Image 1. Map of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve showing its adjoining
forest divisions and the road segments used for the study.
Table 1. Summary of road kills of vertebrate fauna recorded at
Mudumalai Tiger Reserve,
southern India (a total 248km covered in transect survey at the
rate of 62km/month)
|
Species name |
Number of
road kills recorded |
||
|
Fortnight transect survey |
Opportunistic/ incidental sampling |
Total (%) |
|
|
Amphibians (3 species) |
59 |
37 |
96
(53) |
|
Reptiles (16 species) |
26 |
14 |
40
(22) |
|
Birds (8 species) |
05 |
07 |
12
(07) |
|
Mammals (13 species) |
09 |
23 |
32
(18) |
|
Total (40 species) |
99 |
81 |
180 |
Table 2. List of road kills recorded at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve,
southern India
(a total 248km covered in transect survey at the rate of 62
km/month) between December 1998 and March 1999.
|
Species name |
Common name |
Number of road kills recorded |
|
|
Fortnight transect survey |
Opportunistic/ incidental sampling |
||
|
Amphibians |
|||
|
Common
Indian Toad |
Duttaphrynus melanostictus |
59 |
35 |
|
Malabar
Gliding Frog |
Rhacophorus malabaricus |
0 |
1 |
|
Unidentified
Frog |
|
0 |
1 |
|
Reptiles |
|||
|
RussellÕs
Viper |
Daboia russelii |
2 |
1 |
|
Common
Wolf Snake |
Lycodon aulicus |
4 |
3 |
|
Bronze
Back Snake |
Dendrelaphis tristis |
2 |
1 |
|
Checkered
Keelback Snake |
Xenochrophis piscator |
0 |
1 |
|
Variegated
Kukri Snake |
Oligodon taeniolatus |
1 |
1 |
|
Green
Keel Back Snake |
Macropisthodon plumbicolor |
1 |
0 |
|
Common
Cat Snake |
Boiga trigonata |
1 |
1 |
|
Common
Worm Snake |
Ramphotyphlops braminus |
0 |
1 |
|
JohnÕs
Earth Boa |
Eryx johnii |
1 |
1 |
|
Beaked
Worm Snake |
Grypotyphlops acutus |
1 |
0 |
|
Golden
Tree Snake |
Chrysopelea ornata |
1 |
1 |
|
Buff-striped
Keel Back |
Amphiesma stolatum |
1 |
0 |
|
Common
Green Whip Snake |
Ahaetulla nasuta |
1 |
0 |
|
Common
Garden Lizard |
Calotes versicolor |
5 |
2 |
|
Common
Skink |
Eutropis carinata |
3 |
1 |
|
Chameleon
|
Chamaeleo zeylanicus |
2 |
0 |
|
Birds |
|||
|
Coucal
|
Centropus sinensis |
0 |
1 |
|
Common
Indian Nightjar |
Caprimulgus asiaticus |
2 |
0 |
|
Indian
Myna |
Acridotheres tristis |
0 |
2 |
|
Spotted
Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
0 |
2 |
|
Magpie
Robin |
Capsychus saularis |
0 |
1 |
|
Yellow-throated
Sparrow |
Petronia xanthocollis |
1 |
1 |
|
Hoopoe
|
Upupa epops |
1 |
0 |
|
Unidentified
Birds |
|
1 |
0 |
|
Mammals |
|||
|
Leopard
|
Panthera pardus |
0 |
1 |
|
Wild
Boar |
Sus scrofa |
0 |
1 |
|
Sambar
|
Rusa unicolor |
0 |
2 |
|
Chital
|
Axis axis |
0 |
1 |
|
Mouse
Deer |
Tragulus meminna |
0 |
1 |
|
Crest
Grey Langur |
Semnopithecus priam |
2 |
1 |
|
Bonnet
Macaque |
Macaca radiata |
0 |
6 |
|
Black-naped
Hare |
Lepus nigricollis |
0 |
3 |
|
Palm
Civet |
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus |
0 |
1 |
|
Palm
Squirrel |
Fanambulus palmarum |
0 |
1 |
|
Bandicoot
|
Bandicota sp. |
0 |
1 |
|
Mouse
|
Mus sp. |
7 |
3 |
|
Unidentified
bat |
|
0 |
1 |
|
Total |
|
99 |
81 |