Amphibians of East Africa - 418 sidor / Engelsk

This book has two separate origins. One of us, Alan Channing, based in Cape Town and interested in the life histories and evolution of amphibians had studied these animal during a number of short visits and a sabbatical year in Tanzania, as well as during short trips to Uganda and Kenya. He was struck by the difficulty of identifying the frogs and by the lack of up-to-date reference material. Often this required him to delve into the old litterature and seek assistance from others interested in East African amphibians.

The second of us, Kim Howell, has been based at the University of Dar es Salaam for 32 years. He had been collecting information on East African amphibians and was keen to see a book on them produced, as identification of specimens collected in the region was difficult, with many needing to be sent to large museums in the United States an Europe for assistance. He recieved a large number of queries concerning the names and biology of frogs from many different areas and was encouraged by Arne Schiøts to "write a book".