Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, byBrian I. Crother et al. [Review]

3 voles, 1 lemming, | harvest mouse, 1 jumping mouse, 2 bears, | sea lion, 1 Sea Otter, 2 wolverines, 1 Fisher, 3 weasels, 1 badger, 3 ecotypes of the Killer Whale, 1 porpoise, 1 elk, 1 caribou, 2 bison, 3 sheep (Bighorn and Thinhorn).Each account gives paragraphs on Taxonomy, Status (Global, IUCN, COSEWIC, Provincial), Global Range, Ecoprovinces, Biogeoclimatic Zones, Biology, Global Ranking, Provincial Ranking (Rank and Comments), Range in British Columbia, Estimated occurrences, Abundance, Trend, Protected occurrences, Threats, and Conservation Needs (Research, Inventory, Management and Stewardship) and a map showing shaded distribution in British Columbia.The accounts are brief summary compilations from the literature, apparently with little new material.However, most statements have citations of source, allowing original studies and greater detail to be found.Most references refer to data from British Columbia populations.The usefulness of the maps is diminished, however, by failure to use dots showing documented localities.The evaluation of threats section ocasionally seems generalized from the entire range and simply extrapolated to British Columbia without justification, for example in the Pacific Pond Turtle.On page 29 it is stated for it that "The major threats are loss THE CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST [| Be Sse Vol.116 " of habitat through urban and agricultural development in the Lower Mainland, and the introduction of non-native predators."A surprisingly focused assessment when there are no British Columbia specimens of this species and the only two documented observations of it for the province, both in the 1930s, are from the city of Vancouver, with one additional vague undocumented "record" suposedly from 1966.Little useful purpose is served by even including a species on such evidence, let alone trying to guess threats.It was comonly marketed for food in its range to the south, and individuals reported were most likely imported escapes, rather than last survivors of a overstressed native population.No mention is made of two British Columbia turtle specimens collected in 1929 (Canadian Museum of Nature, 1525 from Alberni, and 1551 from Vancouver) of an Asiatic species, Chinemys reevesii, which clearly demonstrate the release or escape of turtles that were imported and marketed in both Victoria and Vancouver as is documented by Storer in Copeia 1937(1): 9-11.

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