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Product Description:

Author: Jan Stipala

Publisher: Tien Wah Press Pte Ltd, Singapore

Language: English

MOUNTAIN DRAGONS is a photographic account of a project to investigate chameleon species diversity across the central and western highlands of Kenya.  The mountains of East Africa are fascinating places, beautiful landscapes covered in rainforests, bamboo and afroalpine moorlands.  Despite being on the equator the climate can be very harsh with sub-zero temperatures and it is in these unusual environments that a unique chameleon fauna has evolved.  The author collaborated closely with staff from the National Museums of Kenya to extensively survey the central and western highlands of Kenya to document the distribution of chameleons and collect specimens to investigate morphological and genetic variation within two widespread species, Trioceros jacksonii and T. hoehnelii.  The book also contains information on two recently described species of chameleon discovered during the field work, and photographs of rarely seen species.  Some results from the scientifc research are presented to give the reader a novel view of the montane chameleon fauna of Kenya.

Product details

• Language : English
• ISBN-10 : 0992817609
• ISBN-13 : 978-0992817602
• Item Weight : 3.09 pounds
• Dimensions : 11.81 x 0.79 x 11.81 inches

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