Collaborative Research: Biotic Inventory of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Sulawesi, Indonesia

合作研究：印度尼西亚苏拉威西岛爬行动物和两栖动物生物名录这个项目将记录印度尼西亚苏拉威西岛爬行动物和两栖动物的生物多样性。该岛是华拉西亚的一部分，该地区是国际自然保护组织列出的25个生物多样性“热点”之一。爬行动物和两栖动物仍然鲜为人知，因为该地区很少受到关注。最近的一项调查使已知的两栖动物种类翻了一番，有理由相信本土物种的数量将翻一番这个项目是由德克萨斯大学、路易斯安那州立大学、万隆理工学院、印度尼西亚大学和博戈里恩斯动物博物馆合作完成的。联合调查员和他们的印度尼西亚合作者将在三年内对苏拉威西选定的林区进行调查。选定的地点是为了在旱季和雨季对苏拉威西的四个臂以及该岛的中央核心进行彻底采样。通过强调海拔横断面，这些地点还最大限度地增加了采样植被类型的多样性。除了标本，还将收集青蛙叫声、用于DNA分析的组织样本、照片以及广泛的栖息地和生态数据。选定的内寄生虫和体外寄生虫也将被抽样。这项合作包括一个培训项目，将向印度尼西亚学生介绍生物多样性研究的方法，包括计算机编目、标本保存和实地调查。苏拉威西在生物地理学史上的重要性怎么强调都不为过。生物地理学领域的诞生源于华莱士试图了解北部的婆罗洲和苏拉威西以及南部的巴厘岛和龙目岛之间的动物群间断。关于该地区地质史的最新知识已经开始说明变化和扩散在塑造生物地理格局方面的互补作用。在该项目过程中收集的数据将成为对东南亚两栖动物及其在地质最复杂地区之一的多样性进行精细生物地理研究的基础。这些信息对该地区的资源管理和保护决策至关重要。

Collaborative Research: Biotic Inventory of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Sulawesi, IndonesiaThis project will document the biodiversity of the reptile and amphibian fauna of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The island is part of Wallacea, a region that is one of 25 biodiversity "hotspots" listed by Conservation International. The reptiles and amphibians remain poorly known because the area has received very little attention. A recent survey has doubled the known species of amphibians and there is reason to believe that the number of indigenous species will double againThis project is a collaboration between the University of Texas, Louisiana State University, the Bandung Institute of Technology, the University of Indonesia and the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense. The co-investigators and their Indonesian collaborators will survey selected forested regions of Sulawesi over three years. Sites were selected to allow thorough sampling of the four arms of Sulawesi as well as the island's central core, in both dry and wet seasons. By emphasizing elevational transects, the sites also maximize the diversity of sampled vegetational types. In addition to specimens, collections will include frog calls, tissue samples for DNA analysis, photographs, and extensive habitat and ecological data. Selected endoparasites and ectoparasites will be sampled also. This collaboration includes a training program that will introduce Indonesian students to methods of biodiversity study, including computer cataloguing, specimen preservation, and field inventory. The significance of Sulawesi's role in the history of biogeography cannot be overstated. The field of biogeography was born from Wallace's attempts to understand faunal breaks between Borneo and Sulawesi in the north and Bali and Lombok in the south. Recent knowledge about the region's geological history has begun to illuminate the complementary roles of vicariance and dispersal in shaping biogeographic patterns. The data collected during the course of this project will be the foundation for fine-scale biogeographical studies of the Southeast Asian herpetofauna and its diversification in one of the geologically most complex regions. This information is crucial for decisions about management and conservation of resources in this region.