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Natural History Of Amphibians And Reptiles In Sabah Author : Robert F. Inger Classes : Animals Price : US$ 15.00 Availability : Pages : 101 Dimensions : 216. 154. 9 mm ISBN : 983-812-010-3 Code : 99009 |
The Natural History of Amphibians and Reptiles in Sabah is a review of the rich herpeto-fauna of Borneo, including some of its less conspicuous and sometimes reviled members. Many of the species are unique to Borneo, most are active only at night, and most are completely dependent on forests for survival.
This book on the frogs, lizards, snakes, turtles, and crocodiles brings together photographs demonstrating that many of these animals are beautiful in colour and fascinating in form.
Written for naturalists, students and travellers, the text provides information showing that not only is fear of the vast majority of the species misplaced, but also bow these animals fit into the complex workings of Borneo's ecosystems.
AUTHOR
Robert F. Inger has been interested in amphibians and reptiles since be was about 10 years old. Inger has worked on amphibians and reptiles in Borneo for many years, doing research on ecological distribution, reproductive behaviour and movements of frogs, temperature relations of lizards, and classification of snakes.
Inger is the author of a book on the amphibians of Borneo, co-author of a book on frogs of Sabah, and co-author of a book on the freshwater fishes of Sabah. He was Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, USA; he is now Emeritus Curator.
Tan Fui Lian was born in Sabah and lived there most of her life. She was on the staff of Sabah Parks for 12 years (198091), based the entire time in Kinabalu Park. As a park naturalist Tan was responsible for presenting Conservation awareness programmes to school children and other visitors to Kinabalu Park and for bringing such programmes to villages.
As staff in the Research and Education Section of Kinabalu Park, Tan assisted many local and foreign scientists who conducted research on plants and animals in the park. At the same time, she was also responsible for the care of the collection of natural history specimens of Sabah Parks.
In 1985-1986, she conducted a survey of amphibians in the Kinabalu Park which expanded the Parks' collection. Tan now resides with her husband (Inger) in Chicago where she is Associate in the Division of Amphibians and Reptiles (Zoology Department), Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
Inger and Tan began their collaboration in the field in 1987 and those joint efforts have included a survey of the amphibians and reptiles of the Crocker Range National Park (1987-1 990) and a project monitoring the populations of frogs in Kinabalu and Tawau Hills Parks, Sabah. They have published several papers resulting from this collaboration as well as this book.