FIELD GUIDES
Book Selections for Membership Drive Giveaway
Every 10th membership signup or renewal will be notified via email from SWCHR. Reply with your choice of ONE of the following books to receive. If you’re NOT notified to choose a book shortly after you sign up or renew, you were not the next-10th-person this time. However, we encourage you to purchase these books and your other online shopping needs through Amazon Smile and selecting “Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research” as your designated charity. Doing so costs nothing extra to you, and Amazon will donate a percentage of your purchases to SWCHR to help support our programs.
ARIZONA
A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles in Arizona 2nd Edition, by Andrew T. Holycross, Thomas C. Brennan and Randall D Babb, 2022
A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles in Arizona 2nd Edition is a collaborative effort between the authors and the Arizona Game and Fish Department. The book provides concise information on 155 species of amphibians and reptiles found in Arizona including 5 introduced amphibian and 11 introduced reptile species. Individual species accounts include high quality color photographs, compendious natural history information, detailed range maps, custom illustrations, line drawings, and call outs to key identification characteristics. 165 pages.
CALIFORNIA
Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of California, by Robert C. Stebbins, 2012
Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of California identifies and describes all the amphibians and reptile species found in California. The species are described in richly detailed accounts that include range maps, lifelike color paintings by Robert C. Stebbins, clear drawings of various life stage, and conservation status. 552 pages.
California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Special Concern, by Robert C. Thomson, Amber N. Wright, and H. Bradley Shaffer, 2016
California Amphibian and Reptile Species of Special Concern provides an up-to-date synthesis of the current state of knowledge regarding the biology and conservation risks faced by 45 of California’s most sensitive amphibian and reptile species. 408 pages.
California Amphibians and Reptiles: A field guide by Robert W. Hansen and Jackson D. Shedd, 2025
California Amphibians and Reptiles covers all 209 species and subspecies in this biodiverse region of the United States, with outstanding color photography and in-depth species accounts that draw on the latest findings on taxonomy and distribution. This new field guide contains illustrations of all amphibian and reptile species and subspecies found in California, including color illustrations of all amphibian larvae. 528 pages.
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico’s Reptiles and Amphibians: A Field Guide, by R. D. Bartlett and Patricia P. Bartlett, 2013
New Mexico’s Reptiles and Amphibians includes species accounts, maps, photographs, and black-and-white drawings to help you identify the species you have encountered. In addition to basic taxonomy and a glossary, the authors have included suggestions on field protocol and legalities, as well as useful information about the various herpetofauna habitats in the state. 360 pages.
TEXAS
Texas Snakes: A Field Guide, by James R. Dixon, John E. Werler and Michael Forstner, illustrated by Regina Levoy, 2020
Texas Snakes contains the most current and complete information to identify and understand all 111 species and subspecies of the snakes found in Texas. This field guide contains 113 full-color, close-up photos that show every snake, as well as 39 detailed line drawings, 113 range maps and a checklist of all Texas snakes with a key to the species. 464 pages.
Texas Turtles & Crocodilians: A Field Guide, by Troy D. Hibbitts and Terry L. Hibbitts, 2016
Texas Turtles & Crocodilians is the first complete identification guide to all thirty-one native and established exotic turtle species in Texas, as well as the American Alligator. 276 pages.
Texas Amphibians: A Field Guide, by Terry L. Hibbitts, Travis J. LaDuc, Bob L. Tipton, Troy D. Hibbitts and Toby J. Hibbitts, 2012
Texas Amphibians is the only field guide focused exclusively on the state’s frogs, toads, and salamanders. It presents brief, general accounts of the two orders and fifteen families, and identifies each of the seventy-two species in detail. 330 pages.