| In Search of the Golden Frog Contributor(s): Crump, Marty (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226121984 ISBN-13: 9780226121987 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2000 Annotation: "The totally charming journal of an adventurous woman field biologist. You will find yourself living and breathing with Marty Crump every step of the way. This is an odyssey as compelling as it is important".--Thomas E. Lovejoy, coauthor of "The Rediscovery of the Amazon". 16 color plates. 60 halftones. 19 maps. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Fish |
| Dewey: 597.809 |
| LCCN: 99048238 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.22" W x 9.26" (1.44 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Marty Crump has searched for salamanders along the Amazon River; she has surveyed amphibians and reptiles in hostile Huaorani Indian territory; she has been stung by a conga ant and had run-ins with an electric eel, a boa constrictor, and a bushmaster viper. In the course of her travels she has dined, not always eagerly, on wild rat, parrot, guinea pig, and chicken foot soup. And for those among us who prefer our experiences to be vicarious and far away from biting insects, venomous snakes, and inhospitable surroundings, she has written In Search of the Golden Frog. The book is a detailed and fascinating chronicle of Crump's adventures as a field biologist--and as a wife and mother--in South and Central America. Following Crump on her research trips through Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, we learn of amazingly diverse landscapes, equally diverse national traditions and customs, and the natural history of her subject of study, the frog. In leading us through rain forests and onto windswept coasts, Crump introduces us to such compelling creatures as female harlequin frogs, who pounce on males and pound their heads against the ground, and also sounds an alarm about the precipitous decline in amphibian populations around the globe. Crump's perspectives as both a scientist and a mother, juggling the demands of family and professional life, make this highly readable account of fieldwork simultaneously close to home and wildly exotic. A combination of nature writing and travel writing, the richly illustrated In Search of the Golden Frog will whet travelers' appetites, affirm the experiences of seasoned field biologists, and offer the armchair naturalist vivid descriptions of amphibians and their habitats. |
Contributor Bio(s): Crump, Marty: - Marty Crump is currently an adjunct professor of biology at Utah State and Northern Arizona Universities. She has been a herpetologist for more than forty-five years, working with tropical amphibians in the areas of parental care, reproduction, territoriality, cannibalism, and tadpole ecology. Her work has drawn attention to the issue of declining amphibian populations. In addition to her popular science writing, she is the author of the recent award-winning children's book, The Mystery of Darwin's Frog. She lives in Logan, UT. |