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FROG: Leaping Through Time: How Frogs Shaped Ecosystems, Inspired Culture, and Continue to Warn Us of Environmental Change. - Softcover

EDWARDS, ERICA

 
9798266864986: FROG: Leaping Through Time: How Frogs Shaped Ecosystems, Inspired Culture, and Continue to Warn Us of Environmental Change.
Softcover
ISBN 13: 9798266864986
Verlag: Independently published, 2025

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🐸 Frogs: Guardians of Ecosystems and Symbols of Transformation

For over 200 million years, frogs have leapt through Earth’s history, surviving mass extinctions, shaping ecosystems, and captivating human imagination. Today, they stand at a crossroads, celebrated for their beauty yet threatened by climate change, habitat loss, and disease.

This comprehensive 20-chapter guide explores the world of frogs like never before:
✔ Evolutionary Origins: How frogs emerged from prehistoric amphibians and adapted over millions of years.
✔ Taxonomy & Diversity: From tree frogs to poison dart frogs, uncover the astonishing variety of species.
✔ Life Cycle & Metamorphosis: The magical transformation from egg to tadpole to adult.
✔ Anatomy & Adaptations: Powerful legs, permeable skin, and defenses that ensure survival.
✔ Ecological Role: Why frogs are vital as predators, prey, and bioindicators of ecosystem health.
✔ Threats & Conservation: Habitat destruction, chytrid fungus, and the global fight to save amphibians.
✔ Frogs in Culture & Science: From myths and folklore to medical breakthroughs and research contributions.
✔ Future of Frogs: Predictions for their survival in a rapidly changing world.

Whether you are a nature lover, student, researcher, or curious reader, this book offers a rich and engaging journey into the world of frogs. It combines science, culture, and conservation with accessible storytelling, reminding us why frogs matter, and why protecting them is protecting ourselves.

🌍 Frogs are more than amphibians, they are living testaments to resilience, transformation, and the fragile beauty of life on Earth.

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Verlag
Independently published
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 13 
9798266864986
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
196
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