This book covers bog frogs, spring peepers, and more.With more than
forty native and introduced species of frogs and toads occurring in
the southeastern United States, the region represents the heart of
frog and toad diversity in the country. Renowned herpetologists
Mike Dorcas and Whit Gibbons provide us with the most comprehensive
and authoritative, yet accessible and fun-to-read, guide to these
sometimes wet, sometimes warty wonders of nature.Dorcas and Gibbons
enumerate the distinguishing characteristics of frogs and toads,
including how they are different from other amphibians and the
differences between a frog and a toad. Also discussed are the
morphology of frogs and toads, the main groups to be found in the
Southeast, and their habitats. Individual species accounts contain
a physical description of the species plus information about
distribution and habitat, behavior and activity, food and feeding,
predators and defense, calls and vocalizations, reproduction and
description of eggs and tadpoles, and conservation. Accompanying
each account are photographs illustrating typical adults and
variations and distribution maps for the Southeast and the United
States.Given the recent worldwide decline in amphibian populations
and increasing scientific and popular concern for what these
declines mean for all other organisms, ""Frogs and Toads of the
Southeast"" will appeal to people of all ages and levels of
knowledge interested in natural history and conservation. The guide
will help foster the growing interest in frogs and toads as well as
cultivate a desire to protect and conserve these fascinating
amphibians and their habitats.It provides a conservation-oriented
approach. It includes approximately 250 color photographs. It
contains approximately 45 distribution maps. It provides a clear
description and photographs of each species in both tadpole and
adult stages. It includes chapters on identification,
vocalizations, reproduction, global diversity (including remarkable
species such as the gastric brooding frog, poison dart frogs, and
saltwater frogs), and introduced species.
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