In Search of the Golden Frog
Marty Crump
320 pages
$27.00

Marty Crump is one of the most respected names in amphibian biology and this book presents a wonderful view of her early field work. This book is a cleaned up version of Crump's diary while she was working in Costa Rica and other regions in the tropics. It is a fun read where she describes her slips and falls, discoveries and mistakes, her entire experience. Now nothing can replace actually living the experiences, but this is one of the books I turn to when i'm snowbound in Connecticut. Part of this book is about the now extinct (presumed extinct) Golden Toad (Bufo periglenes). Crump was one of the last people to see this species alive and do any sort of research on them.