Djoko Tjahjono Iskandar (born 1950) is an Indonesian
herpetologist
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who studies the
amphibian
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s of
Southeast Asia
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and
Australasia
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. He is a professor of
biosystematics and
ecology
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at
Bandung Institute of Technology
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in
West Java
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,
Indonesia
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.
Iskandar has been the first to
describe many
species
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of amphibian, including the Bornean flat-headed frog (''
Barbourula kalimantanensis'') in 1978,
and, in 2014, ''
Limnonectes larvaepartus'', the only known frog that directly births tadpoles.
He is the author of ''The Amphibians of Java and Bali''. The
monotypic
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banded watersnake
genus
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''
Djokoiskandarus'' is named in his honour, as are several species of
lizard
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and
frog
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.
Taxa named in his honour
*''
Djokoiskandarus annulatus'' (2011)
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Polypedates iskandari'' (2011)
*''
Draco iskandari'' (2007)
*''
Gekko iskandari'' (2000)
*''
Fejervarya iskandari'' (2001)
Species described
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Ansonia glandulosa''
Iskandar & Mumpuni, 2004
*''
Barbourula kalimantanensis''
Iskandar, 1978
*''
Boiga hoeseli''
Ramadhan, Iskandar & Subasri, 2010
*''
Calamaria banggaiensis''
Koch, Arida, Mcguire, Iskandar & Böhme, 2009
*''
Cyrtodactylus batik''
Iskandar, Rachmansah & Umilaela, 2011
*''
Cyrtodactylus nuaulu''
Oliver, Edgar, Mumpuni, Iskandar & Lilley, 2009
*''
Cyrtodactylus wallacei''
Hayden, et al., 2008
*''
Eutropis grandis''
Howard, Gillespie, Riyanto, Iskandar, 2007
*''
Hemiphyllodactylus engganoensis''
Grismer, Riyanto, Iskandar & McGuire, 2014
*''
Hylarana eschatia''
(Inger, Stuart, & Iskandar, 2009)
*''
Hylarana megalonesa''
(Inger, Stuart & Iskandar, 2009)
*''
Hylarana parvacola''
(Inger, Stuart & Iskandar, 2009)
*''
Hylarana rufipes''
(Inger, Stuart & Iskandar, 2009)
*''
Ingerana rajae''
Iskandar, Bickford, Arifin, 2011
*''
Kalophrynus minusculus''
Iskandar, 1998
*''
Limnonectes kadarsani''
Iskandar, Boeadi & Sancoyo, 1996
*''
Limnonectes larvaepartus''
Iskandar, Evans & McGuire, 2014
*''
Limnonectes sisikdagu''
McLeod, Horner, Husted, Barley & Iskandar, 2011
*''
Litoria megalops''
(Richards & Iskandar, 2006)
*''
Litoria purpureolata''
Oliver, Richards, Tjaturadi & Iskandar, 2007
*''
Litoria wapogaensis''
Richards & Iskandar, 2001
*''
Occidozyga tompotika''
Iskandar, Arifin & Rachmansah, 2011
*''
Oreophryne atrigularis''
Günther, Richards & Iskandar, 2001
*''
Oreophryne furu''
Günther, Richards, Tjaturadi, and Iskandar, 2009
*''
Oreophryne minuta''
Richards & Iskandar, 2000
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Oreophryne wapoga''
Günther, Richards & Iskandar, 2001
*''
Xenophrys parallela''
(Inger & Iskandar, 2005)
References
External links
Frogweb.org – Frogs of the Malay Peninsula – Djoko IskandarDjoko Iskandar - Curriculum Vitae
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1950 births
Living people
Indonesian Muslims
Academic staff of Bandung Institute of Technology
Indonesian herpetologists