Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report - IUCN

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Adult Water Monitor Varanus salvator caught with baited hook and held alive in a fisherman’s camp while awaiting sale to traders on the Nam Lepou river, Dong Khanthung PNBCA, July 1998. This species is heavily harvested for food and sale to the consumption trade. B. L. Stuart / WCS. Draco maculatus found in dry evergreen mixed diciduous forest in Hin Namno NBCA, February 1998. This gliding species is widespread, but is difficult to capture for verification of identity. B. L. Stuart / WCS. Amphibians and Reptiles A wild hatchling Bengal Monitor Varanus bengalensis found under the bark of a fallen dead pine tree on the Nakai Plateau, March 1998. Adults of this species are heavily harvested for food and sale to the consumption trade. B. L. Stuart / WCS. Calotes emma from disturbed evergreen forest in Phou Khaokhoay NBCA, June 1998. This species is common in Lao PDR. B. L. Stuart / WCS. 55
Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report Calotes emma. North (Bour 1997, Stuart 1998d (Plate 9), centre (photographed in Dong Phou Vieng NBCA by TC in 1997), in limestone region (Stuart 1998a, 1998b), Nakai Plateau (Stuart 1998b), Annamite foothills (FMNH specimen) and Annamite mountains (FMNH specimen), south (FMNH specimen). Found in most forest types, sometimes in open or disturbed areas near human habitation. 100-720 m. Calotes mystaceus. North (FMNH specimen, UMMZ specimen), centre (photographed in Dong Phou Vieng NBCA by TC in 1997), south in Annamite mountains (Xe Sap NBCA by TC). Evergreen forest. Calotes versicolor. North (USNM specimen) and in vicinity of Vientiane (AMNH specimen, USNM specimen), centre in limestone region (Stuart 1998a, 1998b), Annamite foothills (FMNH specimen) and Annamite mountains (BLS), south (Stuart 1998e). On low vegetation in open forest or disturbed areas near human habitation. 60-600 m. Draco maculatus. North (FMNH specimen, UMMZ specimen), centre in limestone region (Stuart 1998a), south (TNSM specimen). Dry evergreen mixed with deciduous forest. 200 m. Several individuals of a different species of Draco were seen in Dong Khanthung PNBCA in July 1998, but escaped capture and proper identification (as Draco sp. in Stuart 1998e). Leiolepis belliana. North (UMMZ specimen), south (TNSM specimen). Habitat not reported, but probably open forest at lower elevations in Mekong floodplain. Leiolepis rubritaeniata. South (as L. belliana in Stuart 1998e). Grassland with dry dipterocarp forest. 100 m. • Physignathus cocincinus Water Dragon. Conservation Significance: Potentially At Risk in Lao PDR. Documented Range and Habitat: Centre (photographed in Dong Phou Vieng NBCA by TC in 1997, Ban Lak (20) market record in Tobias 1997), in limestone region (Stuart 1998a), Nakai Plateau (Stuart 1998b) and Annamite mountains (FMNH specimen), south (Stuart 1998e, photographed in Xe Pian NBCA by TC in 1997), probably throughout. In vegetation above streams in evergreen forest. 60-700 m. Status Information: Adults and eggs are extensively harvested for food (Stuart 1998b, 1998e). Pseudocalotes microlepis. North (FMNH specimen), south in Annamite mountains (TNSM specimen). Wet evergreen forest. 1000 m. Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis. North (as “unknown agamid” in Stuart 1998d). In rock crevices and boulder piles in evergreen forest. 300 m. 56 Anguidae: Legless lizards (at least 1 species) Ophisaurus sp. Centre in Annamite foothills (photographed in Nakai-Nam Theun NBCA by S. Vannalath), south (Boonratana 1998a, photographed in Dong Hua Sao NBCA by TDE in 1993). Taxonomic Issues: The specific name could not be determined from the photographs or the field encounter. Specimens are needed for formal identification. Varanidae: Monitors (2 species) • Varanus bengalensis Bengal Monitor. Conservation Significance: Potentially At Risk in Lao PDR; CITES Appendix I. Documented Range and Habitat: North, centre in Nakai Plateau, south (see below). Open forest such as dipterocarp or coniferous forest with grassland. Status Information: North: unspecified (Bour 1997, Boonratana 1997). Centre: field record (Dong Phou Vieng NBCA by TC); market record (Thakhek Km. 3 market record in April 1998, Ban Lak (20) market record in Tobias 1997, photographed in Ban Lak (20) market by RJTiz in 1998); village record (photographed in Dong Phou Vieng NBCA by TC in 1997), and Nakai Plateau, field record (at 570 m in Stuart 1998b; Plate 9). South: field record (WCS 1995a, Evans et al. 1996a, Davidson et al. 1997); village record (Stuart 1998e); market record (Attapu market in January 1997 by D. Davenport). Hunted for food (Baird 1993, Stuart 1998c, 1998e) and sale to Lao traders (Baird 1993, Stuart 1998b, 1998e, 1998d), Vietnamese traders (BLS) and Thai traders (Baird 1993). A single village in Dong Khanthung PNBCA estimated an annual harvest of 100 individuals for consumption and sale to Lao army soldiers and Lao traders (Stuart 1998e). Reported to be locally extirpated in recent years in one area of Phou Louey NBCA (Stuart 1998c). Taxonomic Issues: Sometimes referred to as V. b. nebulosus or V. nebulosus (TC). • Varanus salvator Water Monitor. Conservation Significance: Potentially At Risk in Lao PDR; CITES Appendix II. Documented Range and Habitat: North, centre in Annamite mountains, south (see below). Along large streams and rivers in evergreen forest. Status Information: North: unspecified (Boonratana 1997). Centre: field record (Dong Phou Vieng NBCA by TC), and in Annamite mountains, Vietnamese trader possession record (Nakai-Nam Theun NBCA by BLS); village record (photographed in Ban Lak (20) market by RJTiz in 1998). South: field record (Davidson et al. 1997); village record (at 60 m in Stuart 1998e (Plate 9), Nam Ghong Provincial Protected Area in Attapu Province by RJTiz in 1998); market record (Stuart 1998e); unspecified (Boonratana 1998a). Hunted for food (Baird 1993, Stuart 1998c, 1998e) and sale to Lao traders (Baird 1993, Stuart 1998d, 1998e) and Thai traders (Baird 1993).
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IUCN - The World Conservation Union
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PREFACE In 1993 IUCN, in collaborat
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Crombie, USNM. Tanya Chan-ard allow
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At Risk in Lao PDR (ARL): this cate
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LARGE MAMMALS J. W. Duckworth, R. J
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1965), but no detailed fauna has ye
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no hunter could confuse a gibbon, e
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Species Phou Dendin NBCA Large Mamm
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Species Nakai - Nam Theun NBCA Naka
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Species Xe Bang-Nouan NBCA Xe Sap N
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• Specific surveys to gain cleare
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Young White-handed Gibbon, Xaignabo
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m in limestone karst. Status Inform
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Duckworth in press). Status Informa
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[• Hylobates gabriellae Yellow-ch
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Range and Habitat: North M15 , cent
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ear action and management plan and
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Common Palm Civet, Ban Lak (20) mar
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[• Lutra sumatrana Hairy-nosed Ot
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• Hemigalus owstoni (= Chrotogale
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Table 14. Asian Golden Cat locality
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Sun Bear, Xe Pian NBCA, early 1997.
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China and Vietnam (Martin 1992, Sri
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1986, Dobias 1992a, Salter 1989b),
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Table 15. Summary of observations o
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ace of S. scrofa in Lao PDR, S. s.
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Eld’s Deer footprint, Dong Khanth
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areas during the rainy season (Deuv
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• Consideration of appropriate me
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wide-ranging field experience in In
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the headwaters of the Xe Bangfai an
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The three squirrels most commonly t
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Lao range to merit designation as a
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Conservation Management and Researc
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ORDER INSECTIVORA M. F. Robinson IN
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of north-east Laos. In Malaysia it
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ORDER CHIROPTERA: BATS C. M. Franci
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Rhinolophus acuminatus, Dong Khanth
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1992). In Lao PDR has been found ro
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• Hipposideros armiger Great Roun
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[Pipistrellus coromandra Indian Pip
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east Thailand, that had apparently
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ORDER RODENTIA, FAMILY MURIDAE C. M
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1997). Forest habitats, probably at
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REFERENCES Written Allen, G. M. 192
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Laos. Bull. Soc. Roy. Sci. Nat. du
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ats in Phou Khao Khoay NBCA. Vienti
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mittee (draft report). MacKinnon, J
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Robinson, H. C. 1915. On the birds
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Thewlis, R. M., Duckworth, J. W., A
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ANNEX 1 Selected bird and mammal sp
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ANNEX 2 CITES-listed wildlife speci
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ANNEX 3 Amphibian, reptile, bird an
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Species Key species: status Current
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ANNEX 4 Birds and large mammals ass
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Species Association with wetlands R
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Annexes with respect to the strengt
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Reports of rhinoceroses during vill
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Species Global Lao threat status ri
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