Description
Book SynopsisSuriname has a long history of faunal inventories, with many of its species already described by Linnaeus. Despite that, the amphibians were only treated in a few papers in scientific journals. Amphibians of Suriname is the first overview of our present knowledge of this interesting group for Suriname. The book presents short descriptions and data on the distribution and natural history of the 104 species now known for the country. Most species are illustrated by one or more photographs, and a distribution map is presented as well. Two new species and two new subspecies of frogs are described for Suriname, and for several species a contribution to the taxonomic discussion is given.
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Geography of Surniname Methods ANURA Family Allophrynidae Family Aromobatidae Subfamily Allobatinae Subfamily Anomaloglossinae Family Bufonidae Family Centrolenidae Subfamily Centroleninae Subfamily Hyalinobatrachiinae Family Ceratophryidae Subfamily Ceratophryinae Family Dendrobatidae Subfamily Colostethinae Subfamily Dendrobatinae Family Eleutherodactylidae Subfamily Eleutherodactylidae Family Hylidae Subfamily Hylinae Subfamily Phyllomedusinae Family Leiuperidae Family Leptodactylidae Family Microhylidae Subfamily Gastrophryninae Subfamily Otophryninae Family Pipidae Family Ranidae Family Strabomantidae GYMNOPHIONA Family Caeciliidae Family Rhinatrematidae Species that may occur in Suriname, but not yet recorded for sure or known from one specimen collected in the far past only Zoogeography Conservation of Amphibians in Suriname Bibliography Appendix Subject Index Common Name Index taxonomic Index
