Volume 1-8 (2009-16)
v2i2.33ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i2.33
Submitted date: 14 February 2011
Accepted date: 08 March 2011
Published date: 30 April 2011
Pp. 97–103.
SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS OF CAPTIVE Hylobates moloch (PRIMATES : HYLOBATIDAE) IN THE JAVAN GIBBON RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER, GEDE-PANGRANGO NATIONAL PARK, INDONESIA
Niki K. Amarasinghe & A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun.taprobanica@gmail.com
Abstract
Hylobates moloch, Silvery Gibbon occure on the Java island (in the western half of Java), Indonesia. This study presents preliminary data on social behaviours for Silvery Gibbon in captivity. All the individuals had an average active period from 6:30 hr to 16:00 hr (total 9.5 hours). Resting behaviour had the highest percentage (57.05% ± 0.45), followed by movement (21.99% ± 0.14), feeding ( 15.73% ± 0.34), courtship (5.16% ± 0.03), calling (2.35% ± 0.02), social behaviours (1.6% ± 0.09), agonistic behaviours (0.37 % ± 0.01), and copulation (0.05% ± 0.01). Gibbons showed two peaks of feeding, from 06:35 to 07:30 and from 14:35 to 15:30. Gibbons in the JGC made two types of calls: male solo and female solo calls. Males had a lower time budget for calling behaviour than females. All the gibbons showed four types of locomotor behaviours: brachiating, climbing, jumping (including ricocheting) and bipedal. The most frequent locomotor behaviour was brachiation type. All individuals in the study groups showed autogrooming. Courtship included approach, follow, and contact behavior. The copulation position was dorso-ventral. Stages of copulation consisted of intromission, pelvis thrusting, ejaculation, and dismounting except mounting.
Key words : affiliative, calling, feeding, locomotor, resting, silvery gibbon
Section Editor: Colin Groves
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i2.33
Submitted date: 14 February 2011
Accepted date: 08 March 2011
Published date: 30 April 2011
Pp. 97–103.
SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS OF CAPTIVE Hylobates moloch (PRIMATES : HYLOBATIDAE) IN THE JAVAN GIBBON RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER, GEDE-PANGRANGO NATIONAL PARK, INDONESIA
Niki K. Amarasinghe & A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: thasun.taprobanica@gmail.com
Abstract
Hylobates moloch, Silvery Gibbon occure on the Java island (in the western half of Java), Indonesia. This study presents preliminary data on social behaviours for Silvery Gibbon in captivity. All the individuals had an average active period from 6:30 hr to 16:00 hr (total 9.5 hours). Resting behaviour had the highest percentage (57.05% ± 0.45), followed by movement (21.99% ± 0.14), feeding ( 15.73% ± 0.34), courtship (5.16% ± 0.03), calling (2.35% ± 0.02), social behaviours (1.6% ± 0.09), agonistic behaviours (0.37 % ± 0.01), and copulation (0.05% ± 0.01). Gibbons showed two peaks of feeding, from 06:35 to 07:30 and from 14:35 to 15:30. Gibbons in the JGC made two types of calls: male solo and female solo calls. Males had a lower time budget for calling behaviour than females. All the gibbons showed four types of locomotor behaviours: brachiating, climbing, jumping (including ricocheting) and bipedal. The most frequent locomotor behaviour was brachiation type. All individuals in the study groups showed autogrooming. Courtship included approach, follow, and contact behavior. The copulation position was dorso-ventral. Stages of copulation consisted of intromission, pelvis thrusting, ejaculation, and dismounting except mounting.
Key words : affiliative, calling, feeding, locomotor, resting, silvery gibbon
Section Editor: Colin Groves
v2i2.32ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i2.32
Submitted date: 14 February 2011
Accepted date: 22 April 2011
Published date: 30 April 2011
Pp. 95–96, Pl. 6.
TWO NEW MELIOLACEAE MEMBERS FROM KERALA, INDIA
V.B. Hosagoudar* & A. Sabeena
*Corresponding author. E-mail: vbhosagoudar@rediffmail.com
Abstract
This paper gives an account of two new species, namely, Asteridiella sebastianiae and Meliola gluticola, infecting leaves of Sebastiania chamaelea and Gluta travancorica. Both these fungal species are new and are described, illustrated and compared with most similar taxa.
Key words : Asteridiella, fungi, Gluta travancorica, Meliola, new species, Sebastiania chamaelea
Section Editor: Kevin Hyde
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v2i2.32
Submitted date: 14 February 2011
Accepted date: 22 April 2011
Published date: 30 April 2011
Pp. 95–96, Pl. 6.
TWO NEW MELIOLACEAE MEMBERS FROM KERALA, INDIA
V.B. Hosagoudar* & A. Sabeena
*Corresponding author. E-mail: vbhosagoudar@rediffmail.com
Abstract
This paper gives an account of two new species, namely, Asteridiella sebastianiae and Meliola gluticola, infecting leaves of Sebastiania chamaelea and Gluta travancorica. Both these fungal species are new and are described, illustrated and compared with most similar taxa.
Key words : Asteridiella, fungi, Gluta travancorica, Meliola, new species, Sebastiania chamaelea
Section Editor: Kevin Hyde
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.
Hubungi Kami
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