Monitoring Keanekaragaman dan Kemelimpahan Katak dan Kodok (Amphibia: Anura) di Sisi Timur Area Kampus UGM Yogyakarta

Abstract

The diversity of frogs and toads in Universitas Gadjah Mada campus area has been studied by Prasintaningrum on the year 2018. The 2018 study found five different species of frogs and toads in the campus area. The diversity and abundance of frogs and toads species in the east side of campus area is monitored in this study. The purpose of this study is to compare the diversity and abundance also the distribution of frogs and toads in the east side of campus area between the year 2018 and 2020. This study conducted using visual encounter survey and time-constrained search as the sampling technique. From the monitoring result we concluded that the diversity and evenness of frogs and toads show reducing value in year 2020 compared to 2018. Duttaphrynus melanostictus species show increase in abundance, instead Kaloula baleata and Polypedates leucomystax show reduce in abundance in year 2020 compared to 2018. The relative distribution is changing in year 2020 compared to 2018.  Key words: Anura; monitoring; diversity; abundance; Universitas Gadjah Mada.