. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Vol. 5 p. 86 Asiatic Herpetological Research December 1993. M-f 12^° 125° East Longitude 2# FIGURE 1. Map of Mindanao, Philippine Islands, showing locations of collecting sites 1 and 2 (triangle) and site 3 (circle). dipterocarp forest. Slopes were moderately inclined to steep. The site was 400 m in elevation, and was sampled from August 21 to September 4, 1982. Site 3.—I also visited Mount Talomo, a 2693 m peak located 30 km west of Davao City in the Mount Apo Range of southern Mindanao (Fig. 1).
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Vol. 5 p. 86 Asiatic Herpetological Research December 1993. M-f 12^° 125° East Longitude 2# FIGURE 1. Map of Mindanao, Philippine Islands, showing locations of collecting sites 1 and 2 (triangle) and site 3 (circle). dipterocarp forest. Slopes were moderately inclined to steep. The site was 400 m in elevation, and was sampled from August 21 to September 4, 1982. Site 3.—I also visited Mount Talomo, a 2693 m peak located 30 km west of Davao City in the Mount Apo Range of southern Mindanao (Fig. 1). I sampled areas around the Philippine Eagle Captive Breeding Project (PECBP) field station (about 1000 m elevation) from September 8-13, 1982. Workers at the field station made incidental collections at this site from April to September. According to residents, logging in this area was discontinued sometime in the mid- to late-1960's. The area was selectively logged and appears to be more similar to typical pristine forest than many other logged areas I visited. Human disturbance is considerable on the slopes of Mount Talomo. Farms extend up the slopes from Davao Gulf to about 900 m elevation. Coconuts, bananas, pineapples, coffee, and various fruits and vegetables are grown. Areas sampled range from 600- 1050 m. Slopes are gently to steeply inclined. Climate.—Rainfall was heavy at all sites. At sites 1 and 2, there is no marked dry season. The wetter season usually occurs from November to March, with the heaviest rains in December and January (Census Office of the Philippine Islands 1920; Dickerson, 1928; Willmott et al, 1981). Annual rainfall in Surigao (the nearest weather station to sites 1 and 2) is 3647 mm, with 2360 mm falling from November to March, and 1191 mm of this amount in December and January alone (Willmott et al., 1981). Surigao is in the lowlands, and rainfall at my collecting sites may have been higher. Site 3 also does not have a marked wet or dry seas
Size: 1718px × 1454px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookcollectionbiodiversity, bookcontributorharv
