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North American Frogs
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 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 audio compact disc accompanying this book has been carefully crafted to provide the listener with excellent examples of the calls of nearly all the frogs and toads covered in this book. See page 324 for detailed descriptions of the tracks. The recordings for each species are preceded by the standard common names and current scientific names. The tracks on the disc correspond to the species profile numbers in the 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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CNAH 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) 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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Lang Elliott, Carl Gerhardt, and Carlos Davidson. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 343 pp.
ISBN 978-0-618-66399-6. $19.95.
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