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 ...

Verfasser: Sompud, Jephte
Gilbert, Emily A.
Mobik, Chirra Snoriana
Yambun, Paul
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Verlag/Hrsg.: Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Schlagwörter: Frogs / Gaya Island / North Borneo / Sabah / Species diversity
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26873545
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/borneo-science/article/view/4417

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 fivespecies of frogs from two families that were present in Gaya Island. The five species wereInger’s dwarf frog (Ingerana baluensis), Grass frog (Fejervarya limnocharis), Mangrovefrog (Fejervarya cancrivora), Green paddy frog (Hylarana erythraea) and Dark-earedtree frog (Polypedates macrotis). The highest number of frogs caught was in the streamarea, consisting of 69 individuals, followed by 18 individuals at the disturbed area and twoindividuals at the ridges. This preliminary study indicated that there was a relationshipbetween frog species diversity with the variety of the habitat sites. These findings present abaseline data for the frog species in Gaya Island. Future studies should be encouraged inorder to have an in-depth understanding of the frogs’ natural habitats in Gaya Island.