A Field Guide to
the Reptiles & Amphibians of Singapore is the most comprehensive up-to-date field guide to the herpetofauna
in Singapore, covering caecilians, frogs, lizards, snakes and turtles. With
photographs from the authors and other top nature photographers, each species
is illustrated with many variants. The species descriptions covers etymology,
type locality, length, identifying features, range in Singapore and globally,
ecology and its Singapore Red Data Book listing. The introduction covers
habitats and the way wildlife and humans co-exist in Singapore.
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-913679-81-1 (9781913679811)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Law Ing Sind is
one of the six co-founders of the Herpetological Society of Singapore -
together with Law Ingg Thong, Serin Subaraj and Sankar Ananthanarayanan. He is a
conservationist and a zoology graduate from the University of Reading. His
interest in the natural world was piqued when he was young, having his very own
sighting of a snake feeding on a toad at the tender age of 10. Law Ingg Thong is a zoology graduate from the University of Reading and
has spent the past few years helping as an independent researcher in
comprehensive biodiversity surveys and other research projects around
Singapore. Shivaram Rasu is an Environmental
Studies graduate from the National University of Singapore. Currently he is an
environmental consultant who is keen to apply his passion for conservation and
herpetology in solving biodiversity challenges in an ever-changing landscape. Serin Subaraj is a masters graduate from the University of Curtin. He
has worked as a Wildlife Consultant and field biologist in environmental
consultancy since 2008, conducting a vast array of surveys and fieldwork around
many countries in Southeast Asia. Sankar
Ananthanarayanan has always been passionate about herpetology,
conservation biology and science communication. As the first president of HSS
he often found himself using the skills from all three fields in tandem to
efficiently lead and further the goals of the society. Sankar is currently
pursuing a PhD in the National University of Singapore studying the theoretical
population dynamics of reintroduced reptiles
