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A Naturalist's Guide to the Lizards of Southeast Asia

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This photographic identification guide to 226 lizard species most commonly seen in mainland and maritime Southeast Asia (covering Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Peninsular and east Malaysia, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam) is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from the region's top nature photographers, some of species that have never before been published, are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers climate and geography, lizard taxonomy, and habitats. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the lizards of Southeast Asia encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific name, IUCN status as at 2021 and its status in each country.
Jordi Janssen is an ecologist, herpetologist and conservationist. He has an MSc in Forest and Nature Conservation from Wageningen University in The Netherlands and is a consultant for TRAFFIC in Southeast Asia. He has written and contributed to numerous scientific articles on herpetology. Emerson Y. Sy is a herpetologist based in Manila. He has published two books and numerous scientific papers about amphibian and reptile geographic distribution, natural history, and trade in both international and national journals. Currently, he is the executive director of the Philippine Center for Terrestrial and Aquatic Research (PCTAR), and a consultant of TRAFFIC.
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