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Frogs
Dorcas, Mike; Gibbons, Whit
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Description for Frogs
Hardcover. 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: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
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
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801899355
SKU
V9780801899355
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About Dorcas, Mike; Gibbons, Whit
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
A good general introduction to frogs. Birdbooker Report 2011