The Mystery of Darwin's Frog

by Marty Crump

Book Overview

A frog full of tadpoles? Impossible! Here, for the first time, is the strange but true story of Darwin's frog.

After Charles Darwin discovered the frog in 1834, other researchers found that one of his specimens was packed full of tadpoles. Was the frog a cannibal, or perhaps a rare species that gave birth to live young instead of laying eggs? No. He was a male, holding the tadpoles safe in his vocal sac while they morphed into froglets...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590788648
• ISBN13: 9781590788646
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Astra Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.7" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5