DeGraaff, Robert M <br/><br/>
The book of the toad  : a natural and magical history of toad-human relations 

 - Rochester, VT  Park Street Press  c1991 
 - xv, 208p.; ill.; bibliog.; index 
<br/><br/>Part 1: a natural history. Toad or frog?. Toad evolution. Toad music and mating. Toad navigation. Toad the hunter. Toad the hunted. Part II: Toad-human relations. The pharmaceutical toad. Bufotenine, shamanism, and toad the earth mother. The oriental toad. The evil medieval toad. Toads and witchcraft. Queen Elizabeth and the frog/toad duke. Toad folk and fairy tales. The enduring toad. The toad among children. Real toads in real gardens. The toad today. Appendix A: The Great Toad Hunt, by Howard McCord. Appendix B: Le Crapaud, by Victor Hugo 
<br/><br/> 'This comprehensive and entertaining compendium of toad lore surveys the history of toads as biological entity, literary and artistic subject, mythological symbol, and threatened species. It brings to light a multitude of unexpected details regarding the life of the toad, ranging from its role as insect eater in gardens and pharmaceutical ingredient in shamanic hallucinogens, to its time-honored place in witchcraft and its apotheosis in the stars as the constellation Bufo.' 
<br/><br/> Paperback (Katerbound) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0892812613 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>91-18064 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Toad--Symbolic aspects<br/>Toads<br/>Toads in religion, folklore, and mythology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL668.E227 D44 1991