The Frogs and Toads of North Carolina: Field Guide and Recorded Calls. This item is unavailable.The Frogs and Toads of North Carolina: Field Guide and Recorded Calls

This long-awaited field identification guide with CD features descriptions and calls of all North Carolina's 30 frog and toad species. What frog did you find in your yard? This book has the answers! Hear the screeching release call of the bullfog. Find out what frog is considered to be the most beautiful in the state. Learn about the habitats and habits of the little grass frog, the smallest frog in North America. The 88-page booklet is packed with more than 120 full-color photographs that beautifully illustrate the stunning array of colors, shapes and sizes of North Carolina s diverse and abundant frog and toad populations.

Mike Dorcas received a B.S.(1986) and M.S. (1990) from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Ph.D.from Idaho State Universityin 1995.  Mike is aFellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and hasreceived numerous awards, including the Senior Research Award from theAssociation of Southeastern Biologists in 2007 and 2012, Meritorious TeachingAward at the World Congress of Herpetology Biologists in 2012, and theOutstanding Mentor Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) in2014.  Mike's research program isinterdisciplinary in nature and relies heavily on collaboration with othersincluding former students.  Mike haspublished more than 20 book chapters and over 100 articles on the biology ofamphibians and reptiles.  He is involvedin numerous research projects including studies of invasive Burmese pythons inFlorida, the effects of urbanization on amphibians and reptiles, and theecology and conservation of diamondback terrapins in South Carolina.  He frequently gives talks about his researchto the public and in academic settings.  Hehas published eight books, including InvasivePythons in the United States with JD Willson and Snakes of the Southeast with Whit Gibbons.