Their Blood Runs Cold: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians

Index

Index • 169 Index Africa, 17, 34, 41, 43, 64, 78, 79, 87, 103 Alabama, 19, 24, 36, 39, 40, 87, 140 Algonquin Indians, 43 Alligator, 2, 52, 55-70 passim, 100, 109, 136; length records of, 66; effect of on environment, 67; parental care by, 66 American (A. mississipiensis), 12, 13, 18, 69, 126 Chinese (A. sinensis), 66 Alligator Alley, 1l0, III Alligator tail, 12 American Philosophical Society, 65 Anaconda (Eunectes murinus), 18, 32, 36 Anaphylactic shock, 8 Anderson, South Carolina, 100 Anole (Anolis carolinensis), 79, 80; dewlap of, 79 Antarctica, 75, 102 Antivenin, 7, 8 Appalachian Mountains, 87, 91 Archosaurians, 70 Arctic Circle, 75, 101 Arizona, 76 Arkansas, 38, 39 Asia, 77 Atlantic Coast, 42 Atlanta Zoo, 36 Auburn University, 84, 86, 140 Augusta, Georgia, 107 Australia, 32, 42, 43, 78, 87, 102, 130 Australian-Malaysian region, 17 Barrier island, 15, 25, 53 Bartram, William, 65 Basilisk (Basiliscus), 76, 77 Bennett, Dave, ll9, 123 Big Cypress Swamp, 67 Black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), 35 Blowgun, 81 Boa constrictor (Constrictor constrictor), 32 Borneo, 77 Brandon, Ron, 84 Brazil, 77 Brisbin, I. Lehr, 126 Brodie, Edmund, 90 Brontosaurus, 70 Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), 11, 12, 98, 99, 101, 103 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 11 Bushmaster (Lachesis muta), 19, 20, 21, 22,23,34 Butler County, Alabama, 84 Caecilians, 93, 94, 95 Cagle, Fred, 39 Caimaneros, 65 California, III Camouflage, 31, 77 Cannibalism, 91, 92 Carolina bays, 2, 49, 52, 113, ll6 Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge , 100 Carr, Archie, 130 Cascade Mountains, 101 Central America, 12, 32, 34, 76, 102, 103 Chamaeleon (Chamaeleo), 78, 79 Chameleon (Anolis), 80 Charleston, South Carolina, 53 Chesapeake Bay, ll, 42 Chesterfield Co., South Carolina, 100 Chicago, 12 Chihuahuan Desert, 75, 76 Clark Hill Reservoir, 106 170 • Index Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum), 20, 21, 32, 35 Coastal development, 28, 43 Cobra (family Elapidae), 30, 32, 34; venom of, 28 King (Ophiophagus hannah), 435 Spitting (Haemachatus hemachatus), 34,35 Coker, John, 114 Collecting techniques, 105-33; by hand, 113; on the road, 110, 111; with drift fences, 112, 113, 116, 119; with nooses, 81,82 College of Charleston, 100 Commercial value, 11 Congdon, Justin, 12 Congo eel (Amphiuma means), 88 Constrictor, 18, 25, 32, 34 Constriction, 32 Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), 28, 30, 31, 34, 40, 91 Coral snake (Micrurus), 34 Eastern (Micrurus julvius), 7, 28, 30 Costa Rica, 19, 20, 23 Cottonmouth moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus ), 13, 28, 30, 31, 35, 40, 67, 132, 134, 143 Crocodile (Crocodylus), 12; man-eating, 18,42 American (C. acutus), 64 Nile (C. niloticus), 17, 64 Saltwater (C. porosus), 17 Crocodilians, 55-72 Crotalus adamanteus, 139 Cuba, 121 Derickson, Ken, 12 Diamondback. See Rattlesnake Dinosaurs, 70 Drift fence, 112, 113, 116, 119 Duellman, William, 102 DuPont, 143, 144 Eastern indigo snake. See Indigo snake Eft, Red (Notophthalmus viridescens), 89, 90 Ellenton Bay, 113, 116, 119, 124 Endangered species, 44, 64; law, 140; lists, 11, 12 Environmentalist, 53, 68 171[] 0 JIndex Eulophia ecristata, 121 Europe, 76 Fang, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36, 78; mark, 7 Ferguson, Gary, 12, 13 Field collecting, 111. See also Collecting techniques Firehole River, 1 Flamingo Bay, 13 Flood, Dick, 138, 141 Florida, 11, 24, 27, 36, 43, 44, 64, 65, 67, 68, 103, 111, 140 Florida Game and Fish Commission, 69 Food getting, 32, 34 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 110 Fort Meyers, Florida, 110 Fossil records, 70 Franson, Chris, 119, 123 Frog, 96-104; size of, 103. See also Toad Bird-voiced tree (Hyla avivoca), 98, 103 Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), 11, 12, 98, 99, 101, 103 Carpenter (Rana virgatipes), 101 Cascade (Rana cascadae), 101 Crab-eating (Rana cancrivora), 101 Cricket (Acris), 100 Cuban grass (Sminthillus limbatus), 103 Giant (Conraua goliath), 103 Golden (Ate/opus varius), 103 Green (Rana clamitans), 12 Green tree (Hyla cinerea), 15, 101, 103 Leopard (Rana), 12, 103, 116 Little grass (Limnaeodus ocularis), 103 Pine barrens tree (Hyla andersoni), 100, 101 Poison arrow (Dendrobates), 103 Spring peeper (Hyla crucijer), 15 Tailed (Aschapus truei), 102 Frog legs, 11 Galapagos Islands, 42, 80 Gator holes, 67 Gecko, 75 Flying (Ptychozoon), 77 Georgia, 2, 11, 12, 24, 25, 36, 107, 114, 139, 140, 141 Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum), 77 Gray Herbarium, 121 Greene, Judy, 131 Gulf of Mexico, 11, 39, 43 Index • 171 Habitat destruction, 24, 25 Hale, Bill, 143 Harrison, Julian, 100 Harvard, 19, 121 Heated water environments, 1, 2, 53, 54, 126, 127, 135, 136 Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis ), 18, 88 Herp dinner, 12, 13 Highton, Richard...