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Tennessee field guide

Kaysie

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I'm taking a trip to Tennessee (Great Smoky Mountain NP, specifically), and am looking for a good field guide. I've got the Conant & Collins - Peterson series guide, but was wondering if anyone else had a recommendation.
 

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I use the National Audubon Society fild guide to reptiles and amphibians it is a realy good fild guide
 

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The amphibians of the great smoky mountains by C.Kenneth Dodd Jr. is very useful.Ive been to the smokies a few times and its a nice park.
 

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Reptiles and Amphibians of the Smokies by Tilley and Huheey. It is a small paperback available at several of the nature stores in Gatlinburg (although I imagine that you could order it online). I am driving down there myself in the morning. Looking forward to some hiking.
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Chip, I picked that one up too. I got an older copy (old library version). I'm disappointed with the lack of color (short American attention span, I guess).

Eddie, I'll look into the Dodd one. That name has come up before.
 

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<<< I'm disappointed with the lack of color (short American attention span, I guess).>>>

Do you mean lack of color photographs or something else? Sorry but I am just getting back to work after having a week off and my brain is still on vacation. My copy has nothing but color photos. I think that it is a nice little book. My only complaint is that instead of range maps it just list fairly general descriptions such as "being found in the southern portion of the park". We had wonderful weather. The temperature was close to 70 f for several days. Despite this however I was unable to locate a single salamander in the limited amount of time that I spent in the forest. I did not bring any field equipment (this was a much delayed honeymoon) however I was wanting to wade out in the creeks and look for hellbenders so bad that I could taste it. Maybe next time.
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Chip, sorry about getting back to this so late! I picked up an old Huheey book (read, from the original surveys in the 60's). It does have specific range maps within the park.

I didn't get a chance at any 'bendering either, as it was either flooding or too cold. But maybe this summer...
 
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