Collecting in the “land below the wind”, herpetological explorations of Borneo
Herpetological explorations and collections from Borneo, including the East Malaysian States of Sarawak and Sabah, as well as the Indonesian Province of Kalimantan, are described. Borneo was far off the commercial trade route of Europe, and consequently, biological explorations of this large t...
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| Language: | English |
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The Research Institute
2003
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11878/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11878/1/Collecting%20in%20the%20land%20%28abstract%29.PDF |
| Summary: | Herpetological explorations and collections from Borneo, including the East
Malaysian States of Sarawak and Sabah, as well as the Indonesian Province of Kalimantan,
are described. Borneo was far off the commercial trade route of Europe, and consequently,
biological explorations of this large tropical island were to commence much later than in
other adjacent regions, such as Java and Sumatra. Some of the earliest collectors include
James MOTLEY, Alfred Rüssel WALLACE, Odoardo BECCARI and William Temple |
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