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Panlaung and Padalin Cave Wildlife Sanctuary

Coordinates: 21°01′N 96°21′E / 21.017°N 96.350°E / 21.017; 96.350
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Panlaung and Padalin Cave Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Panlaung and Padalin Cave Wildlife Sanctuary
Map showing the location of Panlaung and Padalin Cave Wildlife Sanctuary
Location in Myanmar
LocationYwa Ngan Township, Shan State, Myanmar
Coordinates21°01′N 96°21′E / 21.017°N 96.350°E / 21.017; 96.350[1]
Area333.8 km2 (128.9 sq mi)
Established2002
Governing bodyMyanmar Forest Department

Panlaung and Padalin Cave Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar's Shan State, stretching over an area of 333.8 km2 (128.9 sq mi). It was established in 2002.[1] In elevation, it ranges from 150 to 1,555 m (492 to 5,102 ft) covering mixed deciduous and dipterocarp forest.[2]

Wildlife recorded during a camera trap survey in 2000 included leopard (Panthera pardus), leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis), Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata), Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) and crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes urva).[3][4]

In 2002, the bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus chrysopylos was discovered in the sanctuary at an elevation of 319 m (1,047 ft) and described as a new species in 2003.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b World Database on Protected Areas (2019). "Panlaung and Padalin Cave Wildlife Sanctuary". Protected Planet.
  2. ^ Beffasti, L.; Gallanti, V., eds. (2011). "Panlaung-Pyadalin Cave". Myanmar Protected Areas: Context, Current Status and Challenges (PDF). Milano, Yangon: Istituto Oikos, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association. pp. 74–75.
  3. ^ Than Zaw; Than Myint; Saw Htun; Saw Htoo Tha Po; Kyaw Thinn Latt; Myint Maung; Lynam A. J. (2014). "Status and distribution of smaller felids in Myanmar" (PDF). Cat News (Special Issue 8): 24–30.
  4. ^ Than Zaw; Saw Htun; Saw Htoo Tha Po; Myint Maung; Lynam, A. J.; Kyaw Thinn Latt; Duckworth, J. W. (2008). "Status and distribution of small carnivores in Myanmar" (PDF). Small Carnivore Conservation. 38: 2–28.
  5. ^ Bauer, A. M. (2003). "Descriptions of seven new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a key to the species of Myanmar (Burma)" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 54 (25): 463–498.
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