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A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia Rapid Assessment Program 14 RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia Andrew L. Mack and Leeanne E. Alonso, Editors CENTER FOR APPLIED BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE (CABS) CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL INDONESIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES (LIPI) BANDUNG TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (ITB) UNIVERSITY OF CENDERAWASIH (UNCEN) PERLINDUNGAN DAN KONSERVASI ALAM (PKA) BADAN PENGEMBANGAN DAN PEMBANGUNAN RAP BULLETIN OF BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOURTEEN DAERAH January (BAPPEDA) 2000 1 Rapid Assessment Program 14 RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia Andrew L. Mack and Leeanne E. Alonso, Editors CENTER FOR APPLIED BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE (CABS) CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL INDONESIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES (LIPI) BANDUNG TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE (ITB) UNIVERSITY OF CENDERAWASIH (UNCEN) PERLINDUNGAN DAN KONSERVASI ALAM (PKA) BADAN PENGEMBANGAN DAN PEMBANGUNAN RAP BULLETIN OF BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOURTEEN DAERAH January (BAPPEDA) 2000 1 RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment is published by: Conservation International Center for Applied Biodiversity Science Department of Conservation Biology 2501 M Street NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20037 USA 202-429-5660 tel 202-887-0193 fax www.conservation.org Editors: Andrew L. Mack and Leeanne E. Alonso Design: Glenda P. Fábregas Map: Dan Polhemus and Leeanne E. Alonso Cover photograph: Michael Moore Translations: Iwan Wijayanto and Suer Surjadi Conservation International is a private, non-profit organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501 c(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. ISBN 1-881173-32-1 ©2000 by Conservation International. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Card Catalog Number 00-100266 The designations of geographical entities in this publication, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of Conservation International or its supporting organizations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Any opinions expressed in the RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment Series are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect those of Conservation International or its co-publishers. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment was formerly RAP Working Papers. Numbers 1-13 of this series were published under the previous series title. Suggested citation: Mack, Andrew L. and Leeanne E. Alonso (eds.). 2000. A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14, Conservation International, Washington, DC. Printed on recycled paper. This study was funded by CI-USAID Cooperative Agreement #PCE-5554-A-8-40200-00 4 CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Rapid Assessment Program TABLE OF CONTENTS 41 5. Ants of the Wapoga River Area, Irian 5 Participants Jaya, Indonesia 7 Organizational Profiles Roy R. Snelling 9 Acknowledgments 45 6. Fishes of the Wapoga River System, Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia 10 Report at a Glance Gerald Allen and Samual Renyaan 12 Laporan Ringkas 52 7. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Wapoga 14 Executive Summary River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia Stephen Richards, Djoko T. Iskandar and Allen Allison 14 Introduction 15 Summary of Results 56 8. Birds of the Wapoga River Area, Irian 16 Overall Summary and Recommendations Jaya, Indonesia Andrew L. Mack, Wahyu Widodo, and 18 Ringkasan Eksekutif Boeadi 18 Pendahuluan 60 9. Mammals of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia 19 Ringkasan Hasil Boeadi and Wahyu Widodo 21 Ringkasan Keseluruhan dan Rekomendasi 61 Gazetteer 23 Images from the RAP Expedition 62 Literature Cited 25 Maps of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya Indonesia 67 Appendices 27 Chapters 69 1. Participant timeline at sites surveyed during the RAP survey of the 27 1. Introduction to Irian Jaya, Indonesia Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. and the Wapoga River Area 70 2. Botanical specimens collected by 32 2. Trees of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya, Colin E. Ridsdale on the RAP survey Indonesia in the Wapoga Area, Irian Jaya, Colin E. Ridsdale Indonesia. 35 3. Understory Plants and Palms of the Wapoga 76 3. Significant Botanical Records from River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia collections by Colin E. Ridsdale in Johanis P. Mogea the Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. 37 4. Aquatic Insects of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia Dan Polhemus RAP BULLETIN OF BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOURTEEN January 2000 5 Appendices Continued 78 4. Botanical specimens collected by J.P. 111 13. Amphibians and reptiles recorded Mogea during the RAP survey of the on the RAP survey in the Wapoga area, Wapoga Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Irian Jaya, Indonesia 83 5. Palms collected in the Wapoga area, 114 14. Species accounts of frogs collected on Irian Jaya, Indonesia with notes on the RAP survey in the Wapoga area, Irian Jaya palms. Irian Jaya, Indonesia. 86 6. Sampling stations for aquatic insect 119 15. List of birds recorded on the RAP surveys in the Wapoga River basin, in survey in the Wapoga area, Irian northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Jaya, Indonesia. 88 7. Aquatic insects collected at each of 125 16. Noteworthy bird species observed on eighteen sampling stations (numbered the RAP survey in the Wapoga area, 41-58) in the Wapoga river area, Irian Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Jaya, Indonesia. 127 17. Mammals recorded on the RAP 93 8. Ants recorded at two camps in the survey in the Wapoga area, Irian Wapoga area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Jaya, Indonesia. 99 9. Locations and descriptions of eighteen principle fish collecting and observation sites in the Wapoga River system, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. 102 10. Annotated checklist of the fishes of the Wapoga River system, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. 109 11. Summary of fishes collected in the Wapoga Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. 110 12. Summary of fish collecting sites in the Wapoga River drainage, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. 6 CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Rapid Assessment Program PARTICIPANTS Gerald Allen (ichthyology) Andrew L. Mack (ornithology, editor) West Australia Museum Conservation International Francis St. 2501 M St., N. W., Suite 200 Perth, WA 6000 AUSTRALIA Washington, D. C. 20037 USA fax: 09-328-8686 Mailing address: email: [email protected] P.O. Box 15 Weikert, PA 17885 USA Allen Allison (herpetology) fax: 717-922-1152 Bernice P. Bishop Museum email: [email protected] 1525 Bishop St. Honolulu, HI 96817 USA Johanis P. Mogea (botany) fax: 808-847-8252 LIPI/Bogor Herbarium email: [email protected] Jalan Juanda 18 Bogor Jawa Barat 16004 INDONESIA Boeadi (mammalogy) Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense Michael Moore (ornithology, Jl. Raya Cibinong Km 46 RAP photographer) Bogor 16162, INDONESIA 1513 Ashland Ave. River Forest, IL 60305 John Burke Burnett (coordinator) email: [email protected] Indo-Pacific Conservation Alliance 1514 17th St. N.W., Suite 607 Dan Polhemus (entomology) Washington, D.C. 20036-6224 Dept. of Entomology, MRC 105 fax: 202-265-1169 National Museum of Natural History email: [email protected] Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560 Djoko T. Iskandar (herpetology) Samuel Renyaan (ichthyology) Laboratory of Biosystematics, Jurusan Biology UNCEN/Conservation International Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences P.O. Box 344 Abepurra Institute of Technology Jayapura, Irian Jaya INDONESIA Bandung 10, Jalan Ganesha Bandung 40132 INDONESIA Stephen Richards (herpetology) email: [email protected] James Cook University Department of Zoology Townsville, QLD 4811 AUSTRALIA fax: 61-77-251570 email: [email protected] RAP BULLETIN OF BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOURTEEN January 2000 7 Colin Ridsdale (botany) Soomerlustplein 23A 2275 XM Voorburg THE NETHERLANDS Roy R. Snelling (entomology) Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Department of Entomology 900 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA fax: 213-747-0204 email: [email protected] Sylvester Tenege (ichthyology) P. T. Freeport Indonesia Environmental Department Box 4009 Tembagapura 98100 Irian Jaya, INDONESIA Wahyu Widodo (mammalogy, ornithology) Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense Jl. Raya Cibinong Km 46 Bogor 16162, INDONESIA 8 CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Rapid Assessment Program ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILES CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL CI Irian Jaya Mailing address: Jl. Jeruk Nipis 154 P.O. Box 344 Conservation International (CI) is an international, non-profit Kotaraja 99225 Jl. Sentani, No. 1 organization based in Washington, D.C. CI acts on the belief Jayapura, Irian Jaya Abepura, Irian Jaya that the Earth’s natural heritage must be maintained if future INDONESIA 99351 generations are to thrive spiritually, culturally, and economi- INDONESIA cally. Our mission is to conserve biological diversity and the [email protected] ecological processes that support life on earth and to demon- strate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL - nature. INDONESIA Conservation International 2501 M. Street NW, Suite 200 CI-Indonesia was founded in 1992 to protect and conserve Washington D.C. 20037 USA biodiversity in the hotspot regions of Indonesia that include 202-429-5660 (telephone) the Eastern Sundaic Region covering East Nusa Tenggara, 202-887-0193 (fax) West Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, and Maluku; and the Western http://www.conservation.org Sundaic Region that includes Sumatera, Jawa, Kalimantan, Bali, and Lombok Island. The
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