Scientific names Flashcards
Negros Cave Frog/ Cave Wrinkled Ground Frog
Platymantis speleaus (EN)
two species of leopard cat
Prionailurus bengalensis rabori
Prionailurus bengalensis heaneyi
Everett’s Scops-Owl. Found in Mindanao
Otus Everetti(LC)
Black Hooded-Coucal (CR)
Centropus steerii
endemic to Basilan and Zambonga peninsula
Zamboanga Bulbul
Hypsipetes rufigularis (NT)
Palawan Flying Squirrel
Hylopetes nigripes (NT)
what are the four squirrel in palawan faunal region
palawan flying squirrel
northern palawan tree squirrel
southern palawan tree squirrel
busuanga squirrel
endemic to Negros and Panay island
Negros Forest Frog
Platymantis negrosensis
one of tallest trees
“Manggis”
Koompassia excelsa
endemic to Palawan
Palawan fruit bat
Acerodon leucotis (VU)
Irrawaddy dolphin
Orcaella brevirostris (EN)
Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae (LC)
2 species of flying lemurs
Cynocephalus volans (LC)
Galeopterus variegatus
only fully carnivorous primates
Tarsiers
family of tarsier is called
Tarsiidae
4 species of sus
cebifrons
philippensis
oliveri
ahoenobarbus
newly discovered pitcher plant species in Mt. Redondo, Dinagat Province in Mindanao is described and illustrated from a single ultramafic peak in Dinagat Islands
Nepenthes erucoides
It is dubbed as the President’s fish and considered as the most expensive fish in the country
endemic to Cagayan River and Santa-Abra river systems of Ilocos Sur and Abra
Ludong
Banak
Lobed river mullet
Cestraeus plicatilis
This is one of the owl species in the Philippines with the smallest area of occurrence among Philippine owls
Camiguin boobook/ Camiguin hawk-owl
Ninox leventisi (VU)
This monitor lizard was identified as a new species in 2009 in the forest of Apayao province. It was accidentally discovered when a Philippine Eagle brought home the lizard to prey on.
Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor
bitatawa, baritatawa, and butikaw
Varanus bitatawa (NT)
smallest Rafflesia in the world measuring an average 9.73cm and is found in Luzon Island, Philippines
Rafflesia consueloae
Caecilians are burrowing legless amphibians that are associated with wet tropical climates. In what order does Caecilians belong to?
Gymnophiona
Baboy ramo - Wild boar
Visayan Warty Pig
Found in Negros and Panay
Sus cebifrons (CR)
Mindoro Crocodile
Freshwater crocodile
Crocodylus mindorensis (CR)
what type of crocodiles have longer and thinner snout, straight jawline and equal sized - teeth
Freshwater crocodile
the only endemic ph bovine
bubalus mindorensis
mindoro dwarf buffalo
Bubalus mindorensis
largest land ph mammal
bubalus mindorensis
Tamaraw
endemic to mindoro
bubalus mindorensis
largest of the extant eagle in the world in terms of length and sirface area
Pithecophaga jefferyi (CR)
balintong
palawan pangolin
ph pangolin
Manis culionensis (CR)
Bakoko
Ph forest turtle
Leyte pond turtle
Siebenrickiella leytensis (CR)
Katala, Abukay, Ph Cockatoo
Red-vented cockatoo
Cacatua haematuropygia
family of red vented cockatoo
how many species
cacatuidae, 21
negros fruit dove
ptilinopus arcanus (CR)
when and where was the negros fruit dove last sighted
may 1, 1953; mt. kanlaon
Lapnisan
Aquilaria malaccensis (CR)
how many marine tutrtles worldwide? how many are found in ph
7-5
hawksbill sea turtle
eretmochelys imbricata (CR)
leatherback sea turtle
dermochelys coriacea (CR)
two marine turtles categorized as critically endangered
- eretmochelys imbricata
- dermochelys coriacea
cebu flowerpecker
dicaeum quadricolor (CR)
negros bleeding heart
gallicolumba keayi (CR)
negros naked backed fruit bat
dobsonia chapmani (CR)
it is a bird with dark hood, browning plummage, and glossy dark green tail
black hooded coucal (CR)
endemic to mindoro
black hooded coucal
centropus steerii
family of cuckoo/coucal
cuculidae
Cebu brown dove
Phapitreron frontalis
endemic to cebu and negros
bayakan
ph tube-nosed fruit bat
nyctimene rabori (EN)
found in the northern negros natural park
found in rainforrsts of panay and negros
visayan spotted deer
rusa alfredi (EN)
smallest ungulate
balabac
tragulus nigricans
ph mouse-deer
where can tawilis be found
taal lake
freshwater sardine found exclusicely in ph
sardinellan tawilis (EN)
Negros cave frog/Cave Wrinkled Ground Frog
Platymantis speleaus (EN)
irrawaddy dolphin
orcaella brevirostris (EN)
other orcaella
orcaella heinsohni (VU)
largest bat in the world
subic
giant golden-crowned flying fox
golden-capped fruit bat
giant golden-crowned flying fox
acerodon jubatus (EN)
green sea turtle
chelonia mydas (EN)
largest ph pigeon
mindoro imperial pigeon (EN)
mindoro imperial pigeon
ducula mindorensis
“siloy”
cebu black shama