Frogs of Southern Africa - A Complete Guide

by Louis du Preez

Overview

Frogs of Southern Africa: A Complete Guide remains the most authoritative and comprehensive treatment of the frogs of the region ever produced, covering all aspects of frog and tadpole biology and behaviour. This new edition (with a slight name change) has been thoroughly updated to reflect taxonomic changes based on the most recent research and DNA studies, and includes the discovery of seven new species. All 164 southern African frog species, and their tadpole stages, are fully described, along with their conservation status, calls, habitat and habits. Identification is made easy with the aid of large, full-colour images, keys to species and summary panels on ‘Key ID points’ and ‘Distinctive characters’. Calls for most species can be accessed instantly via QR codes in the book or downloaded from a dedicated website. Spectrograms of the calls are also included in the book. Written by respected authorities in the fi eld, this timely updated edition will be of benefit to all nature lovers, amateur ‘froggers’, students and professional scientists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781775846369
Publisher:	Penguin Random House South Africa
Publication date:	11/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	508
File size:	207 MB
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About the Author

Vincent Carruthers, an environmental consultant, is a registered professional scientist specialising in amphibians and wetlands. He has published widely on natural science, including several books, among them The Wildlife of Southern Africa; South African Frogs – a Complete Guide (with Neville Passmore) and A Complete Guide to the Frogs of Southern Africa (with Louis du Preez). Louis du Preez, a professor of zoology at North-West University, holds a PhDin amphibian parasitology. He heads the African Amphibian Conservation Research Group. Books that he has written or co-authored include A Complete Guide to the Frogs of Southern Africa, and Field Guide to the Frogs and Toads of the Free State.