Description

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A highly illustrated guide to the spectacular dragonflies and damselflies of the Malagasy Region.

This is the first book on the spectacular dragonflies and damselflies of the Malagasy Region, covering over 190 species known from Madagascar, as well as thirty-six additional species found in the archipelagos of the Comoros, Mascarenes, and Seychelles. About 180 species, four of every five present, live nowhere else on Earth. Over 205 photographs illustrate 138 species, many in print for the first time.
 

About the Author

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Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra first studied dragonflies as a child living in Egypt. He is now a leading expert. He has described eighty species as new to science, authored a handbook for eastern Africa and a popular guide for Europe, and created the website African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online. He is an associate of Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands and a member of the IUCN Invertebrate and Freshwater Conservation Committees.

Callan Cohen is a research associate with the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town.

Praise For…

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"A must have for anyone with an interest in the Odonata of the region!"
— Birdbooker Report

"After almost two decades of research, odonatologist Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra and biologist Callan Cohen finally published the first Odonata guidebook of the Malagasy archipelago. . . an excellent primer for this insect group."
— Community Ecology