Basic Reptile Taxonomy Training
RCCC UI hereby presents the training on reptile taxonomy with an expert on herpetology Thasun Amarasinghe. He is also an editor-in-chief of Taprobanica, the journal of Asian biodiversity. There are two levels of training: (1) Basic and (2) Advanced.
(1) Basics of Reptile Taxonomy (September 2014)
This two-day training will be held at RCCC UI (PAU building fl. 8,5) on Saturday and Sunday from 9.00 to 17.00. This training is open (no pre-requirements) for any Indonesian (including undergraduates, , naturalists, researchers, NGOs, etc.) who is interested in taxonomy and its applications. It will be covering the topics of:
- Introduction to taxonomy
- Importance of type specimens
- Scale morphology of reptiles
- Morphometric and meristic characters
- Keys and identification
- Reading taxonomic descriptions
- Introduction to The Code (ICZN)
- Taxonomic problems
- Practical (use of stereo microscope and vernier caliper)
- Practical test