A Photographic Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California By Dr. Lee Grismer SCROLL DOWN TO DOWNLOAD BOOK About this Book - by the author I wrote this book with hikers and naturalists in mind—especially parents who are teaching their young children about the importance of natural history, ecosystems, and protecting the plants and animals that inhabit them. One should be able to snap a picture on their phone and compare that with a photo in the book and its accompanying description. All photos are in high resolution and will blow up nicely on a laptop. Please enjoy.  - Lee This comprehensive photographic field guide, by Dr. Lee Grismer, is offered as a free PDF eBook.  ABDNHA is proud that Dr. Grismer has selected ABDNHA to distribute his book to the general public. ABDNHA hopes to publish a hardcopy version of the book in the future. NEW Book! A Photographic Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, is the most comprehensive book published to date about the reptiles and amphibians of the Anza-Borrego Desert. Every reptile and amphibian species within the park is illustrated with the exceptional photography of Dr. Lee Grismer. Each page includes a large color photo of a single species along with text.  The book also includes he habitat zones within the park, the key physical characteristics of each species, locations wwhere species may be found, times when species are likely to be seen, and natural history and information about reproduction       Dr. Lee Grismer Herpetologist La Sierra University ABOUT DR. LEE GRISMER For his most recent publication, Dr. Grismer comes back to the place where he started, with the hopes it will inspire others to learn about the beauty and complexity of nature. Dr. Lee Grismer's interest in herpetology began when he was a boy exploring the desert lands of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, always fascinated by the reptiles and amphibians he found there.  In his professional career, Dr. Grismer spent twenty years on the islands and mainland of Baja California researching the reptiles and amphibians to be found there. His research in Baja resulted in the most comprehensive book on the topic, Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. In more recent decades he has focused on Southeast Asia, with his research resulting in two more books, Amphibians and Reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago, and Lizards of  Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their Adjacent Archipelagos.  In all of his work, Dr. Grismer has been acclaimed as one of the best photographers of reptiles and amphibians in the entire world. In fact, he has been called exactly that, by eminent researcher Gordon H. Rodda, in Lizards of the World: Natural History and Taxon Accounts. Dr. Rodda says, "The spectacular photographs displayed herein are largely the work of Dr. Lee Please provide the information requested below. The free download will begin immediately after you press the SUBMIT button. COMMENTS Come back after you download the book to tell us what you think of it! COMMENTS What a STUNNING book!  This is absolutely wonderful lee has done this, and made it available for free. - Tom Chester What a marvelous contibution to the natural history of the region.  The excellent photographs demonstrating the color and pattern variations is amazing.  The introductory habitat presentation reminded me that ABDSP has over 5000 feet of elevation range and the related habitat diversity. - R. Mitchel Beauchamp Once again, Lee Grismer demonstrates why he the best herp photographer and most knowledgeable herpetologist in California and Southwest. - Jim Cornett Wonderful photographs--they must have taken an amazing amount of work--clear text, great layout. Thank you for making this book available. Great job! - Mark Kerson Very nice! Just a couple quick comments. "Collard" needs replacement with "collared." Rock lizard should probably be with the side-blotched and brush lizards. - Fred Wills Wow, this is such a informative, detailed and with very colorful pictures! I am very impressed! Thank you for letting me download your book!  - Jolanda De Luca Thank you so much to Dr. Grismer and ABDNHA for sending this lovely book to me! I am thrilled with the beautiful photos. I saw a toad last year in May in Palm Canyon that I can now identify. This was truly a special gift and a vision of so many wonderful creatures that I have not seen, but will look for (as well as try to avoid the venomous ones!). Sincerely, Erica Buhrmann What incredible photographs!  The legends identifying the habitat are very good.  An amazing resource for the area.  Thank you for making it available. - Alice The late Dr. Richard Etheridge, Lee's undergraduate herp professor, has even more reason to be proud of having been a part of Dr. Grismer's illustrious career. - Joe Migliore  Great photographs! Very helpful! -   Robert Ziegler