Some frogs employ camouflage, poison defenses, or outright aggression as defensive tactics. There are frogs with tadpoles that are cannibalistic, or ones that travel in schools like fish. There are frogs that burrow underground, live almost permanently in water, and live in treetops. This book contains a lot about frogs, from species that are as small as the tip of your thumb, to ones as large as your face. This is a comprehensive book, with excellent pictures and information. The book offers good information for anyone interested in frogs and frog species, with a great introduction on frogs feeding habits, their endangered status due to climate change, and the way the average frog breeds, gives birth and lives out its existence. This book reminded me of the non-fiction books I used to read as a kid, with a good chunk of information in a large collection. Although only a page of information is offered per frog, this is a really great overview of a huge number of the worlds known frog species, and is a joy to read. Information is also offered on the frogs habitat, similar species, endangered status and range of habitat. Each page offers information on the frog's style of living, reproductive method and the habits of their tadpole. Halliday has collected many interesting frogs into a large book. The Book of Frogs: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from around the World, by Timothy Halliday, is a wonderful collection of information on about 10% of the known frog species in the world. The Book of Frogs brings readers face to face with six hundred astonishingly unique and irreplaceable species that display a diverse array of adaptations to habitats that are under threat of destruction throughout the world. Accessibly written by expert Tim Halliday and containing the most up-to-date information, The Book of Frogs will captivate both veteran researchers and amateur herpetologists.Īs frogs increasingly make headlines for their troubling worldwide decline, the importance of these fascinating creatures to their ecosystems remains underappreciated. Life-size color photos show the frogs at their actual size-including the colossal seven-pound Goliath Frog. Six hundred of nature’s most fascinating frog species are displayed, with each entry including a distribution map, sketches of the frogs, species identification, natural history, and conservation status. The Book of Frogs commemorates the diversity and magnificence of all of these creatures, and many more. The Wood Frogs of North America freeze every winter, reanimating in the spring from the glucose and urea that prevent cell collapse.

Male Darwin’s Frogs carry their tadpoles in their vocal sacs for sixty days before coughing them out into the world. A single gram of the toxin produced by the skin of the Golden Poison Frog can kill 100,000 people. With over 7,000 known species, frogs display a stunning array of forms and behaviors.

The Book of Frogs by Timothy Halliday