Overview
The preeminent naturalists Albert Hazen Wright and Anna Allen Wright spent years assembling the wealth of material on frogs and toads appearing in this widely used handbook, the third edition of which was originally published in 1949. With abundant black-and-white photographs, colorful descriptions, journal notes from the field, and excerpts from the literature, their personalized natural history emphasizes amphibians observed in the wild. In a foreword to the 1995 paperback edition, Roy McDiarmid, a foremost specialist on frogs and toads, brings the book into historical perspective and supplies information to bring it up to date. Accounts of more than 100 species and subspecies cover such topics as common and scientific names, range, habitat, size, and general appearance, as well as color, structure, voice, and breeding. Separate keys are given for secondary sexual characteristics, eggs, tadpoles, families, and species. Generous quotations from the Wrights' field journals give the reader a sense of the problems and satisfactions of their work.
Full Product Details
Author: Albert Hazen Wright ,
Anna Allen Wright ,
Roy W. McDiarmid
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Imprint: Comstock Publishing Associates
Edition: Third Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 1.361kg
ISBN: 9780801482328
ISBN 10: 0801482321
Pages: 670
Publication Date: 30 November 1995
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Language: English
Reviews
Collectors of frogs and toads, a dedicated group, will welcome this third edition of a classic manual. Within the text is practically everything a collector needs to know to identify their catch. Form, color, size, voice, habitat, habits, and geographic range are conscientiously described for every species, and a valuable addition is the inclusion of clear and authoritative distribution maps. -American Scientist
Author Information
Albert Hazen Wright (1879-1970) was Professor of Zoology, Emeritus, at Cornell University. In 1955, he was awarded the Eminent Ecologist Award by the Ecological Society of America. Anna Allen Wright (1882-1964) was a recognized authority on the ecology and natural history of amphibians and reptiles. Roy W. McDiarmid is a research zoologist and Curator of North American Amphibians and Reptiles at the National Museum of Natural History. He is the coauthor of books including Snake Species of the World and coeditor most recently of Reptile Biodiversity. McDiarmid and Ronald Altig are coeditors of Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran Larvae.
