Herpetofaunal Assemblages in the Lowland Regions of Sumatera Barat
The habitat destruction and land-use changes caused the decline of animal composition in many tropical regions. Here, we study the diversity of herpetofauna in the lowland areas in Sumatera Barat, a midwestern province in Sumatera island, using a visual encounter survey method. The surveyed habitat...
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| author | Fitra Arya Dwi Nugraha Fajar Kaprawi Rijal Satria Ahmad Muammar Kadafi Ade Prasetyo Agung |
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| description | The habitat destruction and land-use changes caused the decline of animal composition in many tropical regions. Here, we study the diversity of herpetofauna in the lowland areas in Sumatera Barat, a midwestern province in Sumatera island, using a visual encounter survey method. The surveyed habitat included rubber plantations, streams, paddy fields, and peat swamps. We observed 338 individuals representing 44 species from 14 families of herpetofauna with almost 90% individuals were amphibians. Overall, the rubber plantations contained a higher number of species than other types of habitat. For amphibians, Ranidae and Dicroglossidae represented the first and the second highest both in the species and individual number. For reptiles, Agamidae and Colubridae or Gekkonidae accounted for the first and the second highest in the individual number while Colubridae and Scincidae consisted of the highest species number. Our data showed that the diversity index was mostly in moderate level except in paddy field. The species composition in rubber plantations were more similar to those of streams rather than paddy field or peat swamp Sago habitat. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a465eac14944b21ad664b9e42c08bc12022-12-21T19:07:01ZengUniversitas Gadjah MadaJournal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology2540-95732540-95812022-01-017110.22146/jtbb.6382031200Herpetofaunal Assemblages in the Lowland Regions of Sumatera BaratFitra Arya Dwi Nugraha0Fajar Kaprawi1Rijal Satria2Ahmad Muammar Kadafi3Ade Prasetyo Agung4Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathemathics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Padang, Jln. Prof. Dr. Hamka, 25132, Kota Padang, IndonesiaAmfibi Reptil Sumatra, Bogor, IndonesiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Mathemathics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Padang, Jln. Prof. Dr. Hamka, 25132, Kota Padang, IndonesiaDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Mathemathics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Palangka Raya, Jl. Yos Sudarso, 74874, Kota Palangka Raya, IndonesiaLandscape Ecology Group, Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, ChinaThe habitat destruction and land-use changes caused the decline of animal composition in many tropical regions. Here, we study the diversity of herpetofauna in the lowland areas in Sumatera Barat, a midwestern province in Sumatera island, using a visual encounter survey method. The surveyed habitat included rubber plantations, streams, paddy fields, and peat swamps. We observed 338 individuals representing 44 species from 14 families of herpetofauna with almost 90% individuals were amphibians. Overall, the rubber plantations contained a higher number of species than other types of habitat. For amphibians, Ranidae and Dicroglossidae represented the first and the second highest both in the species and individual number. For reptiles, Agamidae and Colubridae or Gekkonidae accounted for the first and the second highest in the individual number while Colubridae and Scincidae consisted of the highest species number. Our data showed that the diversity index was mostly in moderate level except in paddy field. The species composition in rubber plantations were more similar to those of streams rather than paddy field or peat swamp Sago habitat.https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jtbb/article/view/63820conservation, amphibians, reptiles, diversity, species richness, abundance |
| spellingShingle | Fitra Arya Dwi Nugraha Fajar Kaprawi Rijal Satria Ahmad Muammar Kadafi Ade Prasetyo Agung Herpetofaunal Assemblages in the Lowland Regions of Sumatera Barat Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology conservation, amphibians, reptiles, diversity, species richness, abundance |
| title | Herpetofaunal Assemblages in the Lowland Regions of Sumatera Barat |
| title_full | Herpetofaunal Assemblages in the Lowland Regions of Sumatera Barat |
| title_fullStr | Herpetofaunal Assemblages in the Lowland Regions of Sumatera Barat |
| title_full_unstemmed | Herpetofaunal Assemblages in the Lowland Regions of Sumatera Barat |
| title_short | Herpetofaunal Assemblages in the Lowland Regions of Sumatera Barat |
| title_sort | herpetofaunal assemblages in the lowland regions of sumatera barat |
| topic | conservation, amphibians, reptiles, diversity, species richness, abundance |
| url | https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jtbb/article/view/63820 |
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