. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. CIRISMI R, 111 RIM TOI 0(,Y ON Uli- MÜNCHS Ol- II II Sl'NDA SI III I. order to more fully understand the historical bio- geography of the Indochinese herpetofauna and to implement effective measures of conservation, groundwork from baseline field surveys and alpha- taxonomic investigations must first be laid. Un- fortunately, years of political turmoil and genocide had all but halted any field-based studies in Cam- bodia, and as such, it lags behind neighboring countries of Indochina, namely Vietnam and Thai- land (seeTaylor 1962, 1963, 1965; Campden
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. CIRISMI R, 111 RIM TOI 0(,Y ON Uli- MÜNCHS Ol- II II Sl'NDA SI III I. order to more fully understand the historical bio- geography of the Indochinese herpetofauna and to implement effective measures of conservation, groundwork from baseline field surveys and alpha- taxonomic investigations must first be laid. Un- fortunately, years of political turmoil and genocide had all but halted any field-based studies in Cam- bodia, and as such, it lags behind neighboring countries of Indochina, namely Vietnam and Thai- land (seeTaylor 1962, 1963, 1965; Campden-Main 1969; Deuve 1970; Cox 1991; Manthey Grossmann 1997; Inger et al 1999; Ziegler 2002; Chan-ard 2003; Teynie et al. 2004; Stuart 2005; Neang & Holden 2008, and references therein). Only within the last few years has the political situation in Cam- bodia stabilized enough to enable reasonably safe fieldwork in some areas (, Stuart et al. 2006; Stuart & Emmet 2006; Grismer et al. 2007a,b, 2008b,d; Bezuijen et al. 2009). Cambodia for the most part is a large floodplain that was formed over the last five million years from shifting drainages of the Mekong River and several of its smaller tributaries (Atwood & Johnston 2001). Currently, the central basin of Cambodia continues to receive drainage from the Khorat Plateau of north- eastern Thailand to the north and from the Langiban and Kontum Plateaus of Vietnam in the east. Addi- tionally, seasonal incursions from the Mekong River flowing into the Tonle Sap may increase the size of this lake by as much as 300%, causing it to spread out over much of central Cambodia. Bordering the southwestern edge of this central flood basin is the Cardamom region of southwestern Cambodia. This region is dominated by a rugged, physiographically complex system of mountains that frame much of the northern margin of the Gulf of Thailand (Fig. 5). The Cardamom Mountains begin just beyond the Thai Border in the Khao Soi Dao Mountains a
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