Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics: A Herpetological Perspective [Paperback]

In these essays that survey the burgeoning field of tropical herpetology, former students and associates pay tribute to Jay Savage's four decades of mentoring. The result is a book unlike any other available in tropical herpetology. Covering a wide array of subjects,Ecology and Evolution in the Tropicsis the first book in more than two decades to broadly review research on tropical amphibians and reptiles. A tribute to Savage and an invaluable addition to the herpetological literature, this work will be cited for years to come.

Maureen A. Donnellyis an associate professor in the Department of Biology at Florida International University.Brian I. Crotheris a professor of biological sciences at Southeastern Louisiana University.Craig Guyeris a professor in the Department of Biology at Auburn University.Marvalee H. Wakeis a professor emerita of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley.Mary E. Whiteis a professor of biological sciences at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Foreword by Luis D. Gómez
Preface
Part I: Evolution and Biogeography
1. Taxonomy in Theory and Practice, with Arguments for a New Phylogenetic System of Taxonomy
Arnold G. Kluge
2. Biogeography and Molecular Phylogeny of Certain New World Caecilians
Marvalee H. Wake, Gabriela Parra-Olea, and Judy P.-Y. Sheen
3. Diversity of Costa Rican Salamanders
David B. Wake
4. On the Enigmatic Distribution of the Honduran Endemic Leptodactylus silvanimbus (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae)
W. Ronald Heyer, Rafael O. de Sá, and Sarah Muller
5. Chromosomal Variation in the rhodopis Group of the Southern Central American Eleutherodactyline Frogs (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus)
Shyh-Hwang Chen
6. The Physiological Basis of Sexual Dimorphism: Theoretical Implications for Evolutionary Patterns of Secondary Sexual Characteristics in Tropical Frogs
Sharon B. Emerson
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