Authors :
Reynald M. Quilang
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 12 - December
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Abstract :
Palawan is an island province in the
southwest of the Philippines and considered as a
biogeographic extension of Borneo(Esselstyn et al. 2004).
The island is known for its high vertebrate endemism
(Brown et al. 2007; Dangan-Galon et al. 2015; van
Beijnen and Jose 2019) despite of a relative understudied
biodiversity due to previous bureaucratic and other
hurdles for researchers in the province. Biodiversity
monitoring is important as it gives us updates and trends
on the status of target species that serves as basis of
management options and conservation measures. Part of
the Talakaigan watershed in Barangay Cabigaan,
Aborlan, Palawan, were monitored for herpetofauna
with the purpose of documenting species in the locally
managed ancestral lands of the Tagbanua indigenous
people. Assessment results revealed the area holds
several endemic and threatened species, thereby
substantiating its importance for biodiversity research
and monitoring in this area.
Keywords :
Herpetofauna, Conservation, Tagbanua, Ancestral Domain, Biodiversity
Palawan is an island province in the
southwest of the Philippines and considered as a
biogeographic extension of Borneo(Esselstyn et al. 2004).
The island is known for its high vertebrate endemism
(Brown et al. 2007; Dangan-Galon et al. 2015; van
Beijnen and Jose 2019) despite of a relative understudied
biodiversity due to previous bureaucratic and other
hurdles for researchers in the province. Biodiversity
monitoring is important as it gives us updates and trends
on the status of target species that serves as basis of
management options and conservation measures. Part of
the Talakaigan watershed in Barangay Cabigaan,
Aborlan, Palawan, were monitored for herpetofauna
with the purpose of documenting species in the locally
managed ancestral lands of the Tagbanua indigenous
people. Assessment results revealed the area holds
several endemic and threatened species, thereby
substantiating its importance for biodiversity research
and monitoring in this area.
Keywords :
Herpetofauna, Conservation, Tagbanua, Ancestral Domain, Biodiversity
