Author/Authors :
ahmad, norhayati universiti kebangsaan malaysia - school of environment natural resource sciences, faculty of science technology, Selangor, Malaysia , ahmad, eddie hutan kinabatangan orang-utan conservation programme, malaysia , ratag, mahathir hutan kinabatangan orang-utan conservation programme, malaysia , sinon, edward asrul alimin imbak canyon conservation area - kumpulan yayasan sabah, jalan sekolah cheng, Sandakan, Malaysia , don, brandon imbak canyon conservation area - kumpulan yayasan sabah, jalan sekolah cheng min, Sandakan, malaysia , francis, francer imbak canyon conservation area - kumpulan yayasan sabah, jalan sekolah cheng min, Sandakan, Malaysia , mahmod, muhammad ridzuan imbak canyon conservation area - kumpulan yayasan sabah, jalan sekolah cheng min, Sandakan, Malaysia , agimin, amshari imbak canyon conservation area - kumpulan yayasan sabah, jalan sekolah cheng min, Sandakan, Malaysia , belabut, daicus university of malaya - institute of biological sciences, faculty of science, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Abstract :
Amphibians and reptiles of Imbak Canyon Study Centre and Batu Timbang Camp have never been studied and this expedition was organised to produce an inventory of the species. The herpetofaunal animals were searched actively using the visual encounter survey method. A total of 84 specimens of amphibians and reptiles were obtained, comprising 75 amphibians and nine reptiles. The total number of species obtained during the expedition was 33 (26 amphibian species and 7 reptilian species). Twenty species were obtained from Batu Timbang Camp (BTC) and 21 species were recorded from Imbak Canyon Study Centre (ICSC). The updated compiled list of species of herpetofauna at ICCA is now 73 species (37 amphibian species and 36 reptilian species).
Keywords :
herpetofauna , frogs , lizards , geckoes , snakes , biodiversity , vertebrate
