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A Comparative Anatomy of the Neck Region in Lizards: A Research Study
by Dr. Amal Mubarak Al Hassawi
578 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #06-3230; ISBN 1-4251-1471-7; US$38.70, C$44.50, EUR30.17, £20.00
This is one of the few pieces of work that covers a major group of reptile lizards with systematic analysis based on the observation and anatomy of the neck region.
About the Book
This book is divided into 3 parts:
a. Introductions Chapter 1):
i. General history and phylogeny of Lepidosauria, and he evolution and diversity of the neck in Lepidosauria
ii. Descriptions and terminology of he craniocervical region: bone (skull, presacral vertebral column and pectoral girdle) and muscles (superficial, intermediate and deep).
iii. Materials and methods (dissection and observation) with a list of dissected and skeletal specimens and the phylogenetic tree (constructed by other authors) used for the craniocervical character distribution.
About the Author
Dr Amal Mubarak Al Hassawi completed her undergraduate degree in Zoology (major) and Geology (minor) from Kuwait University in 1984. In 1993 after working as a research assistant for one year at the Department of Zoology and Geology at Kuwait University she was granted a scholarship by the Kuwaiti Government to pursue postgraduate studies in England. In 1994 she completed her Masters degree in Micropalaeontology from the Department of Geological Sciences at University College London, and in 2004 her PhD in Vertebrate Palaeontology from the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology also at University College London. She is currently a fellow at the Zoological Society of London and a member of Societas Europaea Herpetologica. Dr Al Hassawi is married to Mr Nabil Khalid Jaffar and they have six children and two grandchildren, Amal and Khalid.
