Djoko Iskandar
{{short description|Indonesian herpetologist}}
Djoko Tjahjono Iskandar (born 1950) is an Indonesian herpetologist who studies the amphibians of Southeast Asia and Australasia. He is a professor of biosystematics and ecology at Bandung Institute of Technology in West Java, Indonesia.
Iskandar has been the first to describe many species of amphibian, including the Bornean flat-headed frog (Barbourula kalimantanensis) in 1978,{{cite journal
| last = Iskandar
| first = Djoko T.
| date = December 28, 1978
| title = A New Species of Barbourula: First Record of a Discoglossid Anuran in Borneo
| journal = Copeia
| volume = 1978
| issue = 4
| pages = 564–566
| publisher = American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
| doi = 10.2307/1443681
| jstor = 1443681
}}{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Casey |title=Frog with no lungs found in Indonesian wild |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080410.wlunglessfrog0410/BNStory/Science/home |work=The Globe and mail |publisher=Toronto |date=April 10, 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414034658/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080410.wlunglessfrog0410/BNStory/Science/home |archivedate=April 14, 2008 }} and, in 2014, Limnonectes larvaepartus, the only known frog that directly births tadpoles.{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0115884| title = A Novel Reproductive Mode in Frogs: A New Species of Fanged Frog with Internal Fertilization and Birth of Tadpoles| journal = PLOS ONE| volume = 9| issue = 12| pages = e115884| year = 2014| last1 = Iskandar | first1 = D. T. | last2 = Evans | first2 = B. J. | last3 = McGuire | first3 = J. A. | pmc = 4281041 | pmid = 25551466| doi-access = free}} He is the author of The Amphibians of Java and Bali.{{cite book | author = Djoko T. Iskandar | title = The Amphibians of Java and Bali | year = 1998 | publisher = Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Biologi | isbn = 978-979-579-014-3}} The monotypic banded watersnake genus Djokoiskandarus is named in his honour,{{cite journal
| last = Murphy
| first = John C.
| date = August 31, 2011
| title = The nomenclature and systematics of some Australasian homalopsid snakes (Squamata:Serpentes: Homalopsidae)
| journal = Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
| volume = 59
| issue = 2
| pages = 229–236
| publisher = National University of Singapore
| url = http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/592/59rbz229-236.pdf
}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} as are several species of lizard and frog.
Taxa named in his honour
- Djokoiskandarus annulatus (2011)
- Polypedates iskandari (2011)
- Draco iskandari (2007)
- Gekko iskandari (2000)Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Iskandar, p. 131).
- Fejervarya iskandari (2001){{cite journal|last1=Veith|first1=M.|author2=J. Kosuch|author3=A. Ohler|author4=A. Dubois|year=2001|title=Systematics of Fejervarya limnocharis (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) and related species. 2. Morphological and molecular variation in frogs from the Greater Sunda Islands (Sumatra, Java, Borneo) with the definition of two species|journal=Alytes|volume=19|pages=5–28}}
Species described
- Ansonia glandulosa Iskandar & Mumpuni, 2004{{cite journal | author = Iskandar, D.T. & Mumpuni | year = 2004 | title = A new toad of the genus Ansonia (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia | journal = Hamadryad | volume = 28 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 59–65 | url = http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/AnsoniaSumatra2004.pdf | access-date = 2015-01-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103052448/http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/AnsoniaSumatra2004.pdf | archive-date = 2015-01-03 | url-status = dead }}
- Barbourula kalimantanensis Iskandar, 1978
- Boiga hoeseli Ramadhan, Iskandar & Subasri, 2010{{cite journal |author1=Ramadhan G. |author2=D.T. Iskandar |author3=D. Subasri | year = 2010 | title = A new species of cat snake (Serpentes: Colubridae), related to Boiga cynodon from the Nusa Tenggara Islands, Indonesia | journal = Asian Herpetological Research | volume = 1 | pages = 22–30 | doi = 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2010.00022 | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267558533}}
- Calamaria banggaiensis Koch, Arida, Mcguire, Iskandar & Böhme, 2009{{cite journal |author1=Koch, A. |author2=E. Arida |author3=J.A. Mcguire |author4=D.T. Iskandar |author5=W. Böhme | year = 2009 | title = A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) similar to C. ceramensis de Rooij, 1913, from the Banggai Islands, east of Sulawesi, Indonesia | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 2196 | pages = 19–30 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2196.1.2 | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02196p030f.pdf}}
- Cyrtodactylus batik Iskandar, Rachmansah & Umilaela, 2011{{cite journal | author1 = Iskandar, D.T. | author2 = A. Rachmansah, Umilaela | year = 2011 | title = A new bent-toed gecko of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Mount Tompotika, eastern peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 2838 | pages = 65–78 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.2838.1.4 | url = http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Cyrtodactylus-batik.pdf | access-date = 2015-01-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103052018/http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Cyrtodactylus-batik.pdf | archive-date = 2015-01-03 | url-status = dead }}
- Cyrtodactylus nuaulu Oliver, Edgar, Mumpuni, Iskandar & Lilley, 2009 {{cite journal | author = Oliver, P. | author2 = Edgar, P. | author3 = Mumpuni | author4 = Iskandar, D.T. | author5 = Lilley, R. | year = 2009 | title = A new species of bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus: Gekkonidae) from Seram Island, Indonesia | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 2115 | pages = 47–55 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.2115.1.4 | url = http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/cyrtodactylus-nuaulu2009.pdf | access-date = 2015-01-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103052201/http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/cyrtodactylus-nuaulu2009.pdf | archive-date = 2015-01-03 | url-status = dead }}
- Cyrtodactylus wallacei Hayden, et al., 2008 {{cite journal |author1=Hayden, C.J. |author2=Brown, R.M. |author3=Gillespie, G. |author4=Setiadi, M.I. |author5=Linkem, C.W. |author6=Iskandar, D.T. |author7=McGuire, J.A. |year=2008 |title=A new species of bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Island of Sulawesi, Indonesia |journal=Herpetologica |volume=64 |issue=1 |pages=109–120 |url=http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/CyrtodactylusHayden-etal2008.pdf |doi=10.1655/07-026.1 |s2cid=14362317 |display-authors=etal |access-date=2015-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103052529/http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/CyrtodactylusHayden-etal2008.pdf |archive-date=2015-01-03 |url-status=dead }}
- Eutropis grandis Howard, Gillespie, Riyanto, Iskandar, 2007{{cite journal | author1 = Howard, S.D. | author2 = Gillespie, G.R. | author3 = Riyanto, A. | author4 = Iskandar, D.T. | year = 2007 | title = A new species of large Eutropis (Scincidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia | journal = Journal of Herpetology | volume = 41 | issue = 4 | pages = 604–610 | url = http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Eutropis-grandis2007.pdf | doi = 10.1670/233-05.1 | s2cid = 85833069 | access-date = 2015-01-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103061308/http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Eutropis-grandis2007.pdf | archive-date = 2015-01-03 | url-status = dead }}
- Hemiphyllodactylus engganoensis Grismer, Riyanto, Iskandar & McGuire, 2014{{cite journal | author1 = L. Grismer | author2 = A. Riyanto | author3 = D. T. Iskandar | author4 = J. A. McGuire | year = 2014 | title = A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker 1860 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Pulau Enggano, southwestern Sumatra, Indonesia | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3821 | issue = 4 | pages = 485–495 | url = http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Hemiphyllodactylus-engganoensis.pdf | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.4.7 | pmid = 24989761 | access-date = 2015-01-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103051948/http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Hemiphyllodactylus-engganoensis.pdf | archive-date = 2015-01-03 | url-status = dead }}
- 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{{cite journal | author1 = Iskandar, D.T. | author2 = Bickford, D.P. | author3 = Arifin, U. | year = 2011 | title = A new Ingerana (Anura, Dicroglossidae) with no external tympanum from Borneo, Indonesia | journal = Raffles Bulletin of Zoology | volume = 59 | issue = 2 | pages = 213–218 | url = http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Iskandar-Ingerana2011.pdf | access-date = 2015-01-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103052023/http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Iskandar-Ingerana2011.pdf | archive-date = 2015-01-03 | url-status = dead }}
- Kalophrynus minusculus Iskandar, 1998
- Limnonectes kadarsani Iskandar, Boeadi & Sancoyo, 1996
- Limnonectes larvaepartus Iskandar, Evans & McGuire, 2014
- Limnonectes sisikdagu McLeod, Horner, Husted, Barley & Iskandar, 2011{{cite journal | author = McLeod, D.S. | author2 = S.J. Horner | author3 = C. Husted | author4 = A. Barley | author5 = D.T. Iskandar | year = 2011 | title = Same-same, but different: An unusual new species of the Limnonectes kuhlii complex from West Sumatra (Anura: Dicroglossidae) | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 2883 | pages = 52–64 | url = http://pertanian.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/McLeod-et-al2011.pdf | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103061145/http://pertanian.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/McLeod-et-al2011.pdf | archivedate = 2015-01-03 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2883.1.4| s2cid = 86701816 }}
- Litoria megalops (Richards & Iskandar, 2006){{cite journal | author1 = Richards, S.J. | author2 = D.T. Iskandar | year = 2006 | title = A new species of torrent dwelling frog (Hylidae, Litoria ) from the mountains of New Guinea | journal = Current Herpetology | volume = 25 | issue = 2 | pages = 76–87 | url = http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Richards-Iskandar-Litoria2006.pdf | access-date = 2015-01-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103052234/http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Richards-Iskandar-Litoria2006.pdf | archive-date = 2015-01-03 | url-status = dead }}
- Litoria purpureolata Oliver, Richards, Tjaturadi & Iskandar, 2007{{cite journal | author1 = Oliver, P. | author2 = Richards, S.J. | author3 = Tjaturadi, B. | author4 = Iskandar, D. | year = 2007 | title = A new large green species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 1519 | pages = 17–26 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.1519.1.2 | url = http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Oliver-etal-purpureolata.pdf | access-date = 2015-01-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103052515/http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Oliver-etal-purpureolata.pdf | archive-date = 2015-01-03 | url-status = dead }}
- Litoria wapogaensis Richards & Iskandar, 2001
- Occidozyga tompotika Iskandar, Arifin & Rachmansah, 2011{{cite journal | author1 = Iskandar, D. | author2 = Arifin, U. | author3 = Rachmansah, A. | year = 2011 | title = A new frog (Anura, Dicroglossidae), related to Occidozyga semipalmata Smith, 1927, from the eastern Peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia | journal = Raffles Bulletin of Zoology | volume = 59 | issue = 2 | pages = 219–228 | url = http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Iskandar-Tompotika2011.pdf | access-date = 2015-01-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150103051945/http://www.sith.itb.ac.id/profile/djoko/Iskandar-Tompotika2011.pdf | archive-date = 2015-01-03 | url-status = dead }}
- Oreophryne atrigularis Günther, Richards & Iskandar, 2001
- Oreophryne furu Günther, Richards, Tjaturadi, and Iskandar, 2009{{cite journal | author1 = Günther, R. | author2 = S. Richards | author3 = B. Tjaturadi | author4 = D.T. Iskandar | year = 2009 | title = A new species of the microhylid frog genus Oreophryne from the Mamberamo Basin of northern Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea | journal = Vertebrate Zoology | volume = 59 | issue = 2 | pages = 147–155 | doi = 10.3897/vz.59.e30968 | s2cid = 86053423 | doi-access = free }}
- Oreophryne minuta Richards & Iskandar, 2000
- Oreophryne wapoga Günther, Richards & Iskandar, 2001
- Xenophrys parallela (Inger & Iskandar, 2005)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080604225905/http://frogweb.org/People.aspx?PersonID=68 Frogweb.org – Frogs of the Malay Peninsula – Djoko Iskandar]
- [http://sith.itb.ac.id/djoko-tjahjono Djoko Iskandar - Curriculum Vitae]
- [https://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html ITIS Advanced Search for taxon author "Iskandar"]
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