Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, colour and black and white photographs. Generously illustrated, this essential handbook for herpetologists, ecologists, and naturalists features comprehensive keys to eggs, embryos, salamander larvae, and tadpoles; species accounts; a glossary of terms; and an extensive bibliography. The taxonomic accounts include a summarization... More
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2017. Duodecimo, paperback, limp plastic cover, colour photographs. A new title in the popular series of the Reed Concise Field Guides to Australian Wildlife. This is the ultimate pocket guide to the country's frogs. It may be diminutive in size but it punches well above its... More
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, (2017. second edition). Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. The identification of the eggs and tadpoles of Australian frogs has been a study waiting to happen for a very long time. Marion Anstis began the process of addressing this with her first book Tadpoles of... More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland Publishers, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. 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 amphibians. Part two is concerned with the... More
Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, maps. More than 500 species and subspecies of amphibians and reptiles can be found in the western United States. This set of three field guides offers a complete survey of the frogs, toads, salamanders, snakes, turtles... More
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
Canterbury: Envirobook, (2010. reprint). Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. The must have guide for transforming a backyard into a welcome habitat for local native frogs. This charming book provides essential advice on tadpole raising, frog identification, frog-spotting techniques, frog calls and frog photography. Practical advice is given on building... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, two volumes, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. With many frog populations declining or disappearing and developmental malformations and disease afflicting others, scientists, conservationists, and concerned citizens need up-to-date, accurate information. This book is a comprehensive resource for those trying to protect... More
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2009. Octavo, paperback with plastic cover, colour photographs, maps. This guide offers the most authoritative and comprehensive treatment of frogs of the region ever produced. It covers all aspects of both frog and tadpole biology and behaviour; each frog and toad species (and their tadpole stage)... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, illustrations, line drawings, maps. This scientific masterpiece reveals many aspects of the lives of marsupial frogs and closely allied genera. Native to Central and South America, these amphibians differ from other frogs in that they protect their eggs after oviposition... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. The first synthesis of information on the worldwide distribution of amphibians. More
Lewes: Ivy Press, 2015. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. Recent intense scrutiny of amphibian conservation status makes this title a timely archive in the context of the frogs dramatic decline. Frogs are adversely affected by loss of habitat, pollution by agricultural and industrial chemicals, and climate change... More
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs and illustrations, maps. Amphibians, by virtue of their thin, moist, permeable skins, are poorly protected from harsh environments and are especially susceptible to chemical changes, desiccation and alteration of their habitat. Accordingly, it is not surprising... 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
[Arlington]: Conservation International, [2008]. colour photographs, maps. This laminated pocket guide with over 30 colour photographs to identify species and individual maps for locating them is the tool to have on hand. In addition, descriptions for each species, the type of habitat where it can be found and conservation status... More
Washington DC: Conservation International, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations, maps. Describes species occurring in Andean countries in full colour. Students and professionals from over eight countries and dozens of institutions and universities have collaborated to detail the life history of each Andean country's poison frogs from high elevation... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. The first comprehensive field guide to all 207 species of amphibians known to occur in Costa Rica or within walking distance of its borders. A diminutive nation with abundant natural wealth, the country is host to 146 species... More
London: Natural History Museum Publications, 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Chris Mattison describes the evolution and classification of frogs and toads, highlighting distinctive and notable species and providing detailed information about each of the 49 recognised families. He describes their eventful life-cycle, diverse habitats and the various methods they use... 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: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. On 9th August 2010, 33 teams from 21 countries were dispatched to search for the Lost frogs identified by Conservation International. On their list were a host of species including, in the top ten most wanted, the Rio Pescado stubfoot toad, found... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white 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... More
Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 2006. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Features colour photographs of frogs and amphibians of various shapes, sizes and colours. 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