SquaMates Ep. 31: I do it for the gills

Happy World Frog Day! In this episode we answer a couple questions from listeners: why are there no neotenic frogs, and what books we recommend for people interested in herpetology (fair warning: it&#8217;s a lot!) Remember that you can watch the full episode with video at youtube.com/@squamatespod! Episode notes sometimes get clipped on your device or by your podcast provider; for full notes and references, go to squamatespod.com Episode Shout-outs Earyn McGee — Bluesky (and also Goliath) Books we mention in the episode: Pough, F.H. et al. Herpetology. 4th Edition. ISBN: 9781605352336 [Amazon.com] Vitt, L.J. &amp; Caldwell, J.P. Herpetology. 4th Edition. ISBN 9780123869197 [Amazon.com] (2nd edition was by Zug et al., shown by Mark on the episode) McDiarmid, R.W. et al. Reptile Biodiversity: Standard methods for inventory and monitoring. ISBN 9780520266711 [publisher website] Duellman, W.E. &amp; Trueb, L. 1994. Biology of Amphibians. 2nd edition. ISBN: 9780801847806 [Amazon.com] Frost, D.R. et al. 1985. Amphibian Species of the World. [Amazon.com] (superseded by https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/) Powell, R. et al. 2016. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians Eastern &amp; Central North America. [Amazon.com] Glaw, F. &amp; Vences, M. 2007.Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar.  3rd Edition. [Amazon.com] Glaw, F. &amp; Vences, M. 1994. Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar.  2nd Edition. [Amazon.com] Leenders, T. 2016. Amphibians of Costa Rica. ISBN: 978-1501700620 [Amazon.com] Leenders, T. 2019. Reptiles of Costa Rica. ISBN: 978-1501739538 [Amazon.com] Arteaga, A. et al. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. ISBN: 9783899731408 [NHBS.com] Tilbury, C. 2018. Chameleons of Africa. 2nd Edition. [<a href="https://www.nhbs.com/en/chameleons-of-africa-second-edition-book" target="_blank" rel="noop