 Crocodilians (Order Crocodilia)

PART 4 BIOGEOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTION

14 Ecological Distribution of the Herpetofauna

15 Geographic Distribution: Historical Units, Faunal Areas,
Endemism, and General Patterns

16 Development of the Herpetofauna

Addendum

Glossary

Literature Cited

Systematic Index

Subject Index