Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs - Mark G. Sanders

Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs

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Buch | Softcover
376 Seiten
2021
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-1325-9 (ISBN)
53,55 inkl. MwSt
Provides readers with the tools to confidently identify 242 species and five recognised subspecies of Australian frogs. It includes detailed information on the distribution, habitat preferences and call of each frog species, as well as fully illustrated keys to genera to assist with identification.
Australia is home to more than 240 species of frogs, many of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

The Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs provides readers with the tools to confidently identify 242 species and five recognised subspecies. It includes detailed information on the distribution, habitat preferences and call of each frog species, as well as fully illustrated keys to genera to assist with identification. Multiple photographs of each species show variation in colour and pattern as well as features used for identification such as thigh colouration, skin texture, belly colour and patterning, eye colour and extent of webbing between the toes.

With a strong focus on illustrating variation and key diagnostic features, this guide will enable frog enthusiasts, environmental professionals and research scientists to identify Australian frog species with a high level of confidence.

Features

Features detailed descriptions with comparative analysis to improve accurate identification.
Is generously illustrated with feature-specific images (e.g. photos of webbing, finger discs, posterior thigh colour, bellies), which are vital for accurate identification.
Includes keys for identification and individualised distribution maps.
Includes detailed call descriptions with comparison to similar species.

Mark G. Sanders has a passion for the natural world. Initially focused on birds, his interest and knowledge now includes all terrestrial vertebrates, a number of invertebrate groups and orchids too. His professional experience as a field naturalist, ecologist and fauna surveyor extends over more than 20 years. He is a well-known wildlife photographer, and currently runs an environmental consultancy conducting surveys across Australia but mostly within his home state of Queensland.

Foreword

Acknowledgements



INTRODUCTION

Purpose and scope

Classification and names

Amphibians in Australia

Frog protection and legislation

Finding frogs

Hygiene

Morphology – physical features which aid identification

Distribution maps

Call



FROG IDENTIFICATION AND SPECIES PROFILES

Family Limnodynastidae

Family Microhylidae

Family Myobatrachidae

Family Pelodryadidae

Family Ranidae

Family Bufonidae



Glossary and abbreviations

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort Melbourne
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 245 mm
Gewicht 970 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Natur / Ökologie
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Naturführer
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
ISBN-10 1-4863-1325-6 / 1486313256
ISBN-13 978-1-4863-1325-9 / 9781486313259
Zustand Neuware
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