Reptile and Amphibian Diversity in Phang-nga Province, Southern Thailand

Authors

  • OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS
  • ONG-ARJ LAOHAWAT
  • WIROT NAAKTAE
  • CHATE PUANGJIT
  • THEERA WISUTHAROM
  • CHUCHEEP CHIMSUNCHART
  • PATRICK DAVID

Keywords:

Biodiversity, herpetofauna, Phang-nga

Abstract

A list of the reptile and amphibian species recorded to date from
Phang-nga Province, southern Peninsular Thailand, is provided. Six species
are here added to its fauna: Amyda cartilaginea, Typhlops muelleri, Ahaetulla
fasciolata, Oligodon purpurascens, Ptyas fusca and Maticora intestinalis
lineata. The list thus presently includes 39 Amphibian species (38 toads and
frogs, one caecilian) and 110 Reptile species (13 turtles, one crocodile, 36
lizards, 60 snakes), and is by far the longest one currently established for
any province in Thailand. Nevertheless, the number of species will undoubtedly
still much increase with future field studies.

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Published

2002-02-01

How to Cite

[1]
PAUWELS, O.S., LAOHAWAT, O.-A., NAAKTAE, W., PUANGJIT, C., WISUTHAROM, T., CHIMSUNCHART, C. and DAVID, P. 2002. Reptile and Amphibian Diversity in Phang-nga Province, Southern Thailand. Tropical Natural History. 2, 1 (Feb. 2002), 25–30.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2002): The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University

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Original Articles

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