Maine Amphibians and Reptiles
Item #7160
Publisher: University of Maine Press
Edited by Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr., Aram J. K. Calhoun and Mark McCollough. Frogs and toads, salamanders and newts, turtles and snakes . . . some of them number in the thousands per acre and form deafening choruses of songsters; others are rare ocean wanderers that are seldom seen. This book will introduce you to 38 species of reptiles and amphibians, all of the species that occur in Maine and Atlantic Canada and all of the common species that occur in the rest of New England. Of particular note is the enclosed compact disc, narrated and produced by well-known naturalist Lang Elliott, that will make it easy to learn to identify all the frogs and toads by their songs. The CD also includes a long unnarrated series of frog choruses that are a wonderful way to evoke a summer night. Royalties from the sale of this book will be used for reptile and amphibian conservation work in Maine. 272 pages (including a 16-page gallery of photographs), with 56 drawings, 36 color photographs, 109 maps, and a compact disc of field recordings. 1999.
$19.95