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Froggie wrote:So just a question: we can have field guides in our binders now?

2.a. allows "information in any form and from any source" which therefore should include field guides. Just remember everything in the binder must be "attached using the available rings." If you have a field guide through which you have punched holes, that would appear to be legal this year - although I'm not sure it would be an efficient use of space, especially since the majority of any field guide will be on species that are NOT on the list.

Does anyone know of any good field guides for herpetology?

longshot0921 wrote:Does anyone know of any good field guides for herpetology?

I’d say the Peterson Field Guides are pretty good, especially the plates.

In the C division rules, it says that I need to know the "anatomy and
physiology, reproduction, habitat characteristics, ecology, diet, behavior, conservation, taxonomy,
sounds, and biogeography"

What does it mean by conservation and biogeography?

longshot0921 wrote:In the C division rules, it says that I need to know the "anatomy and
physiology, reproduction, habitat characteristics, ecology, diet, behavior, conservation, taxonomy,
sounds, and biogeography"

What does it mean by conservation and biogeography?

Conservation can include things like conservation status (I usually refer to the IUCN Red List or CITES), conservation efforts, and threats to existing populations.
Biogeography has to do with the distribution of a taxon (where populations are located), possibly across time if the populations have changed significantly.

platypusomelette wrote:So the only changes are:
Removed typhlopidae / brahminy blind snake
Added anaxyrus under bufonidae
Added "ornate chorus frog & spring peeper" to pseudacris common names
Added lithobates under ranidae
Added gastrophyrne under microhylidae?

Confirming. They also removed Spea, although it still lists spadefoot toads for the common names (Scaphiopus only includes the southern spadefoots).

Is herpetology B the same as herpetology c?

jlordhe wrote:Is herpetology B the same as herpetology c?

Typically ID events have no differences. I haven't checked this year's rules in particular though.

jlordhe wrote:Is herpetology B the same as herpetology c?

Yes, they are the same.

In the list below the rules it lists the genus Charina – rubber boa and rosy boa
Rosy boa is not under the genus of Charina.