Henderson, senior curator of herpetology at the Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Public Museum, and Powell (biology, Avila U., Missouri) describe 737 recognized species of frogs and non-avian reptiles in The Greater Antilles and The Lesser Antilles and the surrounding Caribbean Sea, significantly expanding Schwartz and Henderson's 1991 Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. Arranged by family, entries for each species discuss such features as distribution, habitat, activity, behavior, ecomorphology, foraging and diet, home range and territoriality, hybridization, longevity, parasites, population size and density, predation, reproduction, size, thermal biology, and conservation status. A very few monochrome photographs are the only illustration. Annotation 2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
