The most thorough treatment of lizards of the United States and Canada when first published in 1946, Handbook of Lizards has become a landmark among herpetologists and lizard specialists.
A well-designed and complete work of the lizards of the United States and Canada.... It will be indispensable to all herpetologists, whether amateur or professional.
Hobart M. Smith (1912–2013) was Professor of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology (Emeritus) at the University of Colorado.