Frogs and Toads Your Happy Healthy Pet

Name: Frogs and Toads Your Happy Healthy Pet
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ISBN: 9780470165102

ISBN-10: 0470165103

ISBN-13: 9780470165102

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Steve Grenard

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A full-color guide to a popular first pet Frogs and toads are perennial favorite pets. Often inexpensive, they're readily available in most pet stores and come in an array of patterns, sizes, and colors. This appealing guide features tons of color photos and advice on how to choose a frog or toad, feeding, housing (for both terrestrial and aquatic species), handling, and healthcare. Complete with descriptions of various popular species and lots of intriguing facts, this will be "ribbiting" reading for amphibian owners. Steve Grenard (Staten Island, NY) is an avid herpetologist with more than 40 years of experience with amphibians and reptiles. He is the author of Happy Healthy Pet guides…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Size: 5.58" wide x 8.38" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English




All About Frogs and Toads



What Are Frogs and Toads?


So Many Frogs and Toads


Classifying Frogs and Toads


What's the Difference Between a Frog and a Toad?



Frog Anatomy


Limbs and Locomotion


Frog Senses


Frog Skin


Temperature Regulation



Choosing Your Frog or Toad


Where to Get Your Frog or Toad


Before You Bring Your Frog Home


Choosing a Healthy Frog


Wild Caught vs. Captive Bred



Caring for Frogs and Toads



Housing Your Frog or Toad


Terrariums for Land Dwellers


Aquariums for Aquatic Frogs


Aqua-Terrariums for Semiaquatic Frogs


Like Water for Frogs


Water Essentials


Temperature Control



Feeding Your Frog or Toad


Insects


How Much Food?


Feeding Tadpoles



Keeping Your Frog or Toad Healthy


Life Span in Captivity


Choosing a Veterinarian


The Best Way to Avoid Problems


Infectious Microbial Diseases


Nutritional Disorders


Chemical Intoxication


Traumatic Injuries


Handling Frogs and Toads


Froggy Dangers to People



Frogs and Toads in Our World



The Variety of Frogs and Toads


Disc or Flat-Tongued Frogs


Tailed Frogs


True Toads


Dart-Poison Frogs


Poison Frogs as Pets


Glass Frogs


Tree Frogs


Tropical Frogs


Narrow-Mouthed Toads


Spadefoot Toads


Surinam Toads and African Clawed Frogs


True Frogs



Frogs and Toads in the Wild


Size and Growth


Reproduction in Frogs and Toads


Frog Communication


Hibernation and Aestivation


Releasing Frogs and Toads into the Wild


Frogs, Toads, and the Law


Protecting Frogs and Toads



Learning More About Your Frog or Toad


Some Good Books


Magazines


Internet Resources


Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians


Shows, Expos, and Swap Meets


Shopping on the Internet


Index