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Frogs
& Toads
Ref no: 103
Price:
£7.99
Description:
Can you tell the difference between a frog
and a toad? Do you know what a Natterjack looks like? And which of them runs
like a mouse? Did you know that frogs shriek and toads never do? Or that
frogs hibernate at the bottom of ponds, breathing oxygen from the water
through their skins? That frogs eggs are 100 times the size of human ones.
These are some of the curious facts you'll find in Frogs & Toads.
British species may not be as unusual as foreign ones that eat their own
eggs, turn their stomachs into growbags and regurgitate fully formed
froglets, but they have some odd habits:
• Male frogs sometimes embrace females for weeks or even months before
spawning, occasionally causing the death of the female
• Some tadpoles get stuck and never turn into frogs
• One nineteenth century frog is reputed to have lived in the skirting
board of a house in Kingston, and basked by the fireside, lounging against
the family cat
This book also tells you how you can help in the conservation of frogs and
toads, by participating in toad patrols over busy roads at breeding time, or
by providing a garden pond. Practical advice is given on pond construction
as well as siting and stocking a pond.
Features:
Paperback
Written by Trevor Beebee
121 pages (almost every page features an illustration, line drawing or map)
Approx 21cm x 14.5cm
Published by Whittet Books
Customer Comments:
If you like frogs you'll love this book. - J.
McIntosh, Lancashire
"Frogs and Toads" a fantastic little book. I have not read it all yet but it is full of practical advice, general information and fascinating facts about these creatures. A must for anyone with a garden pond.
- J. Foxon, Cumbria
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