The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review Contemporary full dark green pebble

Contemporary full dark green pebble cloth

ISBN 0-8166-2384-8 Limited Edition

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Smithsonian Institution Publisher Place Washington DC Date Published 1984 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near fine Condition Description A bright and clean copy in near fine condition

The Caecilians of the World: A Taxonomic Review Contemporary full dark green pebblePp. viii, (6), 848; 425 text figures and photos. Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, thick lg 8vo. This is the classic work on caecilians (limbless, serpentine amphibians), that has become very scarce. When Edward Taylor wrote this work, he was considered the world's leading authority on this group. No other monograph on the subject supersedes it. Modern caecilians and their closest fossil relatives are grouped as a