Herpetofauna of Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by Father Saturnino Urios University-Biodiversity Informatics and Research Center (FSUU-BIRC) on Jun 19, 2025 Father Saturnino Urios University-Biodiversity Informatics and Research Center (FSUU-BIRC)
Publication date:
19 June 2025
License:
CC-BY-NC 4.0

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Description

This resource contains an up-to-date dataset of the amphibians and reptiles of Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary since the first herpetological inventory of the Agusan Basin was conducted a century ago.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 420 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Sanguila T (2025). Herpetofauna of Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary. Version 1.1. Father Saturnino Urios University-Biodiversity Informatics and Research Center (FSUU-BIRC). Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=fsuu_amws&v=1.1

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Father Saturnino Urios University-Biodiversity Informatics and Research Center (FSUU-BIRC). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 45151286-9f01-45c9-8e4f-10718c225275.  Father Saturnino Urios University-Biodiversity Informatics and Research Center (FSUU-BIRC) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Tess Sanguila
  • Point Of Contact
  • Coordinator, Biodiversity Informatics and Research Center
Father Saturnino Urios University
  • CB 409 Father Saturnino Urios University, San Francisco St.,
8600 Butuan City
Agusan del Norte
PH
Tess Sanguila
  • Point Of Contact
Father Saturnino Urios University
8600 Butuan City
Agusan Del Norte
PH
Rafe Brown
  • Principal Investigator
  • Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Curator-in-Charge, Herpetology Division, Biodiversity Institute
University of Kansas
66044 Lawrence
Kansas
US
Lily Shrestha
  • Reviewer
GBIF Asia

Geographic Coverage

The Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary encompasses six municipalities (Bunawan, Rosario, Loreto, La Paz, Talacogon, and San Francisco) in the Province of Agusan del Sur.

Bounding Coordinates South West [8.206, 125.757], North East [8.424, 125.946]

Taxonomic Coverage

N/A

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia, Amphibia
Order Testudines, Squamata, Squamata, Anura
Family Geoemydidae, Varanidae, Ranidae, Rhacophoridae, Bufonidae, Microhylidae, Lamprophiidae, Gekkonidae, Pseudaspididae, Scincidae, Cyclocoridae, Colubridae, Viperidae, Elapidae, Pareidae, Dicroglossidae, Agamidae, Ceratobatrachidae

Project Data

No Description available

Title Herpetofauna of Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary
Identifier https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/1a598f0b-2c25-487d-9013-4c86f3385f94
Project Award Ecomorphological classisfication of amphibian communities in Key Biodiversity Areas in the Eastern Mindanao Biodiversity Corridor
https://www.dost.gov.ph
Philippine Department of Science and Technology

FSUU-Biodiversity Informatics and Research Center

Philippine Commission on Higher Education
CMO No. 33 Series 2016

The personnel involved in the project:

Tess Sanguila
  • Principal Investigator

Sampling Methods

Visual Encounter Surveys were conducted by experienced fieldworkers to identify and record species occurrences in three major habitat types (peat swamp, freshwater swamp, and mixed swamp). Collected specimens were photographed in life, their microhabitats recorded, and their positions georeferenced.

Study Extent Field surveys were conducted within peat swamp, freshwater swamp, and mixed swamp forests within each of the Municipalities of San Francisco, Rosario, Bunawan, Talacogon, and Loreto in the Province of Agusan del Sur, Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines.

Method step description:

  1. Visual Encounter Surveys, recording of natural history collection in a field catalog, data transcription, cleaning, and publishing using Darwin Core standards in GBIF.

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Maintenance Description Associated files will be uploaded at a later time.
Alternative Identifiers 45151286-9f01-45c9-8e4f-10718c225275
https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=fsuu_amws