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Gunung Stong State Park Preliminary Management Plan
The Gunong Stong Scientific Expedition 2003, the first concerted effort to record the
biodiversity of the area, brought a team of some 100 researchers, including specialists on
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, ectoparasites, higher plants, mosses and fungi.
A summary of the key findings from the expedition is provided in Table 3.3 below.
Mosses
Table 3.3: Summary of Key Findings of the Gunung Stong Expedition 2003
Item Notes Source
Plants
30.6% out of 519 taxa of mosses reported so far in Peninsular
Malaysia, consisting of 150 species from 60 genera and 28
families. 111 taxa are new to Kelantan.
Damanhuri et al.
(2005).
Pteridophytes 80 taxa belonging to 48 genera and 24 families were recorded. Maideen et al.
(2005).
Angiosperms
and
Gymnosperms
Annonaceae
Composition
and Biomass
Animals
406 species from 254 genera and 84 families were recorded,
including 28 species are endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
Notable endemic or rare plants include Rafflesia kerrii,
Licuala stongensis, Holtummochloa pubescens,
Johannesteijsmannia altifrons.
10 genera and 16 species were collected and observed, notably
the rare and endemic montane species: Enicosanthellum
pulchrum, Friesoldielsia alpina, Polyalthia cauliflora var.
desmantha, Goniothalamus rotundisepalus, and
Goniothalamus montanus.
Density of trees above 5dbh is high, with 1140-1940 trees/ha,
while the above-ground tree biomass ranged from 507.2 t/ha to
676.6 t/ha.
Chee et al.
(2005) and
Shamsul et al
(2005).
Mat-Salleh &
Imam Mahadi
(2005).
Nizam et al.
(2005).
Fishes 15 species of freshwater fish from 6 families were recorded. Abdullah Samat
et al. (2005).
Amphibians
Insects
Birds
Reptiles
13 species of frogs and toads from 7 genera and 5 families
were recorded.
24 cicada species from 12 genera under 2 families were
recorded, with the possibility of 3 being new species.
A total of 146 butterfly species from 88 genera, 13 subfamilies
under 5 families were recorded.
A total of 251 species of moths from 19 families were
recorded.
44 genera belonging to 12 subfamilies of Ichneumonidae were
identified with several new records for Kelantan.
57 species from 22 families were recorded, the most dominant
being the Timallidae.
18 species were recorded, comprising 7 species of snakes, 9 of
lizards, and 2 of freshwater turtles.
Mammals 31 species from 19 families were recorded from GSSP, G.
Stong Utara Forest Reserve and G. Basor Forest Reserve.
Norhayati et al.
(2005).
Azman & Zaidi
(2005).
Zaidi et al.
(2005).
Zaidi et al.
(2005).
Idris et al.
(2005).
Shahrul Anuar et
al. (2005).
Sharma et al.
(2005).
Ahmad Zafir et
al. (2005).
Bats 21 species out of 3 families were recorded. Shukor et al.
(2005).
Source: After Shahahrudin et al. (2005).
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