Author Description

This book is a compilation of a decade long work by the authors. This is the first of its kind photographic field guide dedicated solely for Indian jumping spiders. It covers jumping spider species from the scrub jungles which are a part of the vanishing Tropical Dry Evergreen Forests. It showcases the diversity with colorful digital images of each species along with characters to recognize them in the field. It includes details of 43 species recorded from the region and is illustrated with over 110 photographs for quick reference and easy identification. Simple descriptions, common names, up-to-date taxonomic and distributional data and additional notes are also provided.