Print

Print
Dear Ruth,
I do not have a reference to suggest, but the characters I have found consistently reliable in separating the genera Bufo and Rana are those described as 'A' and 'D' in Fig.1 (ilium) of the publication by Cox Thomas you refer to. Although the species are different the genera are the same, so this should work on European anura too.
Cheers,
Umberto


 
On 6 December 2011 17:58, Ruth Carden <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear Zooarchers,

Firstly, congratulations to the 1000 member mark!

Secondly, could any of the 1000 Zooarchers assist me in finding any
references (published/other) on the skeletal/anatomical differences in
the form of drawings/photos/atlas between European frogs (common) and
toad (Natterjack or  species. I am particularly interested in the main
limb bones and pelvic bones and a reference, if possible, that is not
based on size (overall measurements) differences.

I have for the past few months consistently searched various databases
and the internet but apart from Thomas's work in the Canadian
Zooarchaeology (2010),
http://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/zooarchaeology/article/viewFile/5267/1776
 I haven't found anything from Europe.

If anyone can help me I would be very grateful.
Many thanks and best wishes
Ruth



--

Umberto Albarella
Department of Archaeology
University of Sheffield
Northgate House
West Street
Sheffield S1 4ET
United Kingdom
Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943
Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 27 22 563
http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/albarella.html
For Zooarchaeology short course see:
http://shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/zooarchaeology/short-course.html
For Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) see:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/global-justice.html

"only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned
and the last fish been caught we will realise we cannot eat money"