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PertanikaJ. Trap. Agric. Sci. 22(2): 179-183 (1999) ISSN: 1511-3701© Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Short Notes on the Vertebrate Fauna ofAyer Hitam Forest Reserve, Puchong, Selangor
JAMBAARI HAJI ALI, S. RAJAGOPAL and AZMI YAACOBDepartment of Biology, Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Keywords: Vertebrates, Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve.
ABSTRAK
Rekod dari Muzium Zoologi, Jabatan Biologi, Universiti Putra Malaysia mengandungi senarai vertebrata darikawasan Hutan Simpan Ayer Hitam yang dikutip dari 1975 hingga 1985. Koleksi dalam muzium ini terdiridari 14 burung, 10 anura, 5 lacertalia, 3 ophidia dan 8 mamalia. Kutipan lapangan baru-baru ini yangdilakukan oleh pelajar-pelajar biologi, sebagai sebahagian tugasan kursus kepelbagaian vertebrata mendapati 3spesies kelawar, 2 reptilia, 13 anura dan 10 ikan. Ikan merupakan tambahan kepada senarai vertebrata yangbelum pernah dilakukan sebelum ini. Senarai vertebrata dalam laporan ini bukanlah yang lengkap. Beberapakoleksi perlu dilakukan untuk inventori vertebrata di Hutan Simpan Ayer Hitam.
ABSTRACT
Record from the Museum of Zoology, Department ofBiology, Universiti Putra Malaysia contains list ofvertebratesof Ayer Hitam Forest Researve area collected from 1975 until 1985. The collection in the museum consists of 14birds, 10 anurans, 5 lacertalians, 3 ophidians and 8 mammals. Recent field collections lJy students of biology,as part of their assignment of vertebrates diversity revealed 3 species of bats, 2 reptiles, 13 anurans and 10 fishes.Fish is the new addition of the vertebrate lists that was not collected before. The list of vertebrate in this reportis lJy no means exhaustive. More collections are needed to inventorise the vertebrates of Ayer Hitam Forest
Reserve.
INTRODUCTION
Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve is a lowlanddipterocarp forest situated in the middle of arapidly developing area, about 20 km south ofKuala Lumpur. Covering an area of about1248 ha the forest is bordered in the north byBukit Jalil sport complex and to its south bynew Putra Jaya administrative township. Theeastern part of the forest is bordered by theproposed new satellite town of Lestari Perdanaand to the west by the massive housing andbusiness centres of Puchong. A small streamof about 2.5 km with many tributaries cutacross the length of the forest. The streambecomes the riverhead of the Rasau River.Most of the tributaries dried up during droughtseason.
The forest was formally under the management of the Selangor State Forest Departmentand was leased to Universiti Putra Malaysia in
1996 for 80 years for the purpose of teachingand research. Prior to its lease to UniversitiPutra Malaysia, the forest was already becamepart of the field training site for students fromthe Faculty of Forestry and students from theDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science andEnvironmental Science.
During the early years of UPM, several animal collection trips to the forest were conductedto provide materials for classes. The specimenscollected were recorded and deposited at theMuseum of Zoology, Department of Biology.There was a gap in field activities by the Department of Biology between 1985 and 1998 andonly in April 1998 until January 1999 there wasa study on the anurans along the Rasau Riverconducted as part of the students' final yearproject. At about the same time several fieldtrips were conducted to study the vertebratediversity of the forest.
JAMBAARI HAJI ALI, S. RAJAGOPAL and AZMI YAACOB
This communication reports some of thevertebrates recorded in the museum of the Department of Biology from the collection in theearlier periods of UPM and those collected during the recent field studies by the students.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The information on the existence of the vertebrates was obtained from a search of the recordof the Museum of Zoology, Universiti PutraMalaysia. The record on the vertebrate collection from the forest dated back since 1975. Inaddition, the current list also contained species collected during the three brief field studies in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve recently carried out by the biology students as part oftheir assignments in the Vertebrate Biodiversitycourse.
Mist nets were mounted about 2 metersabove the ground under the forest canopy totrap birds and bats. Rat-traps were set on theground, using banana as baits to collect smallground mammals. The sites of collection covered only to the eastern part of the forest, alongthe old logging track that run almost parallel tothe river as shown in Fig. 1.
Scoop nets were used to collect fishes andtadpoles in the Rasau River. Adult frogs andtoads were caught by hand and mostly carriedout at night. Some reptiles such as skinks andagamids were observed directly. Identification ofthe collected vertebrates were based on the references available and also by comparing thespecimens with those deposited at the Museumof Zoology, UPM. For conservation purposes,trapped animals, except for taxidermy exercises,were released back to its original collection sites.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Some of the information on the site of collection in the early years of UPM stated onlyPuchong that included at that time the presentUPM Puchong farm and that of proposed LestariPerdana townships area. Nevertheless the collection are included in the present list.
The vertebrates collected and recorded inthe Museum of Zoology between 1975 until1985 are listed in Table 1.
The three brief field collections by studentsrevealed some of the species collected in theprevious collections. Vertebrates collected fromthese exercises are listed in Table 2.
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Fig. 1. Map of Natural and Physical Resource in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve, Puchong
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TABLE 1List of vertebrates collected during the early years of Universiti Putra Malaysia
Species Common name Family Date of collection
Birds:Criniger phaeocephalus White throated bulbul Pycnonotidae 10 Apr. 1981Arachnothera longitrosta Little spider hunter ectariniidae 10 &15 Apr. 1981
Kelicap jantungOrthotomus sutorius Long-tailed tailor bird Sylviidae 15 Apr. 1981
Laki padiHypogramma hyphogramicum Purple naped sunbird ectarinidae 14 Apr. 1981Trichestomma rostratum Timallidae 9 Apr. 1981T. malaccanes 8 Apr. 1981Copsychus malabaricus White rumped shama Turdidae 14 Apr. 1981
Murai batuTrichastoma malabaricus Timallidae 14 Apr. 1981T. saularius 16 Apr. 1981Pycnonotus simplex Cream vented bulbul Pycnonotidae 14 Apr. 1981
Murai rimbaChalcophaps indica Emerald dove Columbidae 16 Apr.1981Pycnonotus goiaver Yellow-vented bulbul Pycnonotidae 15 Apr. 1981Merbah kapurStachyris erythroptera Red-winged tree babbler Timaliidae 10 Apr. 1981
Merbah sampahMacronus ptilosus Fluffy-backed babbler Timaliidae 15 April 1981
Anuran:
Rana limnocharis Padifield frog Ranidae 12 Nov. 1975Polypedates leucomystax Malayan house frog Rhacophoridae 21 Nov. 1975BuJo quadriporcatus Four-ringed toad Bufonidae 27 NOv. 1979Leptobrachium hasseltii Ground toad Pelobatidae 26 Feb. 1981Rana chalconota Copper cheek frog Ranidae 13 Aug. 1981Rana blythi Malaysian giant frog Ranidae 13 Aug. 1981Rana signata Yellow spotted frog Ranidae 13 Aug. 1981Rana malesiana Malaysian frog Ranidae 13 Aug. 1984Rana erythrea Malayan pond frog Ranidae 22 Feb. 1984Occidozyga laevis Paddyfield puddle frog Ranidae 22 Feb. 1984
Reptiles:
Lacertilia:Draco volans Sumpah-sumpah Agamidae 14 April 1981Draco quinqueJasciatus 8 April 1981Draco fimbriatus 10 April 1981Draco melanopogon 10 Apr. 1981Aphaniotis Juscus 27 Nov. 1979
OphidiaLiopeltis baliodeirus Colubridae 13 Jan. 1975Achaetulla straiata 16 Mar. 1975Sil7ynophis melanocephalus 15 Oct. 1979
Mammals:
Ground squirrels:Rhinosciurus laticaudatus Schrew faced ground squirell Sciuridae 27 Ju1.l978
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Callosciurus nigrovittatusCallosciurus notatus
Rats:Rattus muelleriRattus sabanusRattus suriferRattus tiomanicusRattus rajah
Black banded squirrelPlantain squirrel
Mullerfs ratLong tailed giant ratRed spiny ratWood ratBrown spiny rat
SciuridaeSciuridae
Muridae
28 Ju1.l978Aug. 1985
4 Jul. 19784 Jul.19784 Ju1.197818 Aug. 198514 Ju1.l978
TABLE 2Vertebrates collected by students during their field trips
Species Common name Date of collection
Mammals:
BatsRhinolopus trifoliatus
Cynopterus brachyotis
Penthetor lucasii
Reptiles:Calotes versicolor
Geomyda spinosa
Amphibia:Rana doriae
Polypedates leucomystax
Rana chalconota
Fishes:Channa striatus
H emirhampodon pogonognathus
Rasbora einthoveni
Puntius binotatus
Treefoil horse shoe bat Pteropodidae 8 Sept. 1997Malaysian fruit bat 8 Sept. 1997dusky fruit bat 8 Sept. 1997
Sumpah sumpah Agamidae 8 Sept. 1997Spiny tortoise Testudinidae 9 Sept. 1997
Siamese frog Ranidae 8 Sept. 1997Malayan house frog Rhacophoridae 8 Sept. 1997Copper cheek frog Ranidae 8 Sept. 1997
Snake head Ophiocephalidae 8 Sept. 1997Jolong, Sember Hemirhampidae 8 Sept. 1997Seluang/susur batang Cyprinidae 8 Sept. 1997
8 Sept. 1997
Anuran:
Rana doriae
Bufo melanostitus
Bufo asperRana malesiana
Kalophrynus palmatissimus
Fish:Rasbora heteromorpha
Rasbora sumatrana
Betta pungnax
Hemirhampodon pogonognathus
Channa striatus
Clarias sp.Channa lucius
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Siamese frog Ranidae 6 Feb. 1999Common toad Bufonidae 6 Feb. 1999Malayan gian t toad 6 Feb. 1999Malaysian frog Ranidae. 6 Feb. 1999Rain skicky toad Microhylidae 6 Feb. 1999
Bada seluang Cyprinidae 6 Feb. 1999Ikan seluang 6 Feb. 1999Belaga,Sepilai Anabantidae 6 Feb. 1999Julungjulung Hemirhampidae 6 Feb. 1999Haruan Ophiocephalidae 6 Feb. 1999Keli Clariidae 6 Feb. 1999Bujuk, Ubi Ophiocephalidae 13 Mar. 1999
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AnuranRana blythi
Rana chalconotaRana doiraeRana hoseiRana paramacrodonRana plicatellaRana signata
Malayan giant frog
Copper cheek frogSiamese frogGreen tree frogCoarse frogRhinoceros frogYellow spotted frog
Ranidae April 1998 tillFeb. 1999
The list of vertebrates in this report may notbe exhaustive especially the avian fauna whichhas been studied more thoroughly by otherworkers recently. Among the vertebrates, fishesgave a more complete list. Some fishes that arequite rare such as 'bujuk' that prefer to live instreams, lakes and pond is also found in theRasau River. Among the fishes, Hamirhampodonpogonognathus is available in large number andnormally remain near the surface. Rasbora aresmall fishes that are also commonly found in theriver. They are small fish and the large t caughtin Rasau River was about 8.5 cm in length. Eventhough Rasbora form the food for predatory fish,their existence in large number is because thereare very few predator fishes found in RasauRiver. Some Rasbora such as R. einthoveni prefersslightly acidic water in swamp. Some how thefish is also found in Sg. Rasau that was notacidic. From a total of 8 species of Rasborarecorded in Malaysia, 4 are found in RasauRiver.
More collections are needed to inventorizethe vertebrates of Ayer Hitam Forest Reserveespecially in the interior part of the forest.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author is grateful to the Officer in chargeof Hutan Simpan Ayer Hitam, Puchong for allowing the field collections. Thanks are due tothe lecturer in charge of the Museum of Zoology, Department of Biology for the assistancerendered. This paper is dedicated to the laboratory technicians, especially to the late Mr. Rajoowho had spent time and effort in establishingthe Museum of Zoology during the early years ofthe University.
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