Anuran species in kayu tanam area

Abstract

There are two types of areas of Kayu Tanam District as highland form Anai Area and as lowland form Kapalo Hilalang. The two types of landform have been accord to frog life span of the anuran. The Anai areas have been an education-tourism area to domestic and international tourism. Koto Hilalang area have been paddy farming area without pesticides treatment. Koto Hilalang have been an education-tourism area to domestic and international tourism too. The aimed of this study to inventory and to comparison the Anuran species in two type’s area of Kayu Tanam District. The data were collected using Visual Encounter Survey (VES) method modified by Time Search Method. The result showed that there are 21 species of frogs (Polypedates leucomystax, Polypedates colletti, Polypedates macrotis, Polypedates otilophus, Rhacophorus pardalis, Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Pelophryne signata, Phrynoidis asper, Kalophrynus palmatissimus, Kalophrynus pleurostigma, Microhyla heymonsi, Megophrys nasuta, Limnonectes blythii, Limnonectes kuhlii, Limnonectes malesianus, Occidozyga lima, Occidozyga sumatrana, Fejervarya cancrivora, Fejervarya limnocharis, Hylarana nicobariensis, and Hylarana erythraea) from 12 genera of six families. Only six species (Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Fejervarya cancrivora, Hylarana erythraea, Megophrys nasuta, Occidozyga sumatrana, and Polypedates leucomystax) from 21 species has found in Kapalo Hilalang.