A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Singapore

About this book

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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Biography

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 master's 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 at the National University of Singapore, studying the theoretical population dynamics of reintroduced reptiles