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Frogs: The Animal Answer Guide (The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist)
Mike Dorcas
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Description for Frogs: The Animal Answer Guide (The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist)
Paperback. Packed with facts and featuring two color galleries and 70 black-and-white photographs, Frogs: The Animal Answer Guide is sure to address the questions on the minds of curious naturalists. Series: The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist. Num Pages: 192 pages, 97, 27 colour illustrations, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WNCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Frogs are amazingly diverse-ranging from the massive goliath frog, which weighs several pounds, to the recently discovered gold frog, which measures a mere three-eighths of an inch when fully grown-and have inhabited the earth for more than 200 million years. Today, however, these amphibians face more challenges than any other vertebrate group. In this fun and informative book, herpetologists Mike Dorcas and Whit Gibbons answer common and not-so-common questions people may have about these fascinating animals. Dorcas and Gibbons discuss how frogs evolved, which species currently exist in the world, and why some have recently gone extinct. They reveal ... Read more
Frogs are amazingly diverse-ranging from the massive goliath frog, which weighs several pounds, to the recently discovered gold frog, which measures a mere three-eighths of an inch when fully grown-and have inhabited the earth for more than 200 million years. Today, however, these amphibians face more challenges than any other vertebrate group. In this fun and informative book, herpetologists Mike Dorcas and Whit Gibbons answer common and not-so-common questions people may have about these fascinating animals. Dorcas and Gibbons discuss how frogs evolved, which species currently exist in the world, and why some have recently gone extinct. They reveal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist
Condition
New
Weight
394g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801899362
SKU
V9780801899362
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About Mike Dorcas
Mike Dorcas is an associate professor of biology at Davidson College and the author of several books on amphibians and reptiles. Whit Gibbons is a professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and the author, coauthor, and coeditor of several books, most recently Turtles: The Animal Answer Guide, also published by Johns Hopkins. ... Read more
Reviews for Frogs: The Animal Answer Guide (The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist)
A good general introduction to frogs. Birdbooker Report 2011