We’ve added photos of 18 species of Ghanaian frogs and toads to our brand new Frogs & Toads of Ghana webpage. Be sure to check out the SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana page as well!

NEWS RELEASE
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas

http://www.cnah.org

18 February 2009

NEW BOOK

HERPETOLOGY (Second Edition)

by Laurie Vitt & Janalee Caldwell

The second edition has been thoroughly revised. The text has been reorganized, new chapters have been added, new text references have been inserted. All this plus new color systematics sections will maintain this book as the leading textbook on the biology of amphibians, turtles, reptiles, and crocodilians. The book will also showcase amphibians, turtles, reptiles, and crocodilians as model systems in conceptual areas of biology. Such a text will help integrate herpetology as a discipline into conceptually oriented undergraduate programs. The book should also appeal to a large audience of sophisticated lay people interested in amphibians, turtles, reptiles, and crocodilians.

Hardbound
720 pages
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication date: October 2008
ISBN 13: 978-0-12-374346-6
Price: $79.95

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NEWS RELEASE
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas
http://www.cnah.org
13 February 2009

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 audio 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.” – from the Foreword

The CD that accompanies this book a provides a reference guide to the calls of every species covered in the book (excepting the two tailed frogs that don’t have calls), with each species introduced by common and scientific name. 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.