A CHECKLIST OF NORTH AMERICAN AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES

About the Book

In the spirit of Stejneger & Barbour and Karl Schmidt, Fouquette & Dubois present Volume 1 (Amphibians) of a new edition of a checklist of the herpetofauna of North America. This will be followed by Volume 2, Reptiles. This checklist is much improved over earlier editions, providing more extensive synonymies and complete citations of all literature. The format of synonymies is expected to be easier to follow than more traditional ones. Taxonomy is conservative, and subgenera are used extensively in some families. One new subgenus and a new epifamily are described, otherwise such new nomina are avoided, though there are a number of new combinations due to use of subgenera, including some revived names.

About the Author

Martin John (“Jack”) Fouquette, Jr. completed his BA and MA at the University of Texas, then entered the Air Force during the Korean war. He served as navigator in Air Rescue Service, in Panama. On days off he collected and tape-recorded treefrog calls. He returned to UT for a PhD, using Panama data for dissertation research, and earned the degree, 1958. He was on faculties at University of Florida, 1958-1960, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1960-1965, finally Arizona State University, Tempe, 1965, retiring 2005. He continues research there as a Professor Emeritus. Alain Dubois, Professor and Director of Reptiles and Amphibians at the National Museum, Paris, has authored numerous publications on taxonomy, nomenclature, and evolution. He is founder and editor of Alytes, editor and founder of Bionomina, and nomenclature editor for Zootaxa.