Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh

Abstract

An annotated inventory of the herpetofauna of Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh is presented, based primarily on original field observations recorded during a six-year survey of the park. A total of 71 species are reported, including 19 Anura, one Apoda, two Chelonii, and 49 Squamata. The course of the survey revealed 16 range extensions including 11 new country records for Bangladesh. Eight of the 16 range extensions including six of the 11 country records are reported here for the first time. Deleted from previous Lawachara National Park checklists are 23 species that had been erroneously reported due to misidentification, a species split, or the subsumption of the species within another taxa.

A new species ofPhrynoglossusPeters, 1867; Dicroglossidae) from southeastern Bangladesh, with comments on the generaOccidozygaandPhrynoglossus

“…comm.). However, extensive herpetofaunal sampling efforts in northeast Bangladesh did not yield observations of O. lima ( Hakim et al, 2020 ). Likewise, informal surveys conducted in central Bangladesh within Bhawal National Park and in northwest Bangladesh within rural areas near Rajshahi did not detect the presence of Occidozyga or Phrynoglossus (S Trageser, S Rahman, 2011-2019, SCR personal observations).…”

Biofluorescence in the herpetofauna of northeast Bangladesh

“…We conducted the study in Lawachara National Park, a mixed-evergreen forest covering 1,250 ha in northeast Bangladesh. The topography of the forest is diverse, with hills, slopes, streams and small water bodies (Hakim et al 2020). This small forest patch hosts a high herpetofaunal diversity, with a total of 20 amphibian species and 51 reptile species recorded to date (Al-Razi et al 2018, 2021Hakim et al 2020).…”

“…The topography of the forest is diverse, with hills, slopes, streams and small water bodies (Hakim et al 2020). This small forest patch hosts a high herpetofaunal diversity, with a total of 20 amphibian species and 51 reptile species recorded to date (Al-Razi et al 2018, 2021Hakim et al 2020). We assessed fluorescence in all amphibian and reptile species we encountered from April 2021 to June 2021.…”

Rediscovery of Doria’s Foam-nesting Treefrog, Chirixalus doriae Boulenger 1893 (Anura: Rhacophoridae), in India

“…1), which is ca. 104 km east of the nearest locality in Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh (24.3438°N, 91.8291°E; WSG 84) (Hasan et al 2010;Hakim et al 2020), and ca. 483 km aerial distance south of the Tenga Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, the only previous record in India (Annandale 1912).…”