Road  kills  of  amphibians  in  different  land  use  areas  fromSharavathi  river  basin,  central  Western  Ghats,  India

Kadaba Shamanna Seshadri; Amit S. Yadav; Gururaja K V

doi:10.11609/JoTT.o2148.549-52

Road kills of amphibians in different land use areas fromSharavathi river basin, central Western Ghats, India

Kadaba Shamanna Seshadri, Amit S. Yadav, Gururaja K V

Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Bengaluru

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A survey of amphibian mortality on roads was carried out in the Sharavathi river basinin the central Western Ghats. Road kills in three different land use areas: agricultural fields,water bodies and forests were recorded for four days along three 100m stretches in each typeof area. One-hundred-and-forty-four individuals belonging to two orders, eight families, 11genera and 13 species were recorded in the survey. Kills/km observed were: in forest 55,agricultural fields 38 and water bodies 27, for an overall average of 40 kills/km. Kill speciescompositions varied significantly between land use areas, but not overall kill rates.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	549-552
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Threatened Taxa
Volume	1
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o2148.549-52
Publication status	Published - 26-11-2009

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