Monitoring Survey of the Distribution of Herpetofauna in Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, Chanthaburi Province, with a Note on Faunal Comparison with the Cardamom Mt. Ranges

Tanya Chan-ard; Thongchai Seangthianchai; Sunchai Makchai

Authors

Tanya Chan-ard Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand
Thongchai Seangthianchai National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation Department, Bangkok 10900 Thailand
Sunchai Makchai Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand

Keywords:

new records, Khao Soi Dao, geographic distribution

Abstract

In this resurvey of herpetofauna in Khao Soi Dao between January and June 2008, 51 species of reptiles and 25 species of amphibians were found with three new records of snakes: Pareas hamptoni, Amphiesma khasiense and Ovophis convictus. The presence of some endemic reptiles and amphibians in the region was confirmed: Lycodon cardamomensis and Quasipaa fasciculispina. The diversity of herpetofauna in the study area compared to that in the Cardamom Ranges indicates that these areas are continuous territories.

References

Royal Forest Department (RFD). 1993. The master plan of area management in Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuaries. Volume I: A baseline information. RFD., Bangkok. (in Thai).

Daltry, J.C. and W. Wüster. 2002. A new species of wolf snake (Serpentes: Colubridae: Lycodon) from the Cardamom Mountains, Southwestern Cambodia. Herpetologica. 58(4): 498-504.

Frost, D.R., T. Grant, J. Faivovich, R.H. Bain, A. Haas, C.F.B. Haddad, R.O. Desa, A. Channing, M. Wilkinson, S.C. Donnellan, C.J. Raxworthy, J.A. Campbell, B.L. Blotto, P. Moler, R.C. Drewes, R.A. Nussbaum, J.D. Lynch, D.M. Green and W.C. Wheeler. 2006. The Amphibian Tree of Life. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 297: 1-370.

Grismer, L.L., T. Chav, T. Neang, P.L. Wood, J.L. Grismer, T.M. Toumans, A. Ponce, J.C. Daltry and H. Kaiser. 2007. The herpetofauna of the Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary and checklist of the herpetofauna of the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia. Hamadryad. 31(2): 216-241.

Grismer, L.L., T. Neang, T. Chav, P.L. Wood, J.R. Oaks, J. Holden, J.L. Grismer, T.R. Szutz and T.M. Youmans. 2008. Additional Amphibians and Reptiles from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary in Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, With Comments on Their Taxonomy and the Discovery of Three New Species. Raffles Bull. Zool. 56(1): 161-175.

Honda, M., J. Nabhitabhata, H. Ota and T. Hikida. 1997. A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Thailand. Raffles Bull. Zool. 45(2): 275-279.

Inger, R.F. 1970. A new species of frog of the Genus Rana from Thailand. Fieldiana Zool. 51(14): 169-174.

Matsui, M., H. Ito, T. Shimada, H. Ota, S.K. Saidapur, W. Khonsue, T. Tanaka-Ueno and G.F. Wu. 2005. Taxonomic Relationships within the Pan-Oriental Narrow-mouth Toad Microhyla ornata as Revealed by mtDNA Analysis (Amphibia, Anra, Microhylidae). Zool. Sci. 22: 489-495.

Ohler, A. and A. Dubois. 1999. The identity of Elachyglossa gyldenstolpei Andersson, 1916 (Amphibia, Ranidae), with comments on some aspects of statistical support to taxonomy. Zoologica Scripta. 28(3-4): 269-279.

Ohler, A., S.R. Swan and J.C. Daltry. 2002. A Recent Survey of the Amphibian Fauna of the Cardamom Mountains, Southwest Cambodia with Descriptions of Three New Species. Raffles Bull. Zool. 50(2): 465-481.

Pauwels, O.S.G., M. Sumontha, P. David, T. Chan-ard and G. Vogel. 2005. First record of Lycodon cardamomensis from Thailand, with a key to Thai Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae). Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 53(1): 79-86.

Stuart, B.L. and D.A. Emmett. 2006. A Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from the Cardamom Mountains, Southwestern Cambodia. Fieldiana Zool..109: 1-27.

Stuart, B.L., Y. Chauynkern, T. Chan-ard and R.F. Inger. 2006. Three new species of frogs and a new tadpole from Eastern Thailand. Fieldiana Zoology. 111: 1-19.

Sukumaran, J. 2002. The amphibian fauna of a forest area in Temengor, Perak, Malaysia, with the first record of Philautus parvulus (Boulenger, 1893) in the Malay Peninsula. Hamadryad. 27(1): 1-10.

Taylor, E.H. 1962. The amphibian fauna of Thailand. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 43(8): 265-599.

Taylor, E.H. 1963. The lizards of Thailand. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 44(13): 687-1077.

Taylor, E.H. 1965. The serpents of Thailand and adjacent waters. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 45(9): 609-1096.

Taylor, E.H. 1970. The turtles and crocodiles of Thailand and adjacent waters with a synoptic herpetological bibliography. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 49(3): 87-179.

Uetz, P. The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 23 May 2006.