Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2009. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. A comprehensive guide to all 31 families of frogs. A selection of 125 colour photographs of frogs and toads from around the world. Detailed examinations of all 31 frog and toad families, describing biology, behaviour, physical characteristics, habitat, voice, feeding and..... More
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, 2013. Octavo, laminated boards, BRAND NEW. Following the success of their Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, the authors have joined forces to give amphibians a similar treatment. They have tracked down 1,609 honoured individuals and composed for each a brief, pithy biography. In some cases these are a...... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, colour illustrations, line drawings. Explores a pivotal moment of vertebrate evolution, the rise of amphibians. This title traces their origin back 365 million years, when particular species of fish travelled down an evolutionary pathway of fin modification that..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. The first synthesis of information on the worldwide distribution of amphibians. More
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, tables. 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
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. Quarto, paperback, photographs, illustrations. Possibly the first book ever written on the topic, which covers all aspects of their biology and development. With an exhaustive literature review of tadpole biology. More
London: Reaktion Books, 2012. Octavo, paperback, photographs and illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. From the metamorphosing fairytale Frog Prince and The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, to dissections in science class and television's Kermit, frogs are ever-present in our childhoods. Just what is it about this slimy creature that captures our imagination..... More
New Haven: Princeton University Press, 1997. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. This book focuses attention on the natural history of amphibians worldwide and emphasizes ther interactions with their environments: where they live; how they reproduce; how they have been affected by evolutionary processes; what factors will determine their destinies over time... More