Everything You Need To Know About Frogs And Other Slippery Creatures

Everything you need to know about FROGS AND OTHER SLIPPERY CREATURES DK PUBLISHING LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH, MELBOURNE, and DELHI Senior editor Carrie Love Senior designer Claire Patané Design Hedi Hunter and Rosie Levine Editorial Holly Beaumont, Fleur Star, Ben Morgan, and Alexander Cox US editor Margaret Parrish Consultant Brian Groombridge Publishing manager Bridget Giles Art director Martin Wilson Creative director Jane Bull Category publisher Mary Ling Production editor Clare McLean Production controller Claire Pearson Picture researcher Rob Nunn Proofreaders Caroline Stamps and Lorrie Mack Jacket editor Matilda Gollon First published in the United States in 2011 by DK Publishing 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001–180779–Aug/11 Copyright © 2011 Dorling Kindersley Limited All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Can you SEE ME? ISBN: 978-0-7566-8232-3 This high-casqued chameleon (Chamaeleo hoehnelii) is superb at blending in with its surroundings. Find out more about camouflage on page 17. Printed and bound in China by Hung Hing Discover more at www.dk.com CONTENTS 6 Amphibians 46 What’s for dinner? 8 Reptiles 48 Living fossils 10 What’s inside? 50 Snakes and ladders 12 Super skin 52 Horned lizard 14 Life cycle of a frog 54 16 Colors and markings Why did this woman turn people into stone? 18 Home, Sweet Home 56 In search of the flapping frog 20 Amazon horned frog 58 Defense techniques 22 How do crocodiles breathe underwater? 60 Travel blog 62 Lost and found 24 Parental care 64 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? 26 Biggest and smallest 66 Don’t look up 28 Sun seekers 68 30 Can you spot the fake? How did frogs’ legs shock science? 32 The glass frog 70 How to survive an encounter with a crocodile or an alligator 34 Fancy feet 72 36 The water-holding frog Working with amphibians and reptiles 38 Top 10 deadliest 74 40 Sixth sense How does this lizard walk on water? 42 Gecko feet 76 Record breakers 44 The newt that never grows up 78 Glossary and index 80 Credits How does a fer-de-lance snake kill its prey? Discover its tactic on page 39. Ribbit, Which lizard is an insectivore? Take a look at page 46. scuttle, Why is the male midwife toad a hands-on fath