Frenchs Forest: New Holland, (2002. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. An outstanding book. The first part of the book deals with frog classification, collecting and raising tadpoles, the prevailing laws in each State and the issues surrounding the decline and conservation of these..... More
Cambridge MA: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1964. Octavo, wrappers, signature, a fine copy. More
Johannesburg: Conservation Press, 1976. Octavo, photographs, phonograph record of the frogs' calls, papered boards. More
Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. Tadpoles are recognized as the larval forms of frogs in most parts of Africa. Despite this, they are rarely associated with the correct adults. Tadpoles are not well known, and one of the aims of this book is..... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Detailed accounts for 205 species of frogs and toads (and 2 species of caecilian) accompanied by colour illustrations, distribution maps, details of breeding and tadpole behaviour, and call descriptions; illustrations and tadpole identification keys for..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. Quarto, photographs, dustwrapper. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, (1967. reprint). Quarto, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Ashton: Eric Lundberg, (1963. facsimile). Octavo, illustrations. More
London: Methuen, 1966. Octavo, text illustrations, signature. More
Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira, 2016. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Drawing on over 30 years of experience keeping and breeding poison frogs, this guide covers everything from frog acquisition and terrarium equipment to breeding and raising tadpoles. A bestseller in its original german, this book has now been translated into english..... More
Lawrence: Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, The University of Kansas, 1970. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, a very good set. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. Octavo, wrappers, More
Victoria: Royal British Columbia Museum, 1984. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. More
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, 2013. Octavo, colour photographs, tables, softcover. This volume assesses the status of amphibian decline and extinction in Britain, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal. Experts from each country contribute a chapter describing the ecological background and the conservation status of affected species, with an emphasis..... More
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. An insider's account of a scientific investigation into a disturbing phenomenon. Tells the story of a government biologist's investigation into the mystery of deformed frogs, an epidemic that grew during the 1990's and continues today. It provides an inside view..... More
Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, BRAND NEW. An insider's account of a scientific investigation into a disturbing phenomenon. Tells the story of a government biologists investigation into the mystery of deformed frogs, an epidemic that grew during the 1990's and continues today. It provides an inside..... More
Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1912. Quarto, six coloured plates. Publisher's printed upper wrapper (lower wrapper missing), badly chipped. Sections on Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles, Birds, Mammals. More
Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1954. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover, signature. Fieldiana: Zoology, volume 33, number four. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The widespread appearance of frogs with deformed bodies has generated much press coverage over the past decade. Frogs with extra limbs or digits, missing limbs or digits, or misaligned appendages raise an alarming question: "Are deformed humans next?"..... More
Otley: Westbury Academic and Scientific Publishing, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The Cane Toad, as a result of human intervention, has become the most widely distributed terrestrial vertebrate in the Pacific and Caribbean regions. This book describes the biology, history, and ecological and socio-economic impacts of a...... More
Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1950. Quarto, ten plates (eight coloured). Publisher's printed wrappers, a fine copy magnificently housed in quarter morocco Solander box. Fieldiania: Zoology Memoirs volume two. More
Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, 1971. Octavo, line drawings, wrappers, signature, very good copy. More
Ann Arbor: Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1974. Octavo, wrappers, photographs, maps. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, No. 148. More
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1934. Large octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, neat library stamps, bookplate, a near fine copy. More
Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, (1979. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, maps, lacks dustwrapper. Each species description includes a full colour photograph, black and white photographs illustrating key identifying features. More