informatie bulletin - Anton de Kom University of Suriname
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Jaargang 14 | Nr. 6 | <strong>de</strong>cember 2012 | A<strong>de</strong>KUS Info<strong>bulletin</strong>AANRADERS IN DE UB-COLLECTIEHajo B.P.E. Gernaat, Borgesius G. Beckles, Tin<strong>de</strong> van An<strong>de</strong>lButterflies <strong>of</strong> <strong>Suriname</strong>: a natural history (SK 00407-12)Butterflies <strong>of</strong> <strong>Suriname</strong>: a natural history is the first book about <strong>Suriname</strong>se butterfliesin 160 years and the result <strong>of</strong> six years <strong>of</strong> research by the authors. Afterintroductory chapters on the plants, rainforest and the various habitats <strong>of</strong> <strong>Suriname</strong>,the biology <strong>of</strong> butterflies is discussed along with the rich history <strong>of</strong> butterflyresearch. This is followed by <strong>de</strong>tailed <strong>de</strong>scriptions <strong>of</strong> 150 species from all families.This is a book for every <strong>Suriname</strong>r, interested biologist, tourist and all lovers <strong>of</strong><strong>Suriname</strong>’s natural environment.Paul E. Ouboter and Rawien JairamAmphibians <strong>of</strong> <strong>Suriname</strong> (SK 00499-12)<strong>Suriname</strong> has a long history <strong>of</strong> faunal inventories, with many <strong>of</strong> its speciesalready <strong>de</strong>scribed by Linnaeus. Despite that, the amphibians were only treatedin a few papers in scientific journals. Amphibians <strong>of</strong> <strong>Suriname</strong> is the firstoverview <strong>of</strong> our present knowledge <strong>of</strong> this interesting group for <strong>Suriname</strong>.The book presents short <strong>de</strong>scriptions and data on the distribution and naturalhistory <strong>of</strong> the 104 species now known for the country. Two new species andtwo new subspecies <strong>of</strong> frogs are <strong>de</strong>scribed for <strong>Suriname</strong>, and for several speciesa contribution to the taxonomic discussion is given.Jan H.A. MolThe Freshwater Fishes <strong>of</strong> <strong>Suriname</strong> (SK 00727-12)<strong>Suriname</strong> has a rich inland fish fauna that is related to the most diverse freshwaterfish fauna on planet Earth, i.e. that <strong>of</strong> the Amazon River. <strong>Suriname</strong> isundoubtedly the site <strong>of</strong> origin <strong>of</strong> the ol<strong>de</strong>st extant preserved specimens <strong>of</strong> SouthAmerican fishes and 19 <strong>Suriname</strong>se fish species were <strong>de</strong>scribed and figured byLinnaeus. Building on ichthyological studies initiated in the 1960s by the BrokopondoProject,this book provi<strong>de</strong>s an introduction to the freshwater fish fauna<strong>of</strong> <strong>Suriname</strong>, that should be especially useful to <strong>de</strong>cision makers, conservationbiologists, aquarium hobbyists and eco-tourists.A<strong>de</strong>KUSINFOBULLETIN15
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