Biodiversity and Conservation
Bermingham, E., C.W. Dick, and C. Moritz, eds. 2005. Tropical rainforests: past, present, and future. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.

Brooks, T.M et al. 2002. Habitat loss and extinction in the hotspots of biodiversity. Conservation Biology 16: 909-923.

Huber, B.A, B.J. Sinclair, and K.-H. Lampe, eds. 2005. African biodiversity: molecules, organisms, ecosystems. Springer, New York, NY.

Amphibian Declines
IUCN, Conservation International, and NatureServe. 2006. Global Amphibian Assessment. <www.globalamphibians.org>. Downloaded on 4 May 2006.

Blaustein, A.R. and D.B. Wake. 1995. The puzzle of declining amphibian populations. Scientific American 272:52-57.

Kiesecker, J.M., A.R. Blaustein and L.K. Belden. 2001. Complex causes of amphibian population declines. Nature 410: 681-683.

Lanoo, M., ed. 2005. Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species.

Semlitsch, R.D., ed. 2003. Amphibian Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Stuart, S.N. et al. 2004. Status and trends of amphibian declines and extinctions worldwide. Science 205: 1783-1786.

African Amphibians
Channing, A. 2001. Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.

Channing, A. and K.M. Howell. 2005. Amphibians of East Africa. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.

Passmore, N.I. and V. Carruthers. 1995. Southern African Frogs: a complete guide. Revised edition. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg.

Rödel, M.-O. 2000. Herpetofauna of West Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.

Rose, W. 1962. The Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern Africa. Second Edition. Maskew Miller, Cape Town.

United States Amphibians
Conant, R. and J.T. Collins, eds. 1998. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series). Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA.

Petranka, J.W. 1998. Salamanders of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Powell, R., J.T. Collins, and E.D. Hooper. 1998. A Key to Amphibians and Reptiles of the Continental United States and Canada. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, KS.

Stebbins, R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA.

Science Books about Amphibians
Duellman, W.E. and L. Trueb. 1994. Biology of Amphibians. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

McDiarmid, R.W. and R. Altig. 1999. Tadpoles: the Biology of Anuran Larvae. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.