Padang (Antara Bali) - A researcher of reptiles Salvator Fakhrul Reza
successfully identified 52 species of reptiles such as snakes, lizards
and turtles around Karamuntiang Hills, Padang city, West Sumatra
province.
"The 52 species include three orders and 12 families of reptiles," Reza said here on Wednesday.
He mentioned that the three orders of reptiles were lizards (sauria), snakes (serpentes), and turtles (testudines).
Of the 52 species of reptiles identified, as many 32 were serpentes.
Some species included in the order were Sumatran cobra (Naja
sumatrana), python (Python reticulatus), and green snake from the
Viperidae family, among others.
The second-largest order comprised 15 species of sauria such as geckos, giant geckos, and lizards.
In addition, the testudines order included the two families of Geoemydidae and Trionychidae, Reza stated.
"Besides the reptiles, Karamuntiang Hills has 18 species of frogs,
more than 150 species of birds, and 10 species of rodents, as well," he
pointed out.
Furthermore, a biologist from Andalas University, Wilson Novarino,
noted that apart from the reptiles, the area around Karamuntiang Hills
often serves as a resting place for Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris).
During a certain period, he added, the endangered animal often
enters the biology forest areas of Andalas University, leaving behind
footprints or caught passing by on cameras. (WDY)
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