Djoko Iskandar
Encyclopedia
Djoko T. Iskandar is an Indonesian zoologist. He is a professor of biosystematics and ecology
at Institut Teknologi Bandung, a university located in Bandung
, Indonesia
.
In 1978, he was the first to describe the Bornean Flat-headed Frog (Barbourula kalimantanensis).
He is also interested in Limnonectes
, a genus of true frogs
.
He is the author of The Amphibians of Java and Bali, ISBN 979-579-014-5.
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
at Institut Teknologi Bandung, a university located in Bandung
Bandung
Bandung is the capital of West Java province in Indonesia, and the country's third largest city, and 2nd largest metropolitan area in Indonesia, with a population of 7.4 million in 2007. Located 768 metres above sea level, approximately 140 km southeast of Jakarta, Bandung has cooler...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
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In 1978, he was the first to describe the Bornean Flat-headed Frog (Barbourula kalimantanensis).
He is also interested in Limnonectes
Limnonectes
Limnonectes is a genus of fork-tongued frogs. There are about 53 known species, but new ones are still being described occasionally. They are collectively known as fanged frogs because they tend to have unusually large teeth, which are small or absent in other frogs.Tadpoles of this genus have...
, a genus of true frogs
True frog
The true frogs, family Ranidae, have the widest distribution of any frog family. They are abundant throughout most of the world, occurring on most continents except Antarctica...
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He is the author of The Amphibians of Java and Bali, ISBN 979-579-014-5.