Frogs & frogging in South Africa offers amateur froggers an accessible and practical introduction to frog identification. This edition of the highly popular guide has been expertly revised and fully updated to reflect the latest advances in taxonomy and nomenclature. It offers: all of the species in Africa south of latitude 22 S; a section on frog biology and behaviour; how to photograph frogs and record their calls; how to attract frogs to your garden, and ideas for projects such as building a pond; the range of frog species to be found in different environmental niches; maps and colourful photographs with the updated accounts; a new key to the identification of tadpole genera; a CD with all 115 frog calls, which offer one of the best ways to find.
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Penguin Random House South Africa
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 148 mm
Dicke: 8 mm
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978-1-77007-914-4 (9781770079144)
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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.
