DOCSLIB.ORG

WTLDLIFE and PARKS Jourru+Or Wtoure Anopnnrs

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
WTLDLIFE and PARKS Jourru+Or Wtoure Anopnnrs rssN (,127-4126 Vol )()(\t 2OOA The Journal of WTLDLIFE and PARKS JouRru+Or Wtoure ANoPnnrs Publishedby Departmentof Wildlifeand National Parks (DWNP) Peninsular Malaysia Printedby UNICATIONSDN BHD Printed2009 Aovrson Dato'Abd. Rasid Samsudin DirectorGeneral Departmentof Wildlifeand NationalParks Cxrnpensou MisliahMohamad Basir DeputyDirector General I Departmentof Wildlifeand National Parks Eomonlu-Cnter SivananthanEllagupilay Departmentof Wildlifeand National Parks Eorronrll Bolno SaharudinAnan Departmentof Wildlifeand National Parks BurhanuddinMohd. Nor Departmentof Wildlifeand National Parks ZainalZahari Zainuddin Departmentof Wildlifeand National Parks TajuddinMohd. Abdullah UniversitiMalaysia Sarawak ShukorMd. Nor UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia Generalcorrespondence: DirectorGeneral Departmentof Wildlifeand National Parks KM 10,Jalan Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel:03-90866800 Fax:03-90752873 Email: [email protected] Website:www.wildlife.gov.my JounltalOr Wr-olrreAHo Panrs Vol25 (2008) rssN0127-8126 Corureltrs pace Norhayaii,A., Abdul Rahman, M.R., Juliana, S., Daicus, B. & Chan,K.O, A ChecklistofAmphibians at TamanNegara Kelantan National park, 1-7 KualaKoh, Peninsular Malaysia AzmanOthman, Siti HawaYatim, Norazlinda A. Razak,& Nor Azinizi Azimat Distributionof Edible-NestSwifttet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) Bird 8-11 Housein PeninsularMalaysia AzmanOthman & Siti HawaYatim Noteon MatingBehavior of the Edible-NestSwiftlet (Aerodramus 12-js fuciphagus) Jeffrine Japning Rovie-Ryan,Carl Traeholt,MarilynJaoi E., Zainal Zahari Zainuddin,Khairiah Mohd Shariff, SivananthanElagupillay, Mohd.Farouk M.Y., Aniqa Akhtar Abdullah, & CorneliaC.S. SequenceVariation in MalayanTapir (Tapirus indicus) Inferred Using 16-19 PartialSequences ofthe Cytochrome b Segment ofthe Mitochondrial DNA JeffrineJapning Rovie-Ryan, Siti Salwabt. Hasmoni,Hajar Fauzan A., SofieS., Che Husain Che Pa, & Wantsmail A Checklistof FishSpecies from Two Feeder Streams ofTasik Kenyir: 19-22 SungaiTembat and Sungai Ketiar of HuluTerengganu, Terengganu JeffrineJapning Rovie-Ryan, Marilyn-Jaoi E., SaharuddinM. Nazri& SivananthanElagupillay Checklistof FishSpecimens in the Zoological Museum of Institutefor 2Z-29 Biodiversity(lBD), Bukit Rengit, Lanchang, Pahang of Departmentof Wildlifeand National Parks (DWNP) JeffrineJapning Rovie-Ryan1'r, Kelvin Pudun Dennis3, yuzine B. Esaa,s, KhairulAdha A. Rahim3,Zaidi lbrahim3, Zulkifli B. Ahmad3, Marilyn.Jaoi E. Noteson Hampala(Cyprininae) Distribution from Six Localitiesin 29-j2 Sabah Jounr,rArOr WnoupBAwo P.cnrs, (2008) 25: l-7 A CnscKlrsr OF AlrpnrnrlNs Ar Tnnn,lNNEGARA Knr,lNr,lN Nnrroxll, Plm. Ku,q'r,l Kon. PnNTNSULAR Mlllvsr,r. *Norhayati,A.1, 2, Abdul Rahqran,$.r\.1, Juliana, S.2,Daicus, B.2,3, & Chan,K.O.2 rSchoolof Environment & Natual ResourceSciences. Faculty of Science& Technology, Universiti KebangsaanMalaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor,Malaysia. 2lnstitutefor Environment &Development (LESTARI), Universiti KebangsaanMalaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor,MalaYsia 3lnstituteof Biological Sciences,Faculty of Science,University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala LumPur,Malaysia xCoresponding author email: [email protected] ABSTRACT - Su eys on amphibians were conducted at Taman Negara Kelantan National Park, Kuala Koh, on two occasions:24'h-26th April 2005 and on the 23'd-26'hSeptember 2005. Samplingwas doneactively at nightusing headlights,and caughtby hand.Locaiities includedthe basecamp and along SungaiKoh. A total of 120 frogs werecaptured,81in the first surveyand 39 in the secondsu ey. Total catch comprisedof 18 speciesin 11 generaand six families. Ranidaewas the mostrepresentedwith 44 ftogs (37Eo.),closely followed by Dicroglossidaewith 43 frogs (367o).The most frequently caught specieswas Fejervarya limnocharis, foTlowedby Odorrana hosii, and Phrynoidis aspera. Keywords: Amphibian, survey, annotatedchecklist, Taman Negara Kelantan National Park, Kuala Koh. ABSTRAK-Dua tinjauantelah dijalankan di TamanNegara Kelantan, Kuala Koh masing-rnasingpada 24hb-26hhAprTl2005 dan 23hb-26hbSeptember 2005. Persampelandijalankan secaraaktif pada waktu malam dengan menggunakanlampu suluh kepala, dan haiwan ditangkap dengan tangan. Kawasan yang ditinjau ialah di kawasankhemah utama dan sepanjangSungai Koh. S€jumlah 120 haiwan telah ditangkap, 81 haiwan semasatinjauan pertama dan 39 semasatinjauan kedua. Jumlah tangtapan merangkumi 18 spesiesdaripada 11 genus dan enam famili. Ranidaepaling banyak diwakili dengan bilangan haiwan sebanyak44 ekor (37Va),diikuti dengan Dicroglossidaeiaitu sebanyak43 haiwan (367,). Spesiesyang paling banyak ditangkap ialah Fejenarya limnocharis, diikuti oleh OdorrQna hosii dan Phrynoidis aspera. Kata kunci: Amfibia, survei, senaraisemak, Taman Negara Kelantan,Kuala Koh Taman NegaraNational Park area,covering about INrnooucrroN 24'7'7krnz (5'7qaof the area of the Taman Negara National Park), followed by Taman Negara Taman Negara National Park is the largest Kelantan National Park. with an area of 1043 protected area in Peninsular Malaysia with an l<m2(24Vo) and Taman Negara Terengganuwith area of 4343 km2. The Park is located in thrce total area of 853 km'?. Although Taman Negara states:Kelantan, Pahang and Terengganu.Taman National Park was establishedin 1938, research Negara Pahang National Park is the largest of the on its amphibians is very limited (Boulenger, NORHAYAT ET AL. / AMPHIBIANS OF TAMAN NEGARA KELANTAN NATIONAL PARK 1908;Boulenger, 1912; Smith, 1922; Bullock, CHECKLIST OF AMPHIBIANS AT KUALA 1963;Berry, 19751Kiew, 1985;Kiew, 1990). KOH, TAMAN NEGARA KELANTAN Thestudy aims to providea list of theamphibians NATIONAI- PARK occurringin KualaKoh, as a referencepoint for future studiesin this area. BUFONIDAE Mlrnnrar-s ANo MBrHoos Phrynoidis aspera (Grayenhorst, 1829): Gravenhorst, J. L. 1829:58 Study sites River toad Taman Negara Kelantan National Park (TNKNP) is drainedby Sungai (Sg.) Koh and Sg. Melimau, A total of 11 individuals were counted along both of which drain into Ss. Lebir. The entrance the Sg. Koh riverbank during the flrst survey into the TNKNP is througli-Kuala Koh, which is (No individual were recorded during the second locatedabout 86 km from Gua Musang. Land use survey). They were also found at the perimeter around the area is mainly palm oil plantations. of the chalet and the office buildings of the park. Localities of sampling included the base camp No specimen was preparedbecause it was not a at about 4"52'14.20"N; 1020 26'17.87"F,and necessityand it is an easy to identify specimen. along Sg. Koh main river, at the junction of Sg. Nevertheless,a photographwas taken (Plate 1A). Kting (4" 51'23.26"N; 102'26'14.,14"E)and Sg. Taxonomy for Phrynoidis aspera (Bufo asper) Tembong (4'52'1 1.16"N: lO2'26'20.48'E). All follows Frost et al. (2006). IUCN Red List of sitesare within 100 m above sealevel (asl). ThreatenedSpecies: Least Concem. Sampling methotl DICROGLOSSIDAE Amphibian suryeys were conducted on two occasions:246-26th Aoil2005 and on the 23d- Fejenarya limnocharis: Grass frog 26'hSeptember 2005. Amphibians were searched actively at night using headlights,and caught by Fejervarya limnocheris (Gravenhorst, 1829): hand. A standardnomenclature of the Amphibian Deliciae Musei Zoolosici Vratislaviensis. Tree of Life was used for the identification of Fasciculuspflzas. Chelonia et Barachia. Fasc. the specimens(Frcst et ql.,20061 Frost, 2007). l. All encounterswith this soecies were at the Specimens were individually photographed, perimeter of the chalet and the office building, measuredfor snout-vent and tibia lensths. and Specimens were caught on the 26d April 2005 euthanizedusing Tricaine tEthyl 3-ami noibenzoate and on the 23'd SeDtember2005 ruKMHC0083- methanesulfonate salt; CeHrlNOr.CI{O3S). 0085, 0095-0096)lPlate 1B). IUCN Red List of ThreatenedSpecies: Least Concem. Liver biopsies were taken and preseruedin 957o ethanol. Whole snecimens were fixed in 107o Limnonectes blythii: Blyth's river frog formalin for at least 24 hours. In the laboratory, specimens were rinsed with water, soaked Limnonectesblythii (Botiengel 1920): Records overnight, washed again with water before stored of the Indian Museum 20: l-226. An individual in 707oethanol. All specimenswere depositedat was caught on the 26thApril 2005 but escaped, the Zoological Museum, Universiti Kebangsaan and on the 24'hSeptember 2005, four specimens Malaysia. were caught at Sg. Koh (UKMHC 0100, 0103- 0105) (Plate lC). Specimens were caught in Rpsur,rs shallow waters and on riverbank of sand, gravel, and pebbles,usually in sectionsof streamswhere A total of 120 individuals were caDtured and the water is not very fast-flowing. IUCN Red List recorded either as photographs and./or voucher of ThreatenedSpecies: Near Threatened. specimens.They comprised of 18 species from six families: one bufonid, four dicroglossid, six Limnonectes kuhlii: Kuhl's streamfrog ranid, one megophryid, two rhacophorids, and four microhylid species (Table 1). The most Limnonecteskuhlii (Tschudi, 1838):Mdmoires de frequent catch was Fejervarya limnocharis, la Soci6t6des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchatel2: which was about 2770of the total catch, followed l-99. An individual was caught on the 26'r April by Odorrana hosii (247o), and Phrynoidis aspera 2005 in shallow water of a creek with sandy and (97o). Singletons tnclrudedLimnonectes kuhlii, gravel bank. Specimen was only photographed Hylarana nigrovittata, H. picturata, H. labialis, (Plate 1D). IUCN Red List ofThreatened Species: Leptobrachium hendricksoni, and Microhyla Least Concem. berdmorei. Notes
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Diet Composition and Overlap in a Montane Frog Community in Vietnam
    Herpetological Conservation and Biology 13(1):205–215. Submitted: 5 November 2017; Accepted: 19 March 2018; Published 30 April 2018. DIET COMPOSITION AND OVERLAP IN A MONTANE FROG COMMUNITY IN VIETNAM DUONG THI THUY LE1,4, JODI J. L. ROWLEY2,3, DAO THI ANH TRAN1, THINH NGOC VO1, AND HUY DUC HOANG1 1Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Science, Vietnam National University-HCMC, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum,1 William Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia 3Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia 4Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected] Abstract.—Southeast Asia is home to a highly diverse and endemic amphibian fauna under great threat. A significant obstacle to amphibian conservation prioritization in the region is a lack of basic biological information, including the diets of amphibians. We used stomach flushing to obtain data on diet composition, feeding strategies, dietary niche breadth, and overlap of nine species from a montane forest in Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam: Feihyla palpebralis (Vietnamese Bubble-nest Frog), Hylarana montivaga (Langbian Plateau Frog), Indosylvirana milleti (Dalat Frog), Kurixalus baliogaster (Belly-spotted Frog), Leptobrachium pullum (Vietnam Spadefoot Toad), Limnonectes poilani (Poilane’s Frog), Megophrys major (Anderson’s Spadefoot Toad), Polypedates cf. leucomystax (Common Tree Frog), and Raorchestes gryllus (Langbian bubble-nest Frog). To assess food selectivity of these species, we sampled available prey in their environment. We classified prey items into 31 taxonomic groups. Blattodea was the dominant prey taxon for K.
    [Show full text]
  • Title a New Gliding Frog of the Genus Rhacophorus from Borneo Author(S
    Title A New Gliding Frog of the Genus Rhacophorus from Borneo Author(s) Matsui, Masafumi; Shimada, Tomohiko; Sudin, Ahmad Citation Current Herpetology (2013), 32(2): 112-124 Issue Date 2013-08 URL http://hdl.handle.net/2433/216848 Right © 2013 by The Herpetological Society of Japan Type Journal Article Textversion publisher Kyoto University Current Herpetology 32(2): 112–124, August 2013 doi 10.5358/hsj.32.112 © 2013 by The Herpetological Society of Japan A New Gliding Frog of the Genus Rhacophorus from Borneo 1 2 3 MASAFUMI MATSUI *, TOMOHIKO SHIMADA , AND AHMAD SUDIN 1 Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606–8501, JAPAN 2 Department of Science (Biology), Faculty of Education, Aichi University of Education, 1 Hirosawa, Igaya, Kariya, Aichi 448–8542 JAPAN 3 The School of Engineering and Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu 88400, Sabah, MALAYSIA Abstract: A rhacophorid frog from Borneo is divergent genetically and morphologically from Javanese R. reinwardtii, with which it was formerly confused, and is recognized as a distinct species. The frog differs from R. reinwardtii by an immaculate green dorsum and a black posterior thigh surface, which is studded with sky blue spots in the female. Because the frog is also divergent genetically and morphologically from the other congeners recently split from R. reinwardtii, we describe it as a new species, R. borneensis. Key words: New species; MtDNA phylogeny; Rhacophorus reinwardtii; Borneo; Taxonomy INTRODUCTION Ohler and Delorme, 2006) as in many other frogs (e.g., Stuart et al., 2006; Inger et al., The frog genus Rhacophorus Kuhl and Van 2008; Shimada et al., 2011).
    [Show full text]
  • Is Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871 (Amphibia, Anura) an Available Nomen?
    Zootaxa 3838 (5): 590–594 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Correspondence ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.5.8 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:87DD8AF3-CB72-4EBD-9AA9-5B1E2439ABFE Is Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871 (Amphibia, Anura) an available nomen? ANNEMARIE OHLER1 & ALAIN DUBOIS Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR7205 ISYEB, CP 30, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris 1Corresponding autho. E-mail: [email protected] Abbreviations used: BMNH, Natural History Museum, London; SVL, snout–vent length; ZMB, Zoologisch Museum, Berlin. Anderson (1871a: 38) mentioned the family nomen DICROGLOSSIDAE, without any comment, in a list of specimens of the collections of the Indian Museum of Calcutta (now the Zoological Survey of India). He referred to this family a single species, Xenophrys monticola, a nomen given by Günther (1864) to a species of MEGOPHRYIDAE from Darjeeling and Khasi Hills (India) which has a complex nomenclatural history (Dubois 1989, 1992; Deuti et al. submitted). Dubois (1987: 57), considering that the nomen DICROGLOSSIDAE had been based on the generic nomen Dicroglossus Günther, 1860, applied it to a family group taxon, the tribe DICROGLOSSINI, for which he proposed a diagnosis. The genus Dicroglossus had been erected by Günther (1860), 11 years before Anderson’s (1871a) paper, for the unique species Dicroglossus adolfi. Boulenger (1882: 17) stated that this specific nomen was a subjective junior synonym of Rana cyanophlyctis Schneider, 1799, and therefore Dicroglossus a subjective junior synonym of Rana Linnaeus, 1758 (Boulenger, 1882: 7).
    [Show full text]
  • Site Occupancy of Two Endemic Stream Frogs in Different Forest Types in Pakistan
    Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15(3):506–511. Submitted: 13 March 2020; Accepted: 9 September 2020; Published: 16 December 2020. SITE OCCUPANCY OF TWO ENDEMIC STREAM FROGS IN DIFFERENT FOREST TYPES IN PAKISTAN WASEEM AHMED1, MUHAMMAD RAIS, MUHAMMAD SAEED, AYESHA AKRAM, IMTIAZ AHMAD KHAN, AND SUMBUL GILL Herpetology Lab, Department of Wildlife Management, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan 1Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected] Abstract.—We identified the habitats where Murree Hills Frog (Nanorana vicina) and Hazara Torrent Frog (Allopaa hazarensis) are most likely to occur in Pakistan, and examined how their occurrence at a particular stream or water body is influenced by site and survey covariates. Although these two frog species are listed as Least Concern in the Red List of Threatend Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, major conservation threats to these species in Pakistan include habitat degradation, urbanization, and climate change. We made visits to 69 sites during the 2-y study period (June 2016 to July 2018) in three forest types of Islamabad Capital Territory, District Rawalpindi (Province Punjab) and District Abbottabad, (Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan. We found Murree Hills Frog at 51% of sites, and Hazara Torrent Frog at 30% of sites. Our logistic regression model explained 78.0% of the variance in Murree Hills Frog occurrence and correctly classified 87% of the cases. Increased elevation and availability of permanent water were associated with an increased likelihood of occurrence of this species. The logistic regression model explained 51.0% of the variance in Hazara Torrent Frog occurrence and correctly classified 70% of the cases.
    [Show full text]
  • Summary Conservation Action Plans for Mongolian Reptiles and Amphibians
    Summary Conservation Action Plans for Mongolian Reptiles and Amphibians Compiled by Terbish, Kh., Munkhbayar, Kh., Clark, E.L., Munkhbat, J. and Monks, E.M. Edited by Munkhbaatar, M., Baillie, J.E.M., Borkin, L., Batsaikhan, N., Samiya, R. and Semenov, D.V. ERSITY O IV F N E U D U E T C A A T T S I O E N H T M ONGOLIA THE WORLD BANK i ii This publication has been funded by the World Bank’s Netherlands-Mongolia Trust Fund for Environmental Reform. The fi ndings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily refl ect the views of the Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / the World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colours, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgement on the part of the World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) have contributed to the production of the Summary Conservation Action Plans for Mongolian Reptiles and Amphibians, providing technical support, staff time, and data. IUCN supports the production of the Summary Conservation Action Plans for Mongolian Reptiles and Amphibians, but the information contained in this document does not necessarily represent the views of IUCN. Published by: Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4RY Copyright: © Zoological Society of London and contributors 2006.
    [Show full text]
  • Cfreptiles & Amphibians
    HTTPS://JOURNALS.KU.EDU/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSTABLE OF CONTENTS IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANSREPTILES • VOL & AMPHIBIANS15, NO 4 • DEC 2008 • 28(2):189 270–273 • AUG 2021 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS FirstFEATURE ARTICLESRecord of Interspecific Amplexus . Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: betweenOn the Road to Understandinga Himalayan the Ecology and Conservation of the Toad, Midwest’s Giant Serpent Duttaphrynus ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190 . The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: himalayanusA Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................ (Bufonidae), and a RobertHimalayan W. Henderson 198 RESEARCH ARTICLES Paa. TheFrog, Texas Horned Lizard Nanorana in Central and Western Texas ....................... vicina Emily Henry, Jason(Dicroglossidae), Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 . The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida from ............................................. the BrianWestern J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Himalaya Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, andof Michael India Granatosky 212 CONSERVATION ALERT . World’s Mammals in Crisis ...............................................................................................................................V. Jithin, Sanul Kumar, and Abhijit Das .............................. 220 . More Than Mammals .....................................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Hylidae, Anura) and Description of Ocellated Treefrog Itapotihyla Langsdorffii Vocalizations
    Current knowledge on bioacoustics of the subfamily Lophyohylinae (Hylidae, Anura) and description of Ocellated treefrog Itapotihyla langsdorffii vocalizations Lucas Rodriguez Forti1, Roseli Maria Foratto1, Rafael Márquez2, Vânia Rosa Pereira3 and Luís Felipe Toledo1 1 Laboratório Multiusuário de Bioacústica (LMBio) e Laboratório de História Natural de Anfíbios Brasileiros (LaHNAB), Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil 2 Fonoteca Zoológica, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Spain 3 Centro de Pesquisas Meteorológicas e Climáticas Aplicadas à Agricultura (CEPAGRI), Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil ABSTRACT Background. Anuran vocalizations, such as advertisement and release calls, are informative for taxonomy because species recognition can be based on those signals. Thus, a proper acoustic description of the calls may support taxonomic decisions and may contribute to knowledge about amphibian phylogeny. Methods. Here we present a perspective on advertisement call descriptions of the frog subfamily Lophyohylinae, through a literature review and a spatial analysis presenting bioacoustic coldspots (sites with high diversity of species lacking advertisement call descriptions) for this taxonomic group. Additionally, we describe the advertisement and release calls of the still poorly known treefrog, Itapotihyla langsdorffii. We analyzed recordings of six males using the software Raven Pro 1.4 and calculated the coefficient Submitted 24 February 2018 of variation for classifying static and dynamic acoustic properties. Accepted 30 April 2018 Results and Discussion. We found that more than half of the species within the Published 31 May 2018 subfamily do not have their vocalizations described yet. Most of these species are Corresponding author distributed in the western and northern Amazon, where recording sampling effort Lucas Rodriguez Forti, should be strengthened in order to fill these gaps.
    [Show full text]
  • Endoparasites of Various Species of Anurans in Penang Island, Peninsular Malaysia
    ENDOPARASITES OF VARIOUS SPECIES OF ANURANS IN PENANG ISLAND, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA ZATIL SHAKINAH BINTI ABDULLAH UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA 2013 ENDOPARASITES OF VARIOUS SPECIES OF ANURANS IN PENANG ISLAND, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA by ZATIL SHAKINAH BINTI ABDULLAH Thesis submitted is fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science April 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All praises to Allah S.W.T., The Most Merciful and The Most Gracious that always give hope and best way for me even in my hardest situation, Allah S.W.T always guide me. I would like to gratitude for all the people that supported me until finished this thesis. First of all I would like to express the deepest appreciation to my main supervisor Professor Abdul Wahab bin Abdul Rahman for his guidance, advises, moral support, and willingness to spend time in spite of their busy schedule for discussion through this study. Also a big thank to my co-supervisor Prof. Madya Dr. Zary Shariman bin Yahaya for his advises and encouragements. I would also like to thank to Encik Faizal as my field assistant from Zoology laboratory in helping me during fieldwork. I thank to Institute Postgraduate Siswazah Universiti Sains Malaysia for giving me some grant for conducting my research. I also thank to Dr. Krishnasamy from Medical Research Institute for helping me in process of identification on parasites. I would like to say thank you to Ministry of Higher Education for sponsor me MyMaster to support my postgraduate study in Universiti Sains Malaysia. Deepest thankful to my mother, my father, my husband, my sisters, my brothers, my grandparents and also my auntie for all their support, encourage, and for always pray for me.
    [Show full text]
  • Di Hutan Harapan, Jambi the Anuran Species (Amphibia)
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Jurnal Biologi UNAND Jurnal Biologi Universitas Andalas (J. Bio. UA.) 1(2) – Desember 2012 : 99-107 Jenis-Jenis Anura (Amphibia) Di Hutan Harapan, Jambi The Anuran species (Amphibia) at Harapan Rainforest, Jambi Irvan Fadli Wanda1), Wilson Novarino2) dan Djong Hon Tjong3)*) 1)Laboratorium Riset Taksonomi Hewan, Jurusan Biologi, Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam, Universitas Andalas, Padang, 25163 2)Museum Zoologi, Jurusan Biologi, Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam, Universitas Andalas, Padang, 25163 3)Laboratorium Riset Genetika,. Jurusan Biologi, Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam, Universitas Andalas, Padang, 25163 *)Koresponden: [email protected] Abstract An inventarisation of the Anuran species (Amphibia) at Harapan Rainforest, Jambi has been done from October 2011 to July 2012. We collected 127 samples from the field and made identification based on morphological characteristics. We identified 19 sepcies in which belong to five families i.e. Bufonidae (Phrynoidis asper Gravenhorst., Ingerophrynus parvus Boulenger., I. divergens Peters. and Pelophryne signata Boulenger.), Microhylidae (Kalophrynus pleurostigma Tschudi.), Dicroglossidae (Occidozyga sumatrana Peters., Fejervarya cancrivora Gravenhorst., F. limnocharis Boie., Limnonectes paramacrodon Boulenger., L. malesianus Kiew.), Ranidae (Hylarana erythraea Schlegel., H. parvaccola Peters., H. glandulosa Boulenger., H. nicobariensis Stolizka.,
    [Show full text]
  • Iowa's Frogs and Toads on the Ground a Log Gradually Be­ "The Sweet, Warm Llps of Early Comas Partially Imbedded in the by REEVE M
    VOLUME 3 APRI L 1.s, 1944 NUM BE R 4 Log Rolling, a Iowa State Parks Provide Relaxation Pleasurable and • Profitable Pastime From Stress and Strain of War ~ffort By H. H. KNIGHT Dept. of Zoology and Entomology Iowa State College The fisherman in search of bait No Iowan Farther or the entomologist in search of insect specimens may often re­ Than 40 Miles from sort to rolling old logs for col­ lecting purposes. The writer has Recreational Spot been rolling logs periodically during the past 25 years, chiefly By G. l. ZIEMER in search of insects whtle con­ Chief lands and Waters Division ducting field trips with classes It 1s often said that a nation at in entomology. With this back­ war must see that its people-all ground as an mtroduction we will of its people-get healthful recre­ proceed with the subject m hand. ation, diversion, and relaxation to Within and beneath old logs promote individual health and na­ we find a varied assortment of tional morale. With each succeed­ animal life, in fact we find one ing day of war this fact becomes of the important ecological situ­ more evident. Regardless of ations in wooded areas. The age what phase of the current strug­ of a log and the species of tree it gle a person is engaged in, he is represents are chief factors de­ a more efficient worker for Un­ termining what may be in or cle Sam if periodically he is re­ under the log examined. Biolo­ leased from the high mental and gists have studied logs from the physical tension of war work.
    [Show full text]
  • Species Account
    SPECIES ACCOUNT AMPHIBIA I. Family MEGOPHRYIDAE Megophrys acera s Horned Frog This was a leaf litter frog, which inhabited forest floor of closed-canopy evergreen forests at Gunung Tujuh. It occurs from the lowlands at about 750 meters asl up to mountain forests over 1500 meters asl (Mistar, 2003). At Gunung Tujuh it was found at elevation 1200 meters asl. This is a rare species, which was only found at Gunung Tujuh survey site. This species is known from Peninsular Thailand through most of Peninsular Malaysia (Berry, 1975) and Sumatra (Mistar, 2003). Figure 21. M. aceras from Gunung Tujuh (Photograph by J. Holden). Megophrys nasuta Bornean Horned Frog, Malayan Horned Frog, Horned Toad, Large Horned Frog It was a leaf litter frog, which inhabited intact lowland and sub mountain rainforest, generally near forest streams. Adults are terrestrial in habits, but tadpoles live in clear forest streams. It occurred about 500 meters asl up to 1000 meters asl. It was regularly encountered, and its characteristic call was frequently heard in suitable habitat. It was uncommon in Tapan, Lumayang, Sungai Durian, Muara Kambang, Muara Sako, Muara Labuh and Lubuk Selasih survey sites. This species is known from southern, throughout Peninsular Malaysia (Berry, 1975), Tioman Island, Singapore (Lim and Lim, 1992), Sumatra, Bintan, all parts of Borneo and the Natuna Islands (Inger and Stuebing, 2005; Mistar, 2003). Figure 22. M. nasuta from Tapan (Photograph by J. Holden). Megophrys paralella Megophrys paralella was described by Inger and Iskandar (2005). Type locality of the species is Lubuk Selasih, West Sumatra, at elevation 1289 meters asl.
    [Show full text]
  • Title a New Gliding Frog of the Genus Rhacophorus from Borneo Author(S)
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Kyoto University Research Information Repository Title A New Gliding Frog of the Genus Rhacophorus from Borneo Author(s) Matsui, Masafumi; Shimada, Tomohiko; Sudin, Ahmad Citation Current Herpetology (2013), 32(2): 112-124 Issue Date 2013-08 URL http://hdl.handle.net/2433/216848 Right © 2013 by The Herpetological Society of Japan Type Journal Article Textversion publisher Kyoto University Current Herpetology 32(2): 112–124, August 2013 doi 10.5358/hsj.32.112 © 2013 by The Herpetological Society of Japan A New Gliding Frog of the Genus Rhacophorus from Borneo 1 2 3 MASAFUMI MATSUI *, TOMOHIKO SHIMADA , AND AHMAD SUDIN 1 Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606–8501, JAPAN 2 Department of Science (Biology), Faculty of Education, Aichi University of Education, 1 Hirosawa, Igaya, Kariya, Aichi 448–8542 JAPAN 3 The School of Engineering and Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu 88400, Sabah, MALAYSIA Abstract: A rhacophorid frog from Borneo is divergent genetically and morphologically from Javanese R. reinwardtii, with which it was formerly confused, and is recognized as a distinct species. The frog differs from R. reinwardtii by an immaculate green dorsum and a black posterior thigh surface, which is studded with sky blue spots in the female. Because the frog is also divergent genetically and morphologically from the other congeners recently split from R. reinwardtii, we describe it as a new species, R. borneensis. Key words: New species; MtDNA phylogeny; Rhacophorus reinwardtii; Borneo; Taxonomy INTRODUCTION Ohler and Delorme, 2006) as in many other frogs (e.g., Stuart et al., 2006; Inger et al., The frog genus Rhacophorus Kuhl and Van 2008; Shimada et al., 2011).
    [Show full text]