Schmidt, Karl P.

Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba (Mission G. F. De Witte): Amphibians.

Bruxelles: Institut des Parcs Nationaux de Congo, 1959. First edition. Pp. 264, 9 full page photo-plates (3 are in color, 6 are black-and-white). Original printed tan wrappers, lg 8vo. Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo fasc. 56. The volume begins with a overview of the vegetation of the park following by a descriptions of all amphibian species. The text is entirely in English. This volume is from the research library of herpetologist Kevin W. Marx with his signature on the front wrapper. A very bright and clean copy in fine (as new) condition..

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Book number: 5956

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Spinar, Zdenek V.

Tertiary Frogs from Central Europe

Prague: Academia Publishing House, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1972. First edition. Pp. 286; 96 text-figures (line-drawings), 1 color frontispiece plate, 184 black-and-white photo-plates. Publisher's original gray coarse-weave cloth, lettered in dark red on the spine and with a frog skeleton on the front cover, original white dust jacket, lettered in black and dark red, lg 8vo. This volume is warmly inscribed by the author to Dr. Sh. M. Andrews on the front endpaper dated 14. II. 1972. No other ownership marks. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a few marginal tears repaired..

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Book number: 8943

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Spinar, Zdenek V.

Tertiary Frogs from Central Europe

Prague: Academia Publishing House, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1972. First edition. Pp. 286; 96 text-figures (line-drawings), 1 color frontispiece plate, 184 black-and-white photo-plates. Publisher's original gray coarse-weave cloth, lettered in dark red on the spine and with a frog skeleton on the front cover, original white dust jacket, lettered in black and dark red, lg 8vo. From the research collection of vertebrate paleontologist Craig C. Black (1932-1998) with his name stamp on the front endpaper. Black was an American paleontologist noted for his studies of the vertebrate mammals of the Ice Age. He served as the director of the Museum of Texas Tech University 1972-1975, Carnegie Museum of Natural History 1975-1982 and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 1982-1994 (from Wiki). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with a few marginal tears repaired..

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Book number: 8944

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Spinar, Zdenek V.

Tertiary Frogs from Central Europe

Prague: Academia Publishing House, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1972. First edition. Pp. 286; 96 text-figures (line-drawings), 1 color frontispiece plate, 184 black-and-white photo-plates. Publisher’s original gray coarse-weave cloth, lettered in dark red on the spine and with a frog skeleton on the front cover, original white dust jacket, lettered in black and dark red, lg 8vo. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Small chips missing from top of dustjacket; a near fine copy in a very good dustjacket..

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Book number: 9100

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Taylor, Edward H.

A Review of the Frogs and Toads of Costa Rica

Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 1952. First edition. Pp. 577-942, 69 text-figures. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, front wrapper bound in place, sm 8vo. From the series: The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, vol. XXXV, pt. 1, no. 5. This volume describes 18 new species. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front wrapper and name stamp on front wrapper and titlepage. Neat underlining on pages 633, 634, 636, 638, 650, 652, and 768. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9202

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Tinsley, R. C. and Kobel, H. R. (editors)

The Biology of Xenopus (Symposia of the Zoological Society of London)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. First edition. Pp. xxii, 440; numerous text-figures (line-drawings, black-and-white photos, graphs, charts). Publisher’s original pale green pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. Xenopus, the African clawed frog, is one of the three most widely cited vertebrate animals in the biological literature. The aim of this volume is to provide a reference work for researchers working with Xenopus in the lab and to highlight for them and others the potential of Xenopus for future work in evolutionary biology, genetics, behavior, immunology, parasitology, and ecology. There are 22 chapters each written my notable researchers in the field. From the research collection of Illinois State University herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. There is some underlining in the preface and in chapter 11 (Xenopus tadpoles) in the hand of Lauren Brown. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 9013

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Trueb, Linda

Systematic relationships of Neotropical horned frogs, genus Hemiphractus (Anura: Hylidae)

Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1974. First edition. Pp. 60; 18 text-figures (halftones, line-drawings and maps). Original printed wrappers, 8vo. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Kansas, no. 29. No ownership marks and no signs of use. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8167

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Tyler, Michael J.

Australian Frogs: A Natural History.

Chatswood, NSW: Reed Books, 1994. Second edition. Pp. 192, 50 color plates, 64 text-figures. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in white on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. The original edition was published in 1989; this revised and updated edition was published in 1994. The volume presents a complete review of the frogs of Australia including the environmental effects herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and heavy metals on frog survival and distribution. No ownership marks. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6648

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Tyler, Michael J.

The Frogs of South Australia

Adelaide: South Australian Museum, 1966. First edition. Pp. 40, numerous black and white photographs, 5 text-figures, color frontispiece. Publisher’s black and white pictorial wrappers, lettered in black and white on cover, lg 8vo. This book describes the appearance and habits of frogs found South Australia to aid their identification. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on the front wrappers, rear wrappers, endpapers, and titlepage. Neat underling on pages 16-19, 26, 28, 29, and 31. Bump to bottom outer corner, wear to wrappers, a very good copy..

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Book number: 9325

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Wager, Vincent A.

The Frogs of South Africa

Cape Town: Purnell & Sons (S.A.) Pty., LTD., 1965. First edition. Pp. 242, numerous black and white photographs, color photographs, and text-figures. Publisher’s green cloth, lettered in silver on spine, lg 8vo. This volume described the frogs of South Africa based on the authors personal research and collection which is lodged in the Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on the inside of the front and rear endpapers and page edges. Neat underlining on 33 pages. Bump to top corner, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 9268

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Wright, A. A. and Wright, A. H.

Handbook of Frogs and Toads: The Frogs and Toads of the United States and Canada

Ithaca: Comstock Publishing, 1933. First edition. Pp. xi, 231, 7 text-figures, 82 photo-plates.  Brown patterned flexible wrappers, sm 8vo.  This is the rare first edition.  From the research collection of Illinois State University herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Minor underlining to a few pages in the hand of Lauren Brown. Light edge wear to wrappers, top outer corner bumped, overall, a good solid copy..

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Book number: 9042

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Wright, Albert Hazen

Life-Histories of the Frogs of Okefinokee Swamp, Georgia. North American Salienta (Anura) No. 2.

New York: Macmillan, 1932. First edition. Pp. xv, 497, frontis-portrait of Wright, 44 full page photographic plates (each with 8-12 photos), 1 full page map (line-drawing). Publisher's original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and on the front cover, sm 4to (10.5 x 7 inches). Provides a very thorough discussion of the frogs of Okefinokee from the eggs to tadpoles to adult stages based on fieldwork conducted from 1909 through 1922. This work forms North American Salientia (Anura) no. 2. From the private research collection of Cornell University herpetologist Kraig Adler with his small bookplate on the front attached endpaper and his name stamp on the front free endpaper. Tiny bump to front outer cloth corner, a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 8917

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Ye, Changyuan, Fei, Liang and Hu, Shuqing

Rare and Economic Amphibians of China.

Chengdu, China: Sichuan Publishing Houses of Science and Technology, 1993. First edition. Pp. (4), 412; 155 text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher's original gray blind-stamped cloth, blind-stamped and lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, two color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. Text in Chinese with Latin names used throughout. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 4579

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

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Zhao, Ermi (editor)

Amphibian Zoogeographic Division of China.

Chengdu, Sichuan: Sichuan Journal of Zoology, 1995. First edition. Pp. 179, 2 full page color plates, 22 maps. Original color pictorial wrappers, 8vo. This presents a symposium issued to celebrate the Second Asian Herpetological Meeting held in Ashgabat, Turkmemistan with 22 papers in Chinese. This was published as a special issue of the Sichuan Journal of Zoology. Though the text is in Chinese, the table of contents is in English and many tables are in Latin and in English. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 4587

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

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Zhao, Ermi et al.

Economic Amphibians and Reptiles of China.

Shanghai: Shanghai Science and Technology Press, 1978. First edition. Pp. 90; 61 text-photos and line-drawings. Original printed wrappers, sm 8vo. Text in Chinese. No ownership marks. Light wear to wrappers; a very good copy..

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Book number: 4875

Catalogue: Herpetology - Frogs and Toads

Keywords: Herpetology herpetofauna reptiles