Amphibians
and Reptiles
of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia,
based on two field trips
in 2010 / 2011
Author: Tomáš Mazuch
Format: Hardback, 245x301 mm, full color, paper 150 g
Numbers of pages: 80
ISBN: 978-80-905439-0-4
Publisher: Tomáš Mazuch
Publication date: 16 March 2013
Edition: First edition
Book description:
Somaliland (formerly British protectorate and
later part of the Somali Republic) and eastern Ethiopia were before a
hundred years and more objects of interest of explorers and travelers from
Europe and America. Since then, except for minor exceptions the Horn of
Africa was escaping to greater interest of scientists...
In the book Amphibians and Reptiles of Eastern Ethiopia and Somaliland the
author presents photos (with comments) of amphibians and reptiles of this
region. Many species have never been photographed in the wild. For all
species, which are presented in this book is available a photograph of the
location where they were found. The reader can get an idea where and how
they live ... Photographs of other rare or less common animals (incects,
mammals,…) and plants are added.
All animal and plant species were recorded during two expeditions to certain
areas of the Horn of Africa, which the author and his colleagues visited in
2010 and 2011. Expeditions were short (3 weeks), but we have found and taken
photos of relatively large number of species, some of them not yet been
scientifically named ...So you can admire a previously unknown species of
the genus Xenagama (Wagner, Mazuch, Bauer in print) or several species of geckos of the genus
Hemidactylus or very recently described new species of scorpions ... For
the first time photos of the living individual snake species
Telescopus ("Migiurtinophis") pulcher or rare and endemic species of
spiny-tailed lizard - Uromastyx macfadyeni, or rock agamas of the
genus Acanthocercus - guentherpetersi or phillipsi are
published.
The book
shows a total of over 150 species of animals and plants in natural
conditions (for example: Holodactylus africanus, Hemitheconyx taylori,
Xenagama taylori, n.sp., batillifera, Agama robecchii. Acanthocercus
annectans - zonurus, Hemidactylus barodanus - citernii - albopunctatus - macropholis -
three n.sp., Pristurus - all species recorded from the region,
Uromastyx macfadyeni - princeps, Latastia caeruleopunctata - boscai,
Pseuderemias brenneri - striata - septemstriata - ..., Echis "varius",...).
Over 370 large format pictures with text comments.
Note:
One species of the genus Xenagama (Sauria: Agamidae)
named in the book as - Xenagama
n.sp. - has recently been (3/2013) described as a new species - Xenagama
wilmsi
(a patronym named in honour of Thomas Wilms for his contributions to
herpetology of North Africa and Arabia and the lizards of genera
Uromastyx
and Saara
in particular)
by P. Wagner, T. Mazuch and A. Bauer.
Citation of original description: Wagner, Mazuch, Bauer (2013): An
extraordinary tail - integrative review of the agamid genus Xenagama.
J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res., doi: 10.1111/jzs.12016 ("early review"), 21 pp.
Contact to the author and publisher:
Tomáš Mazuch
Address: Dříteč 65, 53305 Dřiteč, Czech Republic
Email:
tomas.mazuch@quick.cz
Tel: 00 420 604505766
www.tomasmazuch.cz
IČO: 740 05 782
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Amphibians and Reptiles
of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia,
based on two field trips in 2010 / 2011