Current Status of Mammals and Reptiles at Hub Dam Area, Sindh / Balochistan, Pakistan
Abeda Begum * , M Zaheer Khan , Syed Ali Ghalib , Abdur Razzaq Khan , Afsheen Zehra , Babar Hussaim , Saima Siddiqui and Fozia Tabbassum
1
Department of Environmental Science,
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology,
Karachi,
Pakistan
2
Department of Zoology,
Faculty of Science,
University of Karachi,
Karachi,
Pakistan
3
Halcrow Pakistan (Pvt) limited,
Karachi,
Pakistan
4
Department of Zoology,
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology,
Karachi,
Pakistan
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.8.3.08
During the present study in 2012, a total of twenty four mammalian species were recorded belonging to 5 orders and 10 families; out of these, 8 species are less common, 2 species are rare, while 14 species are common in Hub Dam area. Twenty five reptilian species belonging to 3 orders and 12 families were also recorded from the area. Three species of mammalian Urial (Ovis vignei), Chinkara/Indian Gazelle (Gazella bennettii) and Jungle Cat (Felis chaus), one reptilian species Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) were recorded as rare from the study area during 2012. During the present study, nine mammalian species Wild Goat/Sindh Ibex (Capra aegagrus), Urial (Ovis vignei), Chinkara/Indian Gazelle (Gazella bennettii), Indian Hedgehog (Paraechinus micropus), Cape Hare (Lepus capensis), Little Indian Field Mouse (Mus booduga), House Shrew (Sorex thibetanus), Balochistan Gerbil (Gerbillus nanus) and Indian Gerbil (Tatera indica) and two reptilian Warty Rock Gecko (Cyrtodactylus kachhensis kachhensis) and Banded Dwarf Gecko (Tropiocolotes helenae) were recorded from the area. As regards threats to mammals and reptiles, these are affected by disturbance. Efforts are being made to conserve the important mammals and reptiles particularly in the protected area especially at Hub Dam.
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Begum A, Khan M. Z, Khan A. R, Zehra A, Hussain B, Siddiqui S, Tabbassum F. Current Status of Mammals and Reptiles at Hub Dam Area, Sindh / Balochistan, Pakistan. Curr World Environ 2013;8(3) DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.8.3.08
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Begum A, Khan M. Z, Khan A. R, Zehra A, Hussain B, Siddiqui S, Tabbassum F. Current Status of Mammals and Reptiles at Hub Dam Area, Sindh / Balochistan, Pakistan. Curr World Environ 2013;8(3). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org/?p=5196
