Amphibians are among the most threatened groups of animals on earth. In part due to their highly permeable skin, amphibians are highly sensitive to environmental changes and pollution and provide an early-warning system of deteriorating environmental conditions. The more we learn about the impact of environmental changes on amphibians, the better we as humans will be able to arrest their demise, and our own.

Introduction / Harold Heatwole and Jodi J.L. Rowley -- A brief demographic overview of Australia's native amphibians / Harold G. Cogger -- Status of decline and conservation of frogs in the wet tropics of Australia / Ross A. Alford and Jodi J.L. Rowley -- Frogs of the monsoon tropical savannah regions of Northern Australia / Graeme R. Gillespie and J. Dale Roberts -- An update on frog declines from the forests of subtropical eastern Australia / David Newell -- Frog declines and associated management response in south-eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania / David Hunter, Nick Clemann, David Coote, Graeme R. Gillespie, Greg Hollis, Ben Scheele, Annie Philips, and Matt West -- The status of decline and conservation of frogs in temperate coastal south-eastern Australia / Frank Lemckert and Michael Mahony -- Conservation of frogs in south-western Australia / J. Dale Roberts -- The status of decline and conservation of frogs in the arid and semi-arid zones of Australia / Joanne Ocock and Skye Wassens -- The impact of an invasive amphibian : the cane toad Rhinella marina / Richard Shine -- The role of ex-situ amphibian conservation in Australia / Michael S. McFadden, Deon Gilbert, Kay Bradfield, Murray Evans, Gerry Marantelli and Philip Byrne -- Conservation of frogs in Australia : state and federal laws / J. Dale Roberts -- Status of decline and conservation of frogs in New Zealand / Ben D. Bell and Phillip J. Bishop -- Amphibians of the Pacific : natural history and conservation / George R. Zug and Robert N. Fisher.