Vanishing Treasures of the Philippine Rain Forest

  • Lawrence R. Heaney &
  • Jacinto C. Regalado
University of Chicago Press, $24, £19.25, pbk

Relish the sight of this anglehead lizard while you can. It is one of the 163 species of reptile and more than 510 species of land animals that exist only on the Philippine islands, and which are in grave danger from the economic pressures on the Filipino people to plunder the precious forest. Vanishing Treasures of the Philippine Rain Forest by Lawrence R. Heaney and Jacinto C. Regalado Jr (University of Chicago Press, $24, £19.25, pbk) describes the richness and vulnerability of this “hottest of all hotspots”.