Photographic Guide To The Snakes And Other Reptiles Of Borneo

Product Description

This useful portable guide
- perfect for visitors to this reptile-rich country
- provides a comprehensive overview of the wide variety of snakes, lizards, crocodiles, & turtles & tortoises to be found there. More than 150 species, primarily native but with the odd exotic, are included in the book. Each description is supported by a clear colour photograph taken where possible in the reptile's natural habitat. The guide looks at the more common reptiles as well as focusing on some of the rarer, & in many cases highly endangered, species. This new edition has been thoroughly updated by the author to take into account changes in nomenclature & classification. Indraneil Das is Professor of Herpetology at the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation, Universiti of Malaysia Sarawak. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford, Engl&, & was a Fulbright Fellow at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, USA. His other books include photographic guides to the reptiles of India (2002) & Sri Lanka (2005), also published by New Holl&. His most recent work is the definitive A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-East Asia, published by New Holland in 2010. Indraneil Das is a frequent contributor to scientific journals such as the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology & the Journal of Herpetology.