Fauna of Mayotte - Boophis, Pasteur's Day Gecko, Robert Mertens' Day Gecko, List of Non-Marine Molluscs of Mayotte, Mayotte Drongo (Paperback)

Chapters: Boophis, Pasteur's Day Gecko, Robert Mertens' Day Gecko, List of Non-Marine Molluscs of Mayotte, Mayotte Drongo. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Boophis is a frog genus in the family Mantellidae. Like other frogs of their family, they are small, toxic, arboreal, and colorful. They have adaptations simiar to the unrelated tree frogs. This genus can only be found on Madagascar and Mayotte Island (Comoros) and is the single member of the subfamily Boophinae. Many species of Boophis have nearly translucent skin, allowing bones and internal organs to be observed like in the unrelated glass frogs (Centrolenidae) of the tropical Americas. This has led to the vernacular name skeleton frogs for the present genus. The genus has presently nearly 60 species; new ones are being described every few months on average. Boophis occidentalis tadpole ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1239697