{"product_id":"the-book-of-frogs-a-life-size-guide-to-six-hundred-species-from-around-the-world-second-edition-9780226844268","title":"The Book of Frogs: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World, Second Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn up-to-date, beautifully illustrated, and beloved guide to six hundred of the world's most fascinating frogs.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With almost nine thousand known species, frogs display a stunning array of forms and behaviors. A single gram of the toxin produced by the skin of the Golden Poison Frog can kill one hundred thousand people. Male Darwin's Frogs carry their tadpoles in their vocal sacs for sixty days before coughing them out into the world. And the Wood Frogs of North America freeze every winter, reanimating in the spring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frogs\u003c\/i\u003e documents the diversity and magnificence of all these anurans and many more. Readers meet six hundred of nature's most fascinating frogs, with each entry including a distribution map, illustrations, species identification, natural history, and conservation status. Color photos show the frogs at their actual size--from Papua New Guinea's diminutive \u003ci\u003ePaedophryne amauensis\u003c\/i\u003e, smaller than a coin, to Cameroon's colossal Goliath Frog, heavier than some dogs. Written by experts Mark O'Shea and Tim Halliday and containing updated information on one hundred species and nearly twenty new entries, this revised edition will enthrall both veteran researchers and amateur herpetologists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As frogs increasingly make headlines for their troubling worldwide decline, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frogs\u003c\/i\u003e brings readers face to face with six hundred astonishingly unique and irreplaceable species that display a diverse array of adaptations to habitats that are ever changing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark O'Shea,Tim Halliday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.81h x 7.38w x 1.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226844268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark O'Shea \u003c\/b\u003eMBE is professor of herpetology at the University of Wolverhampton. O'Shea hosted four seasons of \u003ci\u003eO'Shea's Big Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e for Animal Planet\/Discovery Channel and the UK's Channel 4. He has conducted fieldwork on numerous tropical expeditions since 1983 and is a fellow of the Explorers' Club of New York, the Royal Geographical Society, the Linnean Society of London, and the Royal Society of Biology. O'Shea has authored ten books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Snakes\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by the University of Chicago Press. In 2020 he was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours \"for services to higher education, zoology, reptile conservation and snakebite research.\" He lives in Shropshire, England, twenty miles from the birthplace of Charles Darwin. \u003cb\u003eTim Halliday\u003c\/b\u003e (1945-2019) was one of the world's foremost authorities on amphibians. He was formerly professor of biology at the Open University and was International Director of the IUCN Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force for thirteen years.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mark O'Shea \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47464055668893,"sku":"9780226844268","price":81.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f5d046d8-ebcf-4696-a866-4a7d9ea03eaa.jpg?v=1764945115","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-book-of-frogs-a-life-size-guide-to-six-hundred-species-from-around-the-world-second-edition-9780226844268","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}