Terrestrial vertebrate and butterfly diversity of Garbhanga Landscape, Assam, India

Authors

  • Pranjal Mahananda Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bardoloi Nagar, Guwahati, Assam 781014, India.
  • Shah Nawaz Jelil House no. 20, Namghar Path, Panjabari, Guwahati, Assam 781037, India.
  • Sanath Chandra Bohra Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Gopinath Bardoloi Nagar, Guwahati, Assam 781014, India.
  • Nilutpal Mahanta TOFI, CIFOR-ICRAF National Agricultural Science Complex Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, Pusa Campus New Delhi 110012, India.
  • Rohini Ballave Saikia Assam Forest Department, Aranya Bhawan, Panjabari Rd, Batahguli, Guwahati, Assam 781037, India.
  • Jayaditya Purkayastha Help Earth, 16, Raghunath Choudhury Path, Lachitnagar, Guwahati, Assam 781007, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8334.15.4.23029-23046

Keywords:

Birds, butterfly, checklist, frog, inventory, lizard, mammal, northeast India, snake, turtle

Abstract

A study was conducted on the current status of terrestrial vertebrates and butterflies in Garbhanga Reserve Forest. Data were compiled from field surveys and secondary sources like existing literature, and citizen science databases.  We found that Garbhanga is represented by 254 species of butterflies (6 families), 29 species of amphibians (7 families), 64 species of reptiles (12 families), 307 species of birds (68 families) and 31 species of mammals (19 families). In Garbhanga, amongst the studied group, two species are ‘Critically Endangered’ (CR), six species are ‘Endangered’ (EN), 14 species are ‘Vulnerable’ (VU), eight species are ‘Near Threatened’ (NT), eight species are ‘Data Deficient’ (DD), 411 species are ‘Least Concern’ (LC), and 236 species are not assessed (denoted by blank space). This shows a huge gap in research and status evaluation of understudied species. This in turn also provides further research opportunities on the lesser known species.

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26-04-2023 — Updated on 26-04-2023

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Vol. 15 No. 4 (2023)

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