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v2i2.31ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i2.31
Submitted date: 20 April 2010
Accepted date: 13 February 2011
Published date: 30 April 2011
Pp. 86–94, Pl. 5.
REPTILE DIVERSITY OF A FRAGMENTED LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PATCH IN KUKULUGALA, RATNAPURA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA
D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna & A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun.taprobanica@gmail.com
Abstract
A four month survey was undertaken to document the diversity and abundance of reptiles in the Kukulugala forest (KF) in the Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. A total of 708 individuals belonging to 41 genera (~50%) and 13 families (~55%) were recorded. KF had high species diversity with 58 species, representing about ~28% of the total diversity of known reptiles of Sri Lanka. Of the recorded species, 11 (~19%) were threatened and 24 (~44%) are endemic to Sri Lanka. Endemic relict genera including Aspidura, Balanophis, Cercaspis, Lyriocephalus, Ceratophora, Lankascincus and Nessia were also recorded during the survey. Availability of varied microhabitats may be responsible for the observed high species diversity. Anthropogenic activities, particularly illegal logging and man-made forest fires, is threatening these habitats leading to reduction in reptile population and diversity.
Key words : Conservation, endemic, Ratnapura, reptiles, Sri Lanka, threatened, wet-zone
Section Editor: John Rudge
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i2.31
Submitted date: 20 April 2010
Accepted date: 13 February 2011
Published date: 30 April 2011
Pp. 86–94, Pl. 5.
REPTILE DIVERSITY OF A FRAGMENTED LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PATCH IN KUKULUGALA, RATNAPURA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA
D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna & A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun.taprobanica@gmail.com
Abstract
A four month survey was undertaken to document the diversity and abundance of reptiles in the Kukulugala forest (KF) in the Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. A total of 708 individuals belonging to 41 genera (~50%) and 13 families (~55%) were recorded. KF had high species diversity with 58 species, representing about ~28% of the total diversity of known reptiles of Sri Lanka. Of the recorded species, 11 (~19%) were threatened and 24 (~44%) are endemic to Sri Lanka. Endemic relict genera including Aspidura, Balanophis, Cercaspis, Lyriocephalus, Ceratophora, Lankascincus and Nessia were also recorded during the survey. Availability of varied microhabitats may be responsible for the observed high species diversity. Anthropogenic activities, particularly illegal logging and man-made forest fires, is threatening these habitats leading to reduction in reptile population and diversity.
Key words : Conservation, endemic, Ratnapura, reptiles, Sri Lanka, threatened, wet-zone
Section Editor: John Rudge
v2i2.30ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i2.30
Submitted date: 29 March 2010
Accepted date: 01 January 2011
Published date: 30 April 2011
Pp. 72–85, Pls. 1–4.
HERPETOFAUNA OF SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA − REINVESTIGATED AFTER DECADES
S.R. Chandramouli* & S.R. Ganesh
*Corresponding author. E-mail: findthesnakeman@gmail.com
Abstract
We recorded amphibians and reptiles in two hill ranges, the Cardamom Hills and Ponmudi Hills of the southern Western Ghats, India, for a period of four months each. In all, 74 species, comprising of 28 species of amphibians belonging to 11 genera and 8 families and 46 species of reptiles, belonging to 27 genera and 9 families were recorded. Aspects deviating from literature have been discussed. A comparison of the results of the present study with that of the earlier works from the same region is also provided.
Key words : Amphibians, Cardamom hills, herpetology, Ponmudi hills, reinvestigation, reptiles
Section Editor: Aaron Bauer
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i2.30
Submitted date: 29 March 2010
Accepted date: 01 January 2011
Published date: 30 April 2011
Pp. 72–85, Pls. 1–4.
HERPETOFAUNA OF SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS, INDIA − REINVESTIGATED AFTER DECADES
S.R. Chandramouli* & S.R. Ganesh
*Corresponding author. E-mail: findthesnakeman@gmail.com
Abstract
We recorded amphibians and reptiles in two hill ranges, the Cardamom Hills and Ponmudi Hills of the southern Western Ghats, India, for a period of four months each. In all, 74 species, comprising of 28 species of amphibians belonging to 11 genera and 8 families and 46 species of reptiles, belonging to 27 genera and 9 families were recorded. Aspects deviating from literature have been discussed. A comparison of the results of the present study with that of the earlier works from the same region is also provided.
Key words : Amphibians, Cardamom hills, herpetology, Ponmudi hills, reinvestigation, reptiles
Section Editor: Aaron Bauer
v2i2.29ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i2.29
Published date: 30 April 2011
Pp. 65–71
EDITORIAL : Asian Agamid lizards (Agamidae, Acrodonta, Sauria, Reptilia) : Phylogenetic and taxonomic diversity
Natalia B. Ananjeva
Section Editor: Taprobanica, the journal of Asian Biodiversity
The Southeast Asian-Indonesian and Australian-New Guinean tectonic plates have both been hypothesized to be centers of origin of agamid lizards. The Asian continent housed a number of hotspots of plant and animal diversity and endemism, important for the conservation of biodiversity on a global scale. There are many threatened areas in tropical Asia in terms of destruction of tropical rain forest as an environment with a unique biota and herpetofauna in particular. New intensive studies of the Asian fauna as well as new opportunities offered by molecular methods make it clear that taxonomic diversity is underestimated, especially in South and Southeast Asia. The aim of this paper is to show the taxonomic diversity of different evolutionary lineages and the distribution of agamids by sub region in Asia.
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i2.29
Published date: 30 April 2011
Pp. 65–71
EDITORIAL : Asian Agamid lizards (Agamidae, Acrodonta, Sauria, Reptilia) : Phylogenetic and taxonomic diversity
Natalia B. Ananjeva
Section Editor: Taprobanica, the journal of Asian Biodiversity
The Southeast Asian-Indonesian and Australian-New Guinean tectonic plates have both been hypothesized to be centers of origin of agamid lizards. The Asian continent housed a number of hotspots of plant and animal diversity and endemism, important for the conservation of biodiversity on a global scale. There are many threatened areas in tropical Asia in terms of destruction of tropical rain forest as an environment with a unique biota and herpetofauna in particular. New intensive studies of the Asian fauna as well as new opportunities offered by molecular methods make it clear that taxonomic diversity is underestimated, especially in South and Southeast Asia. The aim of this paper is to show the taxonomic diversity of different evolutionary lineages and the distribution of agamids by sub region in Asia.
v2i1.28ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i1.28
Submitted date: 22 December 2009
Accepted date: 07 October 2010
Published date: 30 December 2010
Pp. 64.
An observation of Cryptozona bistrialis (Gastropoda : Ariophantidae) feeds on Aulopoma sp. (Gastropoda : Cyclophoridae) in an Anthropogenic habitat, Sri Lanka
J.H. Chatura Madushantha Fernando*
*E-mail: chathumadhushantha@gmail.com
Cryptozona bistrialis is a native land snail that ranges across forests of the dry and intermediate zones; in the wet zone it is restricted to cultivated habitats below 1,000 m elevation. This short communication describes an observation of feeding behaviour in C. bistrialis.
Section Editor: Dinarzarde Raheem
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i1.28
Submitted date: 22 December 2009
Accepted date: 07 October 2010
Published date: 30 December 2010
Pp. 64.
An observation of Cryptozona bistrialis (Gastropoda : Ariophantidae) feeds on Aulopoma sp. (Gastropoda : Cyclophoridae) in an Anthropogenic habitat, Sri Lanka
J.H. Chatura Madushantha Fernando*
*E-mail: chathumadhushantha@gmail.com
Cryptozona bistrialis is a native land snail that ranges across forests of the dry and intermediate zones; in the wet zone it is restricted to cultivated habitats below 1,000 m elevation. This short communication describes an observation of feeding behaviour in C. bistrialis.
Section Editor: Dinarzarde Raheem
v2i1.27ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i1.27
Submitted date: 29 March 2010
Accepted date: 20 April 2010
Published date: 30 December 2010
Pp. 48–63, Pls 2–3.
CURRENT STATUS OF FAUNAL DIVERSITY IN BELLANWILA – ATTIDIYA SANCTUARY, COLOMBO DISTRICT – SRI LANKA
D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*, Dinesh E. Gabadage, Mohomed M. Bahir & Lee E. Harding
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun.taprobanica@gmail.com
Abstract
The present survey shows the biodiversity decline in Bellanwila - Attidiya Sanctuary (BAS). A total of 152 species of vertebrates and 75 species of butterflies are recorded from BAS. Sixteen of these species are endemic, and five of them are nationally threatened. Vertebrates represent 11 amphibians, 27 reptiles, 22 fresh water fishes, 78 birds and 14 mammal species. Habitat destruction, industrial toxic waste and garbage dumping are the major threats to the biota of the BAS.
Key words : Biodiversity decline, Colombo, conservation, endangered species, threats, wetland
Section Editor: Upali Amarasinghe
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i1.27
Submitted date: 29 March 2010
Accepted date: 20 April 2010
Published date: 30 December 2010
Pp. 48–63, Pls 2–3.
CURRENT STATUS OF FAUNAL DIVERSITY IN BELLANWILA – ATTIDIYA SANCTUARY, COLOMBO DISTRICT – SRI LANKA
D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*, Dinesh E. Gabadage, Mohomed M. Bahir & Lee E. Harding
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun.taprobanica@gmail.com
Abstract
The present survey shows the biodiversity decline in Bellanwila - Attidiya Sanctuary (BAS). A total of 152 species of vertebrates and 75 species of butterflies are recorded from BAS. Sixteen of these species are endemic, and five of them are nationally threatened. Vertebrates represent 11 amphibians, 27 reptiles, 22 fresh water fishes, 78 birds and 14 mammal species. Habitat destruction, industrial toxic waste and garbage dumping are the major threats to the biota of the BAS.
Key words : Biodiversity decline, Colombo, conservation, endangered species, threats, wetland
Section Editor: Upali Amarasinghe
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