RSPB Spotlight Frogs and Toads Paperback / softback

by Mr Jules Howard

Part of the RSPB series

Paperback / softback

Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours

Description

RSPB Spotlight: Frogs and Toads is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos, and features succinct and detailed text written by an expert on these amphibians. They were bestowed with magical properties in folklore, they were sought after as ingredients of witchesâ€™ broth, and they are comic characters that have invaded popular culture, from Kermit the Frog to Toad of Toad Hall.

Frogs and toads are charismatic members of Britainâ€™s wildlife.

But what do you really know about them?Scratch beneath the surface, and you will discover some of natureâ€™s weirdest creatures, amphibians whose ecology we are only now coming to understand.

Spotlight Frogs and Toads is a compelling account of Britainâ€™s four native amphibian species: the Common Frog, the Pool Frog, the Common Toad and the rare and secretive Natterjack Toad.

New research suggests that, in the next ten years, three out of four UK species are likely to be listed as threatened.

Revealing a host of secrets, including how they migrate, what they eat, and how they got to the UK in the first place, Jules Howard inspires us all to look down, rather than up, in spring. The Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives and behaviour of our favourite animals with eye-catching colour photographs and informative expert text.