Search for your favourite author or book

Field Guide to the Frogs & other Amphibians of Africa

ISBN 
9781775845126
Format 
Paperback
Recommended Price 
R580.00
Published 
July 2019
About the book: 
815 species of amphibian have been described on the African continent – 788 frogs, 23 caecilians and four salamanders.  Field Guide to the Frogs & other Amphibians of Africa  is the first guide ever to cover all these species.
 
The book features a brief introduction with tips for handling and identifying amphibians. A useful illustrated guide to each family group serves as a first step towards species ID. Species accounts describe physical features, distribution, habitat, biology, advertisement calls and conservation status, and are supported by colour photographs and up-to-date distribution maps. 
 
Field Guide to the Frogs & Other Amphibians of Africa  will prove invaluable to nature lovers, tour guides, students and scientists.

Others also viewed

East Africa is known for its diverse landscapes – expansive savannas, lakes, and towering...
Load-shedding sucks! You know it. We know it. The whole country knows it. It’s also no...
‘The kind of structural, race-based and class-based inequality that underpins our current...
In 1959 Tibet, an important Buddhist artefact was seemingly lost in the Communist takeover. But...