Steven Allain

Steven is a zoology graduate from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (England) where he cemented his passion for reptiles and amphibians. He is the current chairman of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Amphibian & Reptile Group (CPARG) and helps to organise and coordinate a number of amphibian and reptile surveys around the county, to better map the distribution of amphibians within Cambridgeshire. Steven has been a blogger for The Wandering Herpetologist, BioWeb and Wildlife Articles. Recently he completed an internship for IUCN SSC Amphibian Red List Authority where he assessed the amphibians of south-east Asia for the Red List. He’s also a member of the SAVE THE FROGS! Task Force and Amphibian Specialist Group. Steven regularly publishes scientific articles on his research and observations across a number of different scientific journals.

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    Stories on the Geckos of Mount Kinabalu

    Last year I spent 3 months carrying out nocturnal amphibian encounter surveys at varying elevations on Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. When the weather was suitable these surveys were carried out along a number of transects which represented a multitude of habitats on the mountain. Some of these were trails along rivers and others through varying densities of rainforest. One thing that I quickly learned is that due to the vast abundance of wildlife present at Mount Kinabalu National Park, I encountered much more than amphibians on these transects. The one group of animals that always brought a smile to my face when encountered were geckos and I’m going to share my experiences of them with you. More