Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers of the Peterson Field Guide series, announces
A Great New Book
THE FROGS AND TOADS OF NORTH AMERICA
by Lang Elliott, Carl Gerhardt, and Carlos Davidson
with a Foreword by Joseph T. Collins
"About a hundred species of frogs and toads are found on the North American continent
north of Mexico, providing a diversity of seasonal calls that are fascinating to most people
but often difficult to sort out. Lang Elliott, Carl Gerhardt, and Carlos Davidson have
addressed this situation in an exemplary fashion, with excellent recordings and exquisite
photography accompanied by an informative and organized text, all bundled together in a
book and compact disc that will provide
hours of enjoyment for people who like to spend their time outdoors." ˆ from the
Foreword
Relax to the Choruses of the Frogs: In late winter, spring, and early summer, warm and
humid weather gives rise to an explosion of activity in the amphibian world, as frogs and
toads appear like magic to breed in flooded pools, ponds, and marshes. Their choruses
resound from wetlands across the countryside. Featuring a variety of superb stereo
recordings from throughout the southeastern states, this compact disc conveys the natural
mix of sounds. There is no narration ˜ only the pure, unadulterated calls of our native
frogs and toads. The disc is the perfect complement to this book.
This book may be ordered toll free at 800-225-3362
or from
http://www.musicofnature.org/books
$19.95 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-0-618-66399-6
Published March 2009
343 pp.
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Note: For greater accuracy, comprehension, and ease in communication, this book
uses exactly the traditional, standardized common names for North American frogs and
toads proposed by Collins & Taggart (2002. Standard Common and Current Scientific
Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians. Fifth Edition),
published by The Center for North American Herpetology (available as a pdf at the CNAH
web site), and maintained and updated daily online, the only such listing available online
worldwide.
Further, these are the standard common names used in the third edition (1998 Conant &
Collins) edition of the "Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and
Central North America," (also available from Houghton Mifflin), and are the common
names that will be used in the fourth edition of the Peterson Field Guide to Amphibians,
Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians.
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