North Haven: Shoe String Press, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, text illustrations. WAS $40. Marty Crump explores the "state of the species" of reptiles and amphibians from common misconceptions about them, to their exploitation, to the reasons for their decline. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1998. Quarto, dustwrapper, illustrations. Reviews the sensory perception of amphibians, how they smell, taste, see, detect water movements, and sense pain, temperature and pressure. Several less familiar senses are also discussed, such as the ability of amphibians to detect magnetic and electric fields. Other volumes in..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1994. Quarto, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $129. The first in a proposed series on the biology of amphibians. This volume is devoted entirely to the skin of amphibians. Other volumes in the series are available - volume one: the integument [stock id 4018], volume two: social behaviour..... More
Baulkham Hills: Surrey Beatty, 2013. Quarto, paperback, photographs, maps. WAS $50. This volume assesses the status of amphibian decline and extinction in the Western Hemisphere see [31799] for volume nine part one and [33481] for volume nine part two. Volume eleven deals with the Eastern Hemisphere. Other volumes in the..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 2011. Quarto, paperback, illustrations, maps. WAS $50. This volume assesses the status of amphibian decline and extinction in the Western Hemisphere see [31799] for volume nine part one and [35933] volume nine part three. Volume eleven [33483] deals with the Eastern Hemisphere. Other volumes in the..... More
Surrey Beatty, 2005. Quarto, dustwrapper, photographs, text illustrations. WAS $140. The sixth volume in this ongoing series deals with endocrinology. The first chapter provides the morphological background for the rest of the book by describing the anatomy of the amphibian endocrine system. The following chapters treat the various endocrine systems..... More