Amphibian Books

This book is intended to be an introduction to the care of amphibians. It discusses some of the most popular species that are kept as pets and should help you decide which is right for you! The book is split into sections covering habitats (aquatic, semi-aquatic and terrestrial and arboreal-terrestrial) with details of how to create the ideal environment for amphibians in each habitat. Other sections cover Substrates, Water and Humidity, Heating, Lighting, Cage Furniture and Foods and Feeding.

Softcover. 94 pages, 95 colour photos. Introduction: I have been focusing on the husbandry and breeding of dendrobatids, the so-called poison frogs, since 1981. I am particularly engrossed with the small representatives of this familys various genera, e.g.,Oophaga pumilioorRanitomeya imitator, reasons for which also include practical considerations such as reduced space requirements for small terraria and the small amounts of food required. I have travelled to Central and South America on more than thirty occasions in a quest to learn as much as possible about these exceedingly interesting anurans, and I have not ceased to discover new and exciting details until today. This book is based mainly on my own practical experiences. Nevertheless, it does by no means claim to offer universally applicable directions for keeping and breeding dendrobatid frogs. There are certainly other routes that can be taken to arrive at the same destination, but what is described here is what works for me. You are welcome to copy parts or all of it to see whether it works for you, too. Let us hope together that the remaining rainforests will continue to exist and be seen as what they are, national treasures with a wealth of life that we have only just begun to discover. Their conservation is crucial for these frogs to survive in their natural environments so that our children also will have the opportunity to study them in the wild and not only look at them in amazement from behind glass.

Ithaca/Frankfurt 2006, 456 pages, 185 colour photos, 71 drawings. In English.

194 members of the Anuran family, 9 species of the Gymnophonian family, their determination, habitat, distribution, their mode of living, calls and breeding are being described in this book. As far as any vernacular names are common, they are being displayed. Channing (Prof. Univ. of Western Cape, South Africa) and Howell (Prof. Univ. of Dar es Salaam, Tansania) are two of the most renowned herpetologists of Africa.

Frankfurt Contributions to Natural History, Vol. 47Frankfurt March 2011, hc. 349 pages, more than 240 color photographs, maps and drawings

Frankfurt Contributions to Natural History, Vol. 22

Frankfurt am Main 2005, hardcover, 347 pages, 168 colour photos, 120 drawings.

In German with abstracts in English and Spanish.

Frankfurt Contributions to Natural History Vol. 28

Frankfurt 2007, hardcover, 575 pages, 163 colur photos and more than 100 black-and-white photos, drawings and sonagrams.

With a Preface by Lynn Raw.

Full Title: Verbreitung, Biologie und Schutz des Teichmolches, Lissotriton vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)*** Note - this book is in German ***Authors: GROSSE, W.-R., KHNEL, K.-D., NLLERT, A.Mannheim 2013, HC, large format (A4), 189 pages, 212 colour photos. Vol. 19 of the series Mertensiella.

Mannheim 2013, hardcover, 178 pages, 251 colour photographs.

Vol. 20E of Mertensiella. The book covers breeding advices for the following species Ambystoma mexicanum, Paradactylodon persicus, Paradactylodon gorganensis, Calotriton asper, Cynops ensicauda, Cynops orphicus, Euproctus montanus, Euproctus platycephalus, Laotriton laoensis, Liua shihi, Mertensiella caucasica, Neurergus crocatus, Neurergus derjugini, Neurergus kaiseri, Neurergus strauchii, Triturus dobrogicus, Triturus pygmaeus, Tylototriton asperrimus, Tylototriton hainanensis, Tylototriton kweichowensis, Tylototriton shanjing, Tylototriton taliangensis, Tylototriton wenxianensi. English edition.