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3d ed. |
| Description |
xii, 640 p. illus., maps. 24 cm. |
| Series |
Handbooks of American natural history [v. 1]
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| Contents |
Preface -- General account -- Common names -- Present classifications -- Scientific name -- Specific evaluation of our North American forms -- Range -- Habitat -- Size -- General appearance -- Color -- Structure -- Voice -- Vocal sacs -- Color of throat -- Enlarged tympana (males) -- Breeding sizes -- Summary of secondary sexual characters -- Ovulation -- Egg-laying process -- Eggs -- Synopsis of eggs of United States frogs -- Tadpoles -- Synopsis of United States tadpoles -- Development and transformation -- Journal notes -- Authorities' corner -- Keys -- Families -- Ascaphidae -- Scaphiopodidae -- Bufonidae -- Hylidae -- Leptodactylidae -- Ranidae -- Brevicipitidae -- Accounts of species -- Ribbed toads, Ascaphidae -- American bell toad, Ascaphus truei -- Spadefoots, Scaphiopodidae -- Couch's spadefoot, Scaphiopus couchii -- Hammond's spadefoot, Scaphiopus hammondii hammondii -- Centrai Plains spadefoot, Scaphiopus hammondii bombifrons -- Great Basin spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus hammondii intermontanus -- Spadefoot, Scaphiopus holbrookii holbrookii -- Key West spadefoot, Scaphiopus holbrookii albus -- Hurter's spadefoot, Scaphiopus holbrookii hurterii -- Toads, Bufonidae -- Colorado River toad, Bufo alvarius -- American toad, Bufo americanus americanus -- Hudson Bay toad, Bufo americanus copei -- Northwestern toad, Bufo boreas boreas -- California toad, Bufo boreas halophilus -- Amargosa toad, Bufo boreasnelsoni -- Southern California toad, Bufo californicus -- Yosemite toad, Bufo canorus -- Great Plains toad, Bufo cognatus -- Spade-footed toad, Bufo compactilis -- Little green toad, Bufo debilis -- Black toad, Bufo exsul -- Canadian toad, Bufo hemiophrys -- Sonoran toad, Bufo insidior -- Marine toad, Bufo marinus -- Spotted toad, Bufo punctatus -- Oak toad, Bufo quercicus -- Southern toad, Bufo terrestris -- Nebulous toad, Bufo valliceps -- Rocky Mountain toad, Bufo woodhousii woodhousii -- Fowler's toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri -- Tree frogs, Hylidae -- Cricket frogs, Acris -- Cricket frog, Acris gryllus gryllus -- Cricket frog, Acris gryllus crepitans -- Chorus frogs, Pseudacris -- Mountain chorus frog, Pseudacris brachyphona -- Brimley's chorus frog, Pseudacris brimleyi -- Swamp cricket frog, Pseudacris nigrita nigrita -- Clarke's chorus frog, Pseudacris nigrita clarkia -- Eastern chorus frog, Pseudacrisnigrita feriarum -- Northern striped tree frog, Pseudacris nigrita septentrionalis -- Striped tree frog, Pseudacris nigrita triseriata -- Florida chorus frog, Pseudacris nigrita verrucosa -- Western chorus frog, Pseudacris occidentalis -- Little chorus frog, Pseudacris ocularis -- Ornate chorus frog, Pseudacris ornata -- Strecker's ornate chorus frog, Pseudacris streckeri -- Tree frogs, Hyla -- Anderson tree frog, Hyla andersonii -- Canyon tree frog, Hyla arenicolor -- Viosca's tree frog, Hyla avivoca -- Mexican tree frog, Hyla baudinii -- Green tree frog, Hyla cinerea cinerea -- Miller's tree frog, Hyla cinerea evittata -- Peeper, Hyla crucifer crucifer -- Florida peeper, Hyla crucifer bartramiana -- Pine woods tree frog, Hyla femoralis -- Barker, Hyla gratiosa -- Pacific tree frog, Hyla regilla -- Giant tree frog, Hyla septentrionolis -- Squirrel tree frog, Hyla squirella -- Common tree toad, Hyla versicolor versicolor -- Cope's tree frog, Hyla versicolor chrysoscelis -- Dusky tree toad, Hyla versicolor phaeocrypta -- Sonora tree frog, Hyla wrightorum -- Robber frogs, Leptodactylidae -- Mexican cliff frog, Eleutherodactylus augusti -- Texan cliff frog, Eleutherodactylus latrans -- Ricord's frog, Eleutherodactylus ricordii planirostris -- White-lipped frog, Leptodactylus labialis -- Camp's frog, Syrrhophus campi -- Gaige's frog, Syrrhophus gaigeae -- Marnock's frog, Syrrhophus marnockii -- Frogs, Ranidae -- Texas gopher frog, Rana areolata areolata -- Northern gopher frog, Rana areolata circulosa -- Oregon red-legged frog, Rana aurora aurora -- California red-legged frog, Rana aurora draytonii -- California yellow-leggedC frog, Rana boylii boylii -- Sierra Madre yellow-legged frog, Rana boylii muscosa -- Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, Rana boylii sierrae -- Florida gopher frog, Rana capito -- Slater's frog, Rana cascadae -- Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana -- Green frog, Rana clamitans -- Nevada frog, Rana fisheri -- Southern bullfrog, Rana grylio -- River-swamp frog, . Rana heckscheri -- Utah frog, Rana onca -- Pickerel frog, Rana palustris -- Meadow frog, Rana pipiens pipiens -- Plain meadow frog, [Mutant] Rana pipiens burnsi -- Mottled meadow frog, [Phase] Rana pipiens kandlyohi -- Southern meadow frog, Rana pipiens sphenocephala -- Western spotted frog, Rana pretiosa pretiosa -- Nevada spotted frog, Rana pretiosa luteiventris -- Mink frog, Rana septentrionalis -- Dusky gopher frog, Rana sevosa -- Wood frog, Rana sylvatica sylvatica -- Northern wood frog, Rana sylvatica cantabrigensis -- Mexican frog, Rana tarahumarae -- Sphagnum frog, Rana virgatipe -- Narrow-mouth toads, Brevicipitidae -- Taylor's toad, Hypopachus cuneus -- Mitchell's narrow-mouth toad, Microhyla areolata -- Narrow-mouth toad, Microhyla carolinensis -- Taylor's microhyla, Microhyla mazatlanensis -- Texas narrow-mouth toad, Microhyla olivacea -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Note |
Authors' names in reverse order in previous editions. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: p. [584]-621. |
| Subject |
Frogs.
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Toads -- North America.
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Amphibians -- North America.
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| Added Author |
Wright, Albert Hazen, 1879-1970.
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