Conservation of the Critically Endangered dark sitana in Nepal through education campaigns
Authors: Santosh Bhattarai, Bishal Prasad Neupane With support from The Rufford Foundation, UK, Auckland Zoo, New Zealand, and Katie Adamson Conservation Fund, USA, a conservation and research project for the dark sitana has been jointly initiated by the Nepal Conservation and Research Center and the Mithila Wildlife Trust. Outreach education…
National Wildlife Week 2023 marked for Dark sitana(Sitana fusca) conservation in Nepal
Our team members were invited to conduct sessions on “Herpetofauna Conservation and ResearchTechniques” by the Agriculture and Forestry University, Katari College. We taught the universitystudents about the status of Nepalese amphibians and reptiles, identification keys, field research techniques, and photographic techniques. We stressed on key conservation issues for critically endangered…
Conservation Awareness for Dark Sitana (Sitana fusca) in Nepal
Authors: Santosh Bhattarai, Bishal Prasad Neupane The Dark Sitana (Sitana fusca) is an agamid lizard endemic to Nepal, only known from its type locality in Madhesh province. Due to increased habitat loss, forest fragmentation, and urbanisation in its type locality, this species is now ‘critically endangered’. There is also very…
Conservation Awareness for Dark Sitana (Sitana fusca) in Nepal
Authors: Santosh Bhattarai, Bishal Prasad Neupane The Dark Sitana (Sitana fusca) is an agamid lizard endemic to Nepal, only known from its type locality in Madhesh province. Due to increased habitat loss, forest fragmentation, and urbanisation in its type locality, this species is now ‘critically endangered’. There is also very…