A decade of amphibian studies (Animalia, Amphibia) at Sekayu lowland forest, Hulu Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia

By

Badli-Sham, Baizul Hafsham
Syafiq, Muhamad Fatihah
Azmi, Mohd
Mohd Jalil, Natrah Rafiqah
Awang, Muhammad Taufik
Othman, Muhammad Nouril Ammin
Abdul Aziz, Anis Azira
Dzu, Khunirah
Abdol Wahab, Nurul Asyikin
Jamil, Nor Liyana
Ismail, Murni Azima
Wan Azman, Wan Ahmad Aidil
Ooi, Xin Wei
Jamaha, Nur Ain Nabilah
Aqmal-Naser, Mohamad
Fahmi-Ahmad, Muhammad
Shahirah-Ibrahim, Noor
Rizal, Syed
Belabut, Daicus M.
Chan, Kin Onn
Quah, Evan Seng Huat
Grismer, Lee
Ahmad, Amirrudin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1157

Pages

43--93

Subjects

Biodiversity conservation , herpetofauna , lowland forest , Malaysia , Protected areas

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1157.95873

 

Abstract

Amphibians of Sekayu lowland forest have been studied more than a decade, with discoveries of new records of species showing no sign of abating between the years 2003 to 2020, indicating the remarkably rich diversity of anurans in this forest. Despite ceaseless anthropogenic activities in this area, this study successfully recorded 52 species of amphibians from 32 genera in the lowland forest of Sekayu. The species composition consisted of a single species from the family Ichthyophiidae and 51 species of anurans of 31 genera and six families. The number of species recorded has steadily increased especially during more recent surveys from 2015 to 2020. This study augments the total number of amphibian species recorded from Hulu Terengganu by ten additional species, increasing the total to 70 species for the district.