Occurrence

Filling the gap: Noteworthy herpetological discoveries in North West Province, South Africa

Последняя версия опубликована South African National Biodiversity Institute 3 ноября 2022 г. South African National Biodiversity Institute
The North West Province, South Africa, is centrally situated in southern Africa and is characterised by savannah with a mesic, temperate climate in the east and a hot, arid climate in the west. While the eastern region is fairly well-documented for herpetofauna, the arid central and western regions are poorly surveyed. Given that the Province has been targeted by the national government for development of infrastructure, the overall deficiency of biodiversity data could result in impact assessments that are not well-informed. We, therefore, carried out herpetofaunal surveys over two years (2019–2020) in the North West Province to improve knowledge on the distributions of reptiles and amphibians. Our surveys added a total of 578 new records to an earlier baseline of 1340 records. In additio... Больше
Дата публикации:
3 ноября 2022 г.
Техническое обеспечение:
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Лицензия:
CC-BY 4.0

Описание

The North West Province, South Africa, is centrally situated in southern Africa and is characterised by savannah with a mesic, temperate climate in the east and a hot, arid climate in the west. While the eastern region is fairly well-documented for herpetofauna, the arid central and western regions are poorly surveyed. Given that the Province has been targeted by the national government for development of infrastructure, the overall deficiency of biodiversity data could result in impact assessments that are not well-informed. We, therefore, carried out herpetofaunal surveys over two years (2019–2020) in the North West Province to improve knowledge on the distributions of reptiles and amphibians. Our surveys added a total of 578 new records to an earlier baseline of 1340 records. In addition, over 300 records were added to a citizen-science platform in connection with our surveys. As compared to the previous 100 years, our surveys increased the herpetofaunal dataset by 68% in just two years, increased geographic coverage by 20% and brought the total number of species with accurate records for the Province to 102 reptiles and 23 amphibians. We also recorded range extensions for five reptile species and confirmed the presence of Dendroaspis polylepis (Black Mamba) in the west where it had been last recorded in 1996. Our surveys resulted in a significant increase in biodiversity data for the Province and provided a better foundation for spatial planning that accounts for biodiversity and the maintenance of ecological function.

Записи данных

Данные этого occurrence ресурса были опубликованы в виде Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), который является стандартным форматом для обмена данными о биоразнообразии в виде набора из одной или нескольких таблиц. Основная таблица данных содержит 577 записей.

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Загрузки

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Версии

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Как оформить ссылку

Исследователи должны дать ссылку на эту работу следующим образом:

Tolley K, Telford N, Makhubo B, Power J, Alexander G (2022): Filling the gap: Noteworthy herpetological discoveries in North West Province, South Africa. v1.3. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. https://iptbeta.sanbi.org.za/resource?r=northwest_survey_reptiles&v=1.3

Права

Исследователи должны соблюдать следующие права:

Публикующей организацией и владельцем прав на данную работу является South African National Biodiversity Institute. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License.

Регистрация в GBIF

Этот ресурс был зарегистрирован в GBIF, ему был присвоен следующий UUID: e436deef-3eea-4090-be2d-c35bdbb8de83.  South African National Biodiversity Institute отвечает за публикацию этого ресурса, и зарегистрирован в GBIF как издатель данных при оподдержке South African Biodiversity Information Facility.

Ключевые слова

Occurrence; HumanObservation; PreservedSpecimen; MaterialSample; Herpetological discoveries; North West Province

Контакты

Кто является создателем ресурса:

Krystal Tolley
Researcher
South African National Botanical Institute
Private Bag X7 Claremont
7708 Cape Town
Western Cape
ZA
021 799 8658
Nicolas Telford
Laboratory Manager Molecular Laboratory
South African National Botanical Institute
Private Bag X7 Claremont
7708 Cape Town
Western Cape
ZA
021 799 8656
Buyisile Makhubo
School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Private Bag X54001
3629 Durban
KwaZulu-Natal
John Power
Biodiversity Management, Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism, North West Provincial Government
2790 Mmabatho
North West
ZA
Graham Alexander
School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
P.O. Wits, 2050
2001 Joahnnesburg
Gauteng
ZA

Кто может ответить на вопросы о ресурсе:

Krystal Tolley
Researcher
South African National Botanical Institute
Private Bag X7 Claremont
7708 Cape Town
Western Cape
ZA
021 799 8658
Nicolas Telford
Laboratory Manager Molecular Laboratory
South African National Botanical Institute
Private Bag X7 Claremont
7708 Cape Town
Western Cape
ZA
021 799 8656
Buyisile Makhubo
School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Private Bag X54001
3629 Durban
KwaZulu-Natal
ZA
John Power
Biodiversity Management, Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism, North West Provincial Government
2790 Mmabatho
North West
ZA
Graham Alexander
School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
P.O. Wits, 2050
2001 Johannesburg
Gauteng
ZA

Кем заполнены метаданные:

Krystal Tolley
Researcher
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Private Bag X 7
7708 Cape Town
Western Cape
ZA

Географический охват

North West Province

Ограничивающие координаты Юг Запад [-28,169, 22,676], Север Восток [-24,607, 28,279]

Таксономический охват

Описание отсутсвует

Временной охват

Дата начала / Дата окончания 2017-11-28 / 2020-03-14

Методы сбора

Occurrence records from databases that were available on commonly accessed public databases prior to surveys were used.

Охват исследования North West Province
Контроль качества Dataset was updated for outdated taxonomy and checked for geographic coordinate errors as compared to locality descriptions

Описание этапа методики:

  1. As of 31 December 2018, species distribution maps were downloaded from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/) and the South African Species Status website (http://speciesstatus.sanbi. org/). Species richness maps in QGIS v.3.2 were created by using the counts of species per grid cell and by using a color gradient.

Дополнительные метаданные

Цель The North West province has been targeted by the national government for development of infrastructure. The overall deficiency of biodiversity data could result in impact assessments that are not well-informed. Herpetofaunal surveys were done over two years (2019–2020) in the North West Province to improve knowledge on the distributions of reptiles and amphibians.
Описание частоты обновления ресурса As needed
Альтернативные идентификаторы e436deef-3eea-4090-be2d-c35bdbb8de83
https://iptbeta.sanbi.org.za/resource?r=northwest_survey_reptiles