Midwife Toads - The Genus Alytes

Alles over Amfibieën & Reptielen

€49,80 3 Op voorraad: Op werkdagen voor 17:00 besteld, zelfde dag verzonden.

These toads hold cultural and scientific recognition on account of their distinctive, bell-like peeping call and their unusual strategy of paternal care.... Toon meer

Gratis verzending in Nederland vanaf €35,- *
Op werkdagen voor 17:00 uur besteld? Zelfde dag verzonden!
Niet goed? Geld terug
We denken graag met u mee!

Productomschrijving

Serie	Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde
Auteurs	C. J. Michaels, J. Bosch, P. A. Jervis, R. Márquez & G. M. Rosa
ISBN	9783899731255
Uitgever	Edition Chimaira
Taal	Engels
Pagina’s	256
Bindwijze	Hardcover
Afbeeldingen	238 afbeeldingen, voornamelijk kleurenfoto's, maar ook kaarten
Jaar van uitgave	2023

Midwife toads of the genus Alytes form a small group of primarily Iberian anurans. These fascinating toads hold cultural and scientific recognition on account of their distinctive, bell-like peeping call and their unusual strategy of paternal care, all of which trumps their small, brown appearance and the rarity of encountering them in the wild. Within their range, the gentle chorus of midwife toads is synonymous with warm summer evenings and, for those who have tried to find the animals making the sounds, the frustration of hunting ventriloquists hidden in burrows and crevices. The paternal care of the male toads, which earn their common name by carrying egg clutches around their hind limbs before depositing their offspring in water when ready to hatch, is unusual per se, but especially so in the context of European anurans, in which parental care is otherwise absent.

Tags:amfibieën (66)amphibians (80)Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (50)frogs (27)Froschen (5)kikkers (14)