What an amazing book it is! It’s over 600 pages long with life-size photos of 600 frog and toad species from around the world. The most recent addition to my library authored by Tim is a book published in 2016 titled The Book of Frogs. He loved to draw frogs, salamanders, birds and other wildlife which have adorned posters, flyers, reports, books and walls alike. It is apparent to anyone that knew him or read his books, Tim loved art. Up until his death, Tim lived in Oxford where he also graduated from with a degree in zoology. It is not just herpetologists who will mourn the loss of Tim as his writing had a much deeper impact especially since the publication of Vanishing Birds in 1978. As well as being a great champion of amphibian conservation, Tim was formerly a Professor of Biology at the Open University, where he supervised my undergraduate project tutor, Rachel Grant. Tim is well known among the amphibian community for having cracked the ‘mating dance’ of European newt species such as the smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris). Despite never actually meeting Tim, we exchanged several emails about newts, something I will always remember him for. The late Tim Halliday was regarded by many as one of the world’s foremost authorities on amphibians. 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.Username: Password: Forgot Password? Join Contribute Jobs 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.
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