Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata

Book excerpt: This catalogue represents an attempt to make it possible for participants in the International Biological Program working in Latin America to identify the lizards encountered in the field. It was originally planned to include information on the ecology and ethology of the reptilian species, to permit field investigators to distingush the unusual ecological event from the commonplace occurrence, but time has not permitted inclusion of that degree of detail. Instead, effort has been focused on construction of a workable field manual with keys designed to help identification without laboratory faciliites.