Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report - IUCN
Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report - IUCN
Wildlife of Lao PDR: 1999 Status Report - IUCN
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Table 8. Results <strong>of</strong> interviews with local people on the presence <strong>of</strong> crocodiles.<br />
Interview locality<br />
Nam Ha River<br />
Phou Louey NBCA<br />
Nam Phoun NBCA<br />
Nam Ngum Reservoir<br />
Nam Ngum River Wetlands<br />
Phou Khaokhoay NBCA<br />
Khammouan Limestone NBCA<br />
Hin Namno NBCA<br />
Phou Xang He NBCA<br />
Xe Banghiang River<br />
Xe Champon Wetlands<br />
Nong Louang Wetlands<br />
Dong Phou Vieng NBCA<br />
Xe Bang-Nouan NBCA<br />
Phou Xiang Thong NBCA<br />
Houay Khamouane Stream<br />
Nam Lepou River (Dong Khanthung PNBCA)<br />
Seephandon Wetlands<br />
Dong Hua Sao NBCA<br />
Xe Khampho River<br />
Xe Pian NBCA<br />
Ban Nathongsomlong/Nong Houay Soymong<br />
Wetlands (Bolaven Southwest PNBCA)<br />
Upper Xe Kong River Drainage<br />
Xe Kaman and Xe Xou Rivers<br />
Nam Ghong Provincial Protected Area<br />
Province<br />
Louang-Namtha<br />
Houaphan<br />
Xaignabouli<br />
Vientiane<br />
Vientiane<br />
Bolikhamxai / Vientiane<br />
Khammouan<br />
Khammouan<br />
Savannakhet<br />
Savannakhet<br />
Savannakhet<br />
Savannakhet<br />
Savannakhet<br />
Savannakhet / Salavan<br />
Champasak / Salavan<br />
Champasak<br />
Champasak<br />
Champasak<br />
Champasak<br />
Champasak<br />
Champasak / Attapu<br />
Champasak / Attapu<br />
Xekong<br />
Attapu<br />
Attapu<br />
P = the conclusion from the interview was that crocodiles may still be present in the region;<br />
A = the conclusion from the interview was that crocodiles are absent or extirpated from the region.<br />
South, although other populations have been reported by local<br />
people in scattered localities in North and centre (Salter<br />
1993b; see also report localities below). Rivers, lakes, and<br />
other wetlands, but the habitat attributes preferred by the species<br />
remain unknown in <strong>Lao</strong> <strong>PDR</strong>. <strong>Status</strong> Information: Historically<br />
the species was probably abundant, for example,<br />
Bassenne (1912) wrote “...on the sandy river-banks (near<br />
Pakxan), crocodiles stretched their long, scaly bodies...One<br />
<strong>of</strong> the attractions <strong>of</strong> traveling up the Mekong was to shoot at<br />
these large saurians”. Likewise, Wharton (1966), on observations<br />
<strong>of</strong> late dry season hunting activities along the <strong>Lao</strong>-<br />
Cambodian border in the 1950s and 1960s, wrote “every per-<br />
P<br />
x<br />
x<br />
x<br />
x 1,2<br />
x 1<br />
x<br />
x<br />
x<br />
x<br />
x<br />
x<br />
x 1<br />
x<br />
x 1<br />
x<br />
x<br />
x<br />
x 1<br />
x<br />
x 1,2<br />
x 1,2<br />
x<br />
A<br />
x<br />
x<br />
x 3<br />
x 2<br />
x<br />
x 2<br />
x 2<br />
x 2<br />
Amphibians and Reptiles<br />
Reference<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Stuart 1998c<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Salter 1993b 1 ; JWKP<br />
verbally 2 ; Stuart 1998d 3<br />
Salter 1993b 1 ; Stuart 1998b 2<br />
Stuart 1998a<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
TC pers. comm. <strong>1999</strong><br />
Salter 1993b; Timmins and<br />
Bleisch 1995<br />
Salter 1993b 1 ; Evans et al.<br />
1996a 2<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Salter 1993b 1 ; Stuart 1998e 2<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Salter 1993b 1 ; Duckworth et al.<br />
1993 2<br />
Salter 1993b<br />
Salter 1993b 1 ; Showler et al.<br />
1998a 2<br />
Salter 1993b 1 ; Davidson et al.<br />
1997 2<br />
RJTiz verbally <strong>1999</strong><br />
manent water hole...is repeatedly visited...crocodiles (C.<br />
siamensis) are captured in drying up stream beds within heavy<br />
gallery forest such as along the Tonle Repou [Cambodian<br />
name <strong>of</strong> Nam Lepou]”. Few recent field records exist, and<br />
the species is presumed to have drastically declined in <strong>Lao</strong><br />
<strong>PDR</strong>. The distribution <strong>of</strong> surviving populations remains unclear.<br />
South: field records: a 1.5 m crocodile basking on a<br />
grassy bank in February 1998 at Nong Khe wetlands,<br />
Sanamsai District, Attapu Province and a fresh set <strong>of</strong> faeces<br />
in the same location (S. Khounthikoumane, CPAWM, verbally<br />
<strong>1999</strong>). Previously in the Nong Khe wetlands in January<br />
1997, night vocalisations <strong>of</strong> crocodiles were heard and<br />
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