Lost frogs and hot snakes : herpetologists' tales from the field

9781501774485
1501774484

x, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

The irreplaceable role of nature in scientific discovery / Robert E. Espinoza
The crawfish frog's jaw / Michael J. Lannoo
Journey to the Amazonian rainforest / Janalee Caldwell
A rainy Evening in the Pantanal / Cynthia P. A. Prado
Tracking turtles / Jacqueline Litzgus
Finding the frog that sings like a bird / Jodi Rowley
Borneo's tadpole heaven / Indraneil Das
How the Bog Frog Got Its Name Paul Moler
My first summit camp / Maureen A. Donnelly
Down Under Dante / Fenolio
Lessons from the field: it's the journey, not the destination / Karen Lips
Flying southward thirty-three degrees to catch more frogs / Ronald Altig
Trip to the Xingu River in the Amazon Forest of Brazil / Celio F. B. Haddad and Marcelo Gordo
Wok bilong ol pik / David Bickford
In search of wonder: how curiosity led me to Madagsacar / Phillip Skipwith
Never work on a species that is smarter than you are / Rick Shine
The reality of giant geckos / Aaron M. Bauer
Following the mole (salamander) trail: a forty-year cross-country journey / Susan C. Walls
Chance, myth, and the mountains of western China / Alan H. Savitzky
Dive in the air beside a rice paddy: a moment to grab an eluding snake / Akira Mori
Immersion / Erin Muths
Herpetology moments / Patricia A. Burrowes
Crying in the rain, in the middle of the world / Luis A. Coloma
Frogs in the clear cut / Julia E. Earl
Once upon a diamondback-learning lessons about the fragility of desert life / Wolfgang Wuster
SWAT team to the rescue / Joan (Diemer) Berish
Military herpetology / Robert Lovich
Close encounters of the gator kind / Whit Gibbons
Don't tread on her / Kelly Zamudio
A snake to die for / Robert W. Hansen
Goose on the road / William W. Lamar
Lost on the Puna / John E. Simmons
Lost and found / Martha L. Crump
The mob that almost hanged us in Chiapas, Mexico / Oscar A. Flores-Villela
Adventures while studying lizards in the highlands of Veracruz, Mexico / Miriam Benabib and Justin
Congdon
The field herpetologist's guide to interior Australia...with kids / Alison Davis Rabosky
Troubles in a tropical paradise / Ross A. Alford
Island castaways and the limits of optimism / Alessandro Catenazzi
Lessons in patience: frog eggs, snakes, and rain / Karen M. Warkentin
Sounds of silence on the Continental Divide / Emily Taylor
Why do I do what I do in the field? / Joseph R. Mendelson III
The captain and the frog / Sinlan Poo
Exploring the wild kingdom with Marlin / Lee A. Fitzgerald
Terror, courage, and the little red snake / Tiffany M. Doan
Team snake meets equipe serpent / Kate Jackson
Ticks, policemen, and motherhood: experiences in the dry Chaco of Argentina / Maria Gabriela Perotti
Adventures in Wonderland / Laurie Vitt
In the Rabeta of the Paje: an ethnoherpetological experience / Beatriz N. Cosendey

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editor. Crump, Marty, 1946-