A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FROG SPECIES AT STREAMS, RIDGES AND DISTURBED HABITATS IN BASE CAMP AND PADANG POINT, GAYA ISLAND

The aim of this study was to identify the species offrogs that can be found atstreams, ridges and disturbed habitats of Gaya Island. Field sampling was carried out for16 nights consecutively starting from 18thJanuary until 3rdFebruary 2013. This researchwas conducted using the standard method of Visual Encounter Survey. The sampling effortfor this study was 53 hours. Six sites representing three different frogs’ habitats wereselected, namely streams, ridges and disturbed areas. The transect line with dimensions of10m x 100m was used for the sampling survey. The results show that there were fiv... Mehr ...