Field Guides

NO GUIDES ARE AVAILABLE JUST FOR SPRINGS AND SPRING HABITATS. THESE ARE GENERAL GUIDES, MOSTLY SPECIFIC TO TEXAS.

A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Texas by Chad Thomas, Timothy H. Bonner, and Bobby G. Whiteside, published IN 2007, is available through Texas A&M University Press, www.tamu.edu/upress, (800) 826-8911.

Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas by J.R. Dixon, published in 2000, is available through Texas A&M University Press, www.tamu.edu/upress, (800) 826-8911.

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico by John C. Abbott, published in 2005 by Princeton University Press. This guide may be ordered through http://odonatacentral.bfl.utexas.edu/.

A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects by Bastiaan M. Drees, Ph.D. and John A. Jackman, PhD, published in 1998, is available from Gulf Publishing Company.

Aquatic Vegetation Identification Cards are available through the Texas A&M Extension Bookstore at tcebookstore.org. Click on the search button and enter publication number B-6095, or call (979) 845-6573. Cards include both native and non-native aquatic plants.

On-Line Guides, Photographs, and General Information

For photographs of various macroinvertebrates: www.odonatacentral.com and www.mayflycentral.com.

For photographs and descriptions of common Texas insects including aquatic species: insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/#odonata.

For photos, range maps and voice recordings for nearly all of the frogs and toads in Texas, as well as information on other amphibians and reptiles: www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps