Djoko Iskandar

Djoko Iskandar

Djoko T. Iskandar (born 1950) 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).[1] [2]

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.

References

  1. ^ Iskandar, Djoko T. (December 28, 1978). "A New Species of Barbourula: First Record of a Discoglossid Anuran in Borneo". Copeia (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists) 1978 (No. 4): 564–566. doi:10.2307/1443681. JSTOR 1443681. 
  2. ^ Casey, Michael (April 10, 2008 at 1:09 PM EDT). "Frog with no lungs found in Indonesian wild". The Globe and mail (Toronto). http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080410.wlunglessfrog0410/BNStory/Science/home. Retrieved 2008-04-10. 


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