Frogs and toads of the southeast pdf

1. Frogs and Toads of the Southeast
Mike Dorcas, Whit Gibbons

2. Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2008-09-15

3. ISBN : 0820329223
Author : Mike Dorcas, Whit Gibbons
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4. 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.
Features:Conservation-oriented approachApproximately 250 color photographsApproximately 45
distribution mapsClear description and photographs of each species in both tadpole and adult
stagesChapters on identification, vocalizations, reproduction, global diversity (including remarkable
species such as the gastric brooding frog, poison dart frogs, and saltwater frogs), and introduced
speciesA selection of frog and toad vocalizations at www.ugapress.org/FrogsAndToads
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