Diversity of Frogs In Tawau Hills Park, Sabah, Malaysia

A study on the diversity of anurans was carried out via Visual Encounter Survey (VES) method in Tawau Hills Park (THP), from June 2009 to September 2010. Twenty-eight line transects were established and surveyed, resulting in 925 individuals from 51 species, representing six families. Eighteen species were new locality records for THP, bringing the total number of identified frogs to 68 species. These frogs occupy elevations from lowland area (200 m a.s.l.) at the headquarters of THP, Balong substation and Merotai substation to submontane area (>900 m a.s.l.) at Mount Maria, Mount Lucia and... Mehr ...