Research Catalog

Title

Tropical island herpetofauna : origin, current diversity, and conservation : proceedings of the international symposium, "Diversity of Reptiles, Amphibians, and Other Terrestrial Animals on Tropical Islands--Origin, Current, and Conservation", held at the University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, from 6 to 7 June 1998 / edited by Hidetoshi Ota.

Publication

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Ōta, Hidetoshi, 1959-

Description

xiv, 353 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Series Statement

Developments in animal and veterinary sciences ; 29

Uniform Title

Developments in animal and veterinary sciences ; 29.

Subject

• Reptiles > Tropics > Congresses
• Amphibians > Tropics > Congresses
• Reptiles > Variation > Tropics > Congresses
• Amphibians > Variation > Tropics > Congresses
• Amphibians
• Reptiles
• Amphibians
• Reptiles
• Tropical Climate
• Amphibia (class)
• Amphibians > Variation
• Reptiles > Variation
• Reptiles > Régions tropicales
• Amphibiens > Régions tropicales
• Animaux des îles > Régions tropicales
• herpétologie > île > zone tropicale > congrès
• Tropics

Genre/Form

• Congress
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The terrestrial reptiles of New Caledonia: the origin and evolution of a highly endemic herpetofauna / Aaron M. Bauer -- The herpetofauna of some offshore islands of Vietnam, as related to that of the adjacent mainland / Ilya S. Darevsky -- Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India / Indraneil Das -- The origins and evolution of the herpetofaunas of the islands on the continental shelf of South China / James Lazell -- Foraging on sea turtle nesting beaches: flexible foraging tactics by Dinodon semicarinatum (Serpentes: Colubridae) / Akira Mori, Hidetoshi Ota, Naoki Kamezaki -- Impacts of the introduced weasel on the insular food webs / Masami Hasegawa -- Habitat utilizations of the native lizard, Cryptoblepharus boutonii nigropunctatus, in areas with and without the introduced lizard, Anolis carolinensis, on Hahajima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan / Akiko Suzuki, Makoto Nagaoshi -- Island colonization by Lipinia noctua (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Melanesia: molecular phylogeny and population structure based on mitochondrial cytochrome b and 12S rRNA genes / Christopher Austin -- Ectodermic parasites as a clue for the inference of some colonization properties in Pacific island geckos: preliminary results / Ivan Ineich -- Spatio-temporal analysis of the unisexual-bisexual Lepidodactylus lugubris complex (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) / IvanIneich -- Phylogeographical relationships of the skinks of the genus Eumeces (Reptilia: Scincidae) in East Asia / Tsutomu Hikida, Junko Motokawa -- Genetic variation, phylogeny and biogeography of the pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus sensu lato (Reptilia: Viperidae) in the subtropical East Asian islands / Mamoru Toda, Mutsumi Nishida, Ming-Chung Tu, Tsutomu Hikida, Hidetoshi Ota -- Geographic variation and biogeography of the geoemydine turtles (Testudines: Bataguridae) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan / Yuichirou Yasukawa, Hidetoshi Ota -- Historical biogeography of East Asian populations of Rana limnocharis (Amphibia: Anura): a review / Mamoru Toda -- False biogeographical pattern derived from artificial animal transportations: a case of the soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis, in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan / Hiroyuki Sato, Hidetoshi Ota.

ISBN

• 0444501959
• 9780444501950

LCCN

99054556

OCLC

• ocm42733560
• 42733560
• SCSB-9650699

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library