Rapid Assessment Program A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname Editors: Leeanne E. Alonso and Trond H. Larsen 67 CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL - SURINAME CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME THE SURINAME FOREST SERVICE (LBB) NATURE CONSERVATION DIVISION (NB) FOUNDATION FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION CONTROL (SBB) SURINAME CONSERVATION FOUNDATION THE HARBERS FAMILY FOUNDATION Rapid Assessment Program A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed RAP (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname Bulletin of Biological Assessment 67 Editors: Leeanne E. Alonso and Trond H. Larsen CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL - SURINAME CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME THE SURINAME FOREST SERVICE (LBB) NATURE CONSERVATION DIVISION (NB) FOUNDATION FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION CONTROL (SBB) SURINAME CONSERVATION FOUNDATION THE HARBERS FAMILY FOUNDATION The RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment is published by: Conservation International 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Arlington, VA USA 22202 Tel : +1 703-341-2400 www.conservation.org Cover photos: The RAP team surveyed the Grensgebergte Mountains and Upper Palumeu Watershed, as well as the Middle Palumeu River and Kasikasima Mountains visible here. Freshwater resources originating here are vital for all of Suriname. (T. Larsen) Glass frogs (Hyalinobatrachium cf. taylori) lay their eggs on leaves overhanging flowing streams, and are an indicator of the high water quality of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed. (S. Nielsen) The Upper Palumeu River Watershed supports a high diversity of fishes, including this cichlid (Guianacara owroewefi). (T. Larsen) Editors: Leeanne E. Alonso and Trond H. Larsen Maps: Jesus Aguirre, Olaf Bánki, Luis Barbosa, Krisna Gajapersad, Priscilla Miranda, Sara Ramirez, and Leonardo Sáenz Conservation International is a private, non-profit organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501c(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. ISBN: 978-1-934151-57-0 ©2013 Conservation International All rights reserved. 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: Alonso, L.E and T.H. Larsen (eds.). 2013. A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 67. Conservation International, Arlington, VA. This RAP survey and publication of this RAP report were made possible by generous financial support from The Suriname Conservation Foundation. Table of Contents Participants and Authors .........................................................5 Chapter 5 ...................................................................................90 Dung beetles of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname Organizational Profiles .............................................................7 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Trond H. Larsen Acknowledgments ....................................................................9 Chapter 6 .................................................................................102 Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) of the Grensgebergte Report at a Glance ...................................................................11 mountains and Kasikasima region of Southeastern Suriname Piotr Naskrecki Maps and Photos .....................................................................13 Chapter 7 .................................................................................109 A rapid assessment of the ants of the Grensgebergte and Report at a Glance (Wayana) ................................................33 Kasikasima regions of Southeastern Suriname Leeanne E. Alonso and Jackson A. Helms Kort Overzicht van het Rapport .............................................36 Chapter 8 .................................................................................119 Executive Summary.................................................................38 Fishes of the Palumeu River, Suriname Jan H. Mol and Kenneth Wan Tong You Chapter 1 ...................................................................................48 Importance of Conserving Southeastern Suriname Chapter 9 .................................................................................131 Armand Moredjo, Lisa Famolare, Leeanne E. Alonso and A herpetofaunal survey of the Grensgebergte and Kasikasima Trond H. Larsen regions, Suriname Stuart Nielsen, Rawien Jairam, Paul Ouboter and Brice Noonan Chapter 2 ...................................................................................52 Water quality assessment of the Palumeu River Chapter 10 ...............................................................................145 Gwendolyn Landburg A rapid assessment of the avifauna of the upper Palumeu watershed, Southeastern Suriname Brian J. O’Shea and Serano Ramcharan Chapter 3 ...................................................................................57 Floristic assessment of the Upper Palumeu River, the Grensgebergte, and the Kasikasima areas Chapter 11 ...............................................................................161 Olaf Bánki and Chequita Bhikhi Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) survey of small mammals in the Grensgebergte and Kasikasima region of Southeastern Suriname Chapter 4 ...................................................................................79 Burton K. Lim and Hermando Banda Aquatic Beetles of the Grensgebergte and Kasikasima Regions, Suriname (Insecta: Coleoptera) Andrew Short A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname 3 Table of Contents Chapter 12 ...............................................................................170 A survey of the large ground dwelling mammals of the Upper-Palumeu river region Krisna Gajapersad Chapter 13 ...............................................................................175 Primates of the Grensgebergte and Kasikasima region of Southeastern Suriname Arioene Vreedzaam 4 Rapid Assessment Program Participants and Authors RAP SCIENTIFIC TEAM Trond H. Larsen, PhD (Dung Beetles) Rapid Assessment Program Leeanne E. Alonso, PhD (RAP Team Leader, Ants) Conservation International Global Wildlife Conservation 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 P.O. Box 129 Arlington, VA 22202 USA Austin, TX, 78767-0129 USA Burton K. Lim, PhD (Small Mammals) Olaf Bánki, PhD (Plants) Department of Natural History Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis Royal Ontario Museum National Herbarium of the Netherlands 100 Queen’s Park P.O. Box 9514, 2300 RA Leiden, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6 Canada The Netherlands Jan Mol, PhD (Fishes) Chequita Bhihki, MSc (Plants) CELOS Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis Prof. Dr. Ruinardlaan National Herbarium of the Netherlands Paramaribo, Suriname P.O. Box 9514, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands Piotr Naskrecki, PhD (Katydids) Museum of Comparative Zoology Krisna Gajapersad, BSc (Large Mammals) Harvard University Conservation International – Suriname 26 Oxford Street Kromme Elleboogstraat 20 Cambridge MA 02138 USA Paramaribo, Suriname Stuart Nielsen, MSc (Reptiles and Amphibians) Jackson Helms, MSc (Ants) Department of Biology Department of Biology University of Mississippi University of Oklahoma Box 1848 730 Van Vleet Oval, Room 314 University, MS 38677 USA Norman, OK 73019 USA Brian J. O’Shea, PhD (Birds) Rawien Jairam (Reptiles and Amphibians) North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences National Zoological Collection of Suriname 11 W. Jones St. Anton de Kom University of Suriname Raleigh, NC 27601 USA Leysweg 9 Paramaribo, Suriname Serano Ramcharan (Birds) Cayottestraat 43 Gwendolyn Landburg, MSc (Water Quality) Paramaribo, Suriname National Zoological Collection of Suriname/Center for Environmental Research Anton de Kom University of Suriname Leysweg 9 Paramaribo, Suriname A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname 5 Participants and Authors Andrew Short, PhD (Aquatic Beetles) Fabian Lingaard (Game Warden) Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodi- LBB/NB Nature Conservation Division versity Institute Cornelis Jongbawstraat 12 University of Kansas Paramaribo Suriname 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite 140 Lawrence, KS 66045 USA Richard Conniff (Journalist) Connecticut, USA Arioene Vreedzaam, MSc (Primates) Proffessor Dr. Ruinardlaan 5 Randy Olson (Photographer) ADEK Campus Pennsylvania, USA Paramaribo, Suriname Russell A. Mittermeier, PhD (President) Kenneth Wan Tong You (Fishes) Conservation International CELOS 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500 Prof. Dr. Ruinardlaan Arlington,