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Field Guide To The Frogs Of Borneo Author : Robert F. Inger Classes : Animals Price : US$ 20.00 Availability : Pages : 205 Dimensions : 215. 156. 15 mm ISBN : 983-812-016-2 Code : 99010 |
A Field Guide to the Frogs of Borneo introduces the non-specialist reader to the natural history of this diverse, colorful, and sometimes bizarre-looking portion of the fauna of Borneo.
More than 140 species of frogs are now known from Borneo and the number discovered continues to grow. Many of these species are unique to Borneo, and a number of them are still known only from one or two sightings.
As these animals live in all sorts of environments from stream banks to forest canopy, from lowland rice fields to montane forests, they are likely to be encountered by hikers with an interest in natural history.
This book covers the 97 species most likely to be seen and identifiable without the use of a microscope. For each species, a photograph, description, and summary of natural history are presented.
In addition, introductory chapters summarize the general biology of frogs and their ecology, enabling a reader to understand how these animals fit into the complex ecosystems of Borneo.
AUTHOR
Robert F. Inqer has been interested in amphibians and reptiles since he 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 The Amphibia of Borneo, co-author of Freshwater Fishes of North Borneo, Frogs of Sabah, and The Natural History of Amphibians and Reptiles in Sahah. He was Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, USA; he is now Emeritus Curator.
Robert B. Stuebing worked as Associate Professor of Biology and Curator of the Museum of Zoology at the Sabah Campus of the University Kebangsaan Malaysia from 1992 to 1992, and served as Honorary Curator of 'Zoology at the Sabah Museum from 1992 to 1993.
Over the years he has published articles on the taxonomy and ecology of Bornean vertebrates including frogs, crocodiles, snakes and mammals. Stuebing is the co-author of Frogs of Sabah.
Since 1993 he has worked as a consultant herpetologist and wildlife biologist in Malaysian Borneo and is currently working as Consultant Zoologist for the Sabah Museum and ITTO/Sarawak Forest Department.