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Extensive field work since 1950 in Southeast Asia by Robert Inger has led to systematic works on the herpetofauna of tropical Asia, with emphasis on the Bornean fauna. These studies, involving both Inger and Harold Voris include analysis of relative abundances over a twenty-two-year period at a single Bornean site, and regional diversity of the herpetofauna of Borneo.
Two new projects were recently initiated: i) variation in sequence of changes at metamorphosis in Bornean tadpoles; and, ii) relative size and spatial relations of viscera in Bornean tadpoles. H. K. Voris continues his research on the ecology of marine snakes. In collaboration with faculty and students at the University of Malaysia, Sabah campus, he has initiated mark and recapture and thermoregulatory studies on sea snake populations off the coast of Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia). He also continues studies with research associates W. B. Jeffries and C. M. Yang on the coevolutionary relationships between barnacles and sea snakes and decapod crustaceans found in the sea adjacent to Singapore.
Maureen Kearney continues her research on the morphology, systematics, and evolution of squamate reptiles. For more information, please visit the Kearney Lab website
Other Zoology Research:
Amphibians and Reptiles | Birds | Fishes | Insects | Invertebrates | Mammals
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