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ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Journal of Threatened Taxa 12 September 2019 (Online & Print) Vol. 11 | No. 11 | 14391–14470 PLATINUM 10.11609/jot.2019.11.11.14391-14470 OPEN www.threatenedtaxa.org ACCESS J Building TTevidence for conservaton globally Monograph ISSN 0974-7907 (Online); ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Publisher Host Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development Society Zoo Outreach Organizaton www.wild.zooreach.org www.zooreach.org No. 12, Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampat - Kalapat Road, Saravanampat, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India Ph: +91 9385339863 | www.threatenedtaxa.org Email: [email protected] EDITORS Typesetng Founder & Chief Editor Mr. Arul Jagadish, ZOO, Coimbatore, India Dr. Sanjay Molur Mrs. Radhika, ZOO, Coimbatore, India Wildlife Informaton Liaison Development (WILD) Society & Zoo Outreach Organizaton (ZOO), Mrs. Geetha, ZOO, Coimbatore India 12 Thiruvannamalai Nagar, Saravanampat, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India Mr. Ravindran, ZOO, Coimbatore India Deputy Chief Editor Fundraising/Communicatons Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar Mrs. Payal B. Molur, Coimbatore, India Indian Insttute of Science Educaton and Research (IISER), Pune, Maharashtra, India Editors/Reviewers Managing Editor Subject Editors 2016-2018 Mr. B. Ravichandran, WILD, Coimbatore, India Fungi Associate Editors Dr. B.A. Daniel, ZOO, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India Dr. B. Shivaraju, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Ms. Priyanka Iyer, ZOO, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641035, India Prof. Richard Kiprono Mibey, Vice Chancellor, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya Dr. Mandar Paingankar, Department of Zoology, Government Science College Gadchiroli, Dr. R.K. Verma, Tropical Forest Research Insttute, Jabalpur, India Chamorshi Road, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra 442605, India Dr. V.B. Hosagoudar, Bilagi, Bagalkot, India Dr. Ulrike Streicher, Wildlife Veterinarian, Eugene, Oregon, USA Dr. Vatsavaya S. Raju, Kakatay University, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India Dr. D.J. Bhat, Retd. Professor, Goa University, Goa, India Dr. G.P. Sinha, Botanical Survey of India, Allahabad, India Editorial Board Ms. Sally Walker Plants Founder/Secretary, ZOO, Coimbatore, India Dr. N.P. Balakrishnan, Ret. Joint Director, BSI, Coimbatore, India Dr. Robert Lacy Dr. Shonil Bhagwat, Open University and University of Oxford, UK Department of Conservaton Biology, Chicago Zoological Society (also known as the Brookfeld Prof. D.J. Bhat, Retd. Professor, Goa University, Goa, India Zoo), Brookfeld, Illinois 60513 USA; and Commitee on Evolutonary Biology, University of Dr. Ferdinando Boero, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy Chicago Dr. Dale R. Calder, Royal Ontaro Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dr. Cleofas Cervancia, Univ. of Philippines Los Baños College Laguna, Philippines Dr. Russel Mitermeier Dr. F.B. Vincent Florens, University of Mauritus, Mauritus Executve Vice Chair, Conservaton Internatonal, Arlington, Virginia 22202, USA Dr. Merlin Franco, Curtn University, Malaysia Dr. Francesco Dal Grande, Senckenberg Gesellschaf für Naturforschung, Frankfurt Prof. Mewa Singh Ph.D., FASc, FNA, FNASc, FNAPsy Dr. V. Irudayaraj, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkotai, Tamil Nadu, India Ramanna Fellow and Life-Long Distnguished Professor, Biopsychology Laboratory, and Dr. B.S. Kholia, Botanical Survey of India, Gangtok, Sikkim, India Insttute of Excellence, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka 570006, India; Honorary Dr. Christoph Kuefer, Insttute of Integratve Biology, Zürich, Switzerland Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientfc Research, Bangalore; and Adjunct Dr. Pankaj Kumar, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Corporaton, Hong Kong S.A.R., China Professor, Natonal Insttute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore Dr. V. Sampath Kumar, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, West Bengal, India Dr. H.C. Nagaveni, Insttute of Wood Science and Technology, Bengaluru, India Dr. Ulrike Streicher, DVM Dr. K.S. Negi, NBPGR, Nainital District, Utarakhand, India Wildlife Veterinarian / Wildlife Management Consultant, 1185 East 39th Place, Eugene, OR Dr. A.J. Solomon Raju, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India 97405, USA Dr. Vijayasankar Raman, University of Mississippi, USA Dr. B. Ravi Prasad Rao, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantpur, India Stephen D. Nash Dr. K. Ravikumar, FRLHT, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Scientfc Illustrator, Conservaton Internatonal, Dept. of Anatomical Sciences, Health Prof. Satsh C. Verma, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, India Sciences Center, T-8, Room 045, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8081, USA Dr. Aparna Watve, Pune, Maharashtra, India Dr. Qiang Liu, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Yunnan, China Dr. Fred Pluthero Dr. Noor Azhar Mohamed Shazili, Universit Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia Toronto, Canada Dr. M.K. Vasudeva Rao, Shiv Ranjani Housing Society, Pune, Maharashtra, India Prof. A.J. Solomon Raju, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India Dr. Martn Fisher Dr. Mandar Datar, Agharkar Research Insttute, Pune, Maharashtra, India Cambridge, UK Dr. M.K. Janarthanam, Goa University, Goa, India Dr. K. Karthigeyan, Botanical Survey of India, India Dr. Ulf Gärdenfors Dr. Errol Vela, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France Professor, Swedish Species Informaton Center, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden Dr. P. Lakshminarasimhan, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, India Dr. Larry R. Noblick, Montgomery Botanical Center, Miami, USA Dr. John Fellowes Dr. K. Haridasan, FRLHT, Bengaluru, India Honorary Assistant Professor, The Kadoorie Insttute, 8/F, T.T. Tsui Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Invertebrates Dr. Philip S. Miller Dr. Deepak Apte, Bombay Natural Hisotry Society, Mumbai, India. Senior Program Ofcer, Conservaton Breeding Specialist Group (SSC/IUCN), 12101 Johnny Dr. R.K. Avasthi, Rohtak University, Haryana, India (Orthoptera) Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, MN 55124, USA Dr. D.B. Bastawade, Maharashtra, India (Araneae) Dr. Partha Pratm Bhatacharjee, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, India Prof. Dr. Mirco Solé Dr. Ferdinando Boero, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Vice-coordenador Dr. Kailash Chandra, Zoological Survey of India, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India (Lepidoptera) do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Rodovia Ilhéus/Itabuna, Km 16 (45662-000) Dr. Arthur Y.C. Chung, Sabah Forestry Department, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia Salobrinho, Ilhéus - Bahia - Brasil Dr. H.C. Paulo Corgosinho, Bairro Universitário, Frutal, Brazil Dr. B.A. Daniel, ZOO/WILD, Coimbatore, India (Lepidoptera) Dr. Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman, University of Pretoria, Queenswood, South Africa (Aran) English Editors Dr. Rory Dow, Natonal Museum of natural History Naturalis, The Netherlands (Odonata) Mrs. Mira Bhojwani, Pune, India Dr. Alexander Ereskovsky, IMBE, Marseille, France (Spongillidae) Dr. Fred Pluthero, Toronto, Canada Dr. Brian Fisher, California Academy of Sciences, USA Mr. P. Ilangovan, Chennai, India Dr. Richard Gallon, llandudno, North Wales, LL30 1UP Dr. Hemant V. Ghate, Modern College, Pune, India Web Design Dr. Mohammad Hayat, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India (Hymenoptera) Mrs. Latha G. Ravikumar, ZOO/WILD, Coimbatore, India Dr. Tadashi Kawai, Wakkanai Fisheries Research Insttute, Hokkaido, Japan (Crustacea) Dr. S. Ajmal Khan, Annamalai University, Parangipetai, India (Corals) Dr. Ragnar Kinzelbach, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany Dr. Ian J. Kitching, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, UK contnued on the back inside cover Front cover—Green-spoted Torrent Frog Amolops viridimaculatus from Tengchong Gaoligongshan, Yunnan Province, China. © Jian-Huan Yang. Back cover—Gaoligong Hoolock Gibbon Hoolock tanxing from Gaoligongshan, Yunnan Province, China. © Zheng Bi. Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 12 September 2019 | 11(11): 14391–14401 I - T S G N N C R, ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) Y, C ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) PLATINUM 1 2 3 Bosco Pui Lok Chan , Zeng Bi & Shao-Zhong Duan OPEN ACCESS 1 Kadoorie Conservaton China, Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden, Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China. 2,3 Yunnan Gaoligongshan Natonal Nature Reserve (Tengchong Bureau), 157 Laifeng Avenue, Tengchong, Yunnan Province 679100, China. 1 [email protected] (corresponding author), 2 [email protected], 3 [email protected] Abstract: The Gaoligongshan Mountains in Yunnan Province, southwestern China, is one of the biologically richest areas on Earth. In 2014, we launched a four-year biodiversity survey in the Tengchong Secton of Gaoligongshan Natonal Nature Reserve and its immediate vicinity, aiming to update the current diversity, distributon, and status of the mammals, birds, herpetofauna, freshwater fshes, and buterfies on which we have expertse. Despite the intensity of earlier scientfc exploratons, our survey resulted in the discoveries of a new genus, a number of new species, genera and species new to China, Gaoligongshan, or Tengchong County, and updated the alttude limits for some species. Species richness of mammalian and avian fauna, the two groups most susceptble to habitat loss and huntng, remains remarkably high, but past impacts of huntng and habitat degradaton were in evidence. Our results clearly illustrate the immense conservaton value of this mountain range and the necessity for more in-depth, focused biodiversity feld surveys. This monograph summarizes our fndings, and this chapter gives an overview of the geography, climate, vegetaton, and ecology of Tengchong, a history of earlier and present