Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia
Second Edition By: Michael J Tyler, Frank Knight
Covers the 248 native and 10 non-native frog and toad species found in Australia.
Throughout much of the world, frog populations are declining, with the survival of many species under threat. In Australia, several species have become extinct in the past 35 years. + Full description
This second edition of Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia provides fully updated accounts of all the known frogs of Australia. There are 248 species within the five native frog families: Hylidae, Limnodynastidae, Microhylidae, Myobatrachidae and Ranidae. Also included are the introduced Cane Toad and nine ‘stowaway’ species that have arrived in Australia.
Each species account includes details of size, status, distribution, habitat, behaviour and advertisement call. Species are beautifully illustrated with full-colour paintings and distribution maps are also included. Closely related frogs are shown in identical poses so that comparisons can be made readily. The introductory section of the book covers frog biology and habitats and includes notes on families and genera.
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Mike Tyler passed away in March 2020. It was our great pleasure to work with Mike, and just before his passing we asked this herpetological hero how his passion for frogs started, and to tell us some of the highlights of his career: Talking Frogs With Mike Tyler
Reviews
"This guide will remain a fitting testament to his [Mike Tyler's] massive contribution to Australian froggery. That alone is a good enough reason to buy it."
Ian Fraser's Natural History Reviews #28, April 2020
"This book is the go-to field guide for Australian frogs. In keeping with the first edition, all images are hand drawn by Frank Knight. There are excellent photographic guides for some states, including Queensland, but this book is the most comprehensive nationwide."
Deborah Metters, Land for Wildlife South East Queensland 14(4), November 2020
"This is a true field guide – its physical size makes it attractive for field use: it is 230 × 148 mm and just over 200 pages, ideal to keep in a vehicle glovebox or a daypack. [...] One thing that stands out is that, instead of using photographs of frogs, the species are illustrated by Knight’s paintings. And what paintings they are! Each is not only technically accurate in form, proportions and colour, it is also beautiful."
Nick Clemann, Victorian Naturalists #139(1), February 2022
Details
Paperback | March 2020 | $ 49.99ISBN: 9781486312450 | 208 pages | 230 x 148 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour illustrations, Colour photographs, Illustrations, Maps
ePDF | March 2020
ISBN: 9781486312467
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
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ePUB | March 2020
ISBN: 9781486312474
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
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Features
- Provides fully updated species accounts for all 248 known species of native frogs
- Includes 18 native frog species newly described since the 2011 revised edition
- Provides illustrations and notes on nine known 'stowaway' species, as well as a full account of the introduced Cane Toad
- Illustrated with detailed species paintings by renowned wildlife artist Frank Knight, including several new paintings
- Closely related frogs are depicted in identical poses for easier comparison
Contents
ForewordPreface
Introduction
Families and genera
Biology
Habitats
Species accounts
Checklist of families, genera and species
Glossary
References
Index of scientific names
Index of common names
Authors
Michael Tyler AO DSc is a Fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the recipient of numerous awards, including the Eureka Prize for Science Communication. He has published more than 400 scientific papers and 24 books and has edited or co-edited 11 books and journals. Among his many contributions to herpetology, he has described 69 new frog species or genera and reported the first fossil frogs from Australia and New Guinea. He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide, and after 50 years as Honorary Associate in Herpetology at the South Australian Museum was appointed Curator Emeritus.
Frank Knight spent 25 years at CSIRO’s Division of Wildlife Research illustrating books and scientific papers. He won a CSIRO Overseas Study Award in 1980, visiting artists and illustrators in Europe, UK, USA and Canada. He left the organisation in 1991 to illustrate the best-selling Field Guide to the Birds of Australia. Since then he has illustrated a series of field guides including Parrots of the World: An Identification Guide with text by Joseph Forshaw. Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia, Second Edition is his most recent work.
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