Cambodian Libellago Lineata

 Picture by Hun Saven. 

The Photo take in Chroy Ampil Village, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

I shoot this species when it is on aloe leave in front of my house in Chroy Ampil Village, Kbal Koh Commun, Chbar Ampov District, Phnom Penh city.  This Specie’s name is Libellago Lineata, the name I have got from internet. When I was young until I am now, 29 years old, I have never seen or been interested it. Maybe, it is one type of rare damselfly in the village.

Most insects were discovered during rainy season in Cambodia. I discovered two times in the same year of these species. The first time it is on mango leave in font of my house but I could not take it by my camera, but one month later I have seen it again then I shoot about 5 shots, most of which are not the best quality but I am happy to have finally got a good record shooting of this species.  This damselfly maybe habitat at big lake behind my village. Because the village located along lower Mekong river and National road N^o 1. If you drive your car from Phnom Penh to Ho Chiminh City by using this road, after you pass Prek Eng Market about 10 minutes you will see many large fields on your right hand. It is a lake field and the field will flood during rainy season form a big lake call “Boung Slarpchongva” located between two rivers, lower Mekong in the north and Basak river in the south.

 Picture by Hun Saven. 

The Photo take in Chroy Ampil Village, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Libellago Lineata is one of damselflies that has wings longer than its’ body. I search this type of species from internet. I see it is like Libellago Lineata in Singapore. Cambodia less information about this species. So, you gonna to see the record detail about Behaviours of Libellago Lineata in Singapore.

Tiger in the wild of Cambodia

Cambodia’s wild tiger population is estimated to be no more than 30. But recent recovery of prey populations and forest protection make the country’s Eastern Plains a critically important potential site for restoring endangered wild tiger populations.

Wild tiger photographed by camera-trap inside the Mondulkiri Protected Forest. Over 160 camera-traps are deployed across the protected landscape to monitor tigers and other wild animals.

As recently as 50 years ago, the Dry Forests in Cambodia supported some of the most diverse and abundant communities of large mammals in Asia, which led to the area to be described as ‘one of the great game lands of the world.’

But wild tiger numbers in these forests have decreased as forest habitat has been converted and fragmented, and, most importantly, as tiger prey (the species tigers feed on) have been poached almost to extinction.

A vast area waiting for tigers to bounce back 

The Cambodian Eastern Plains Dry Forests Landscape stretches more than 20,000 km², of which half is inside protected areas, and is the largest tropical dry forest wilderness in Southeast Asia. These dry forests are similar to some parts of Nepal and India where tiger densities are the highest recorded in the world.

Years of war and hunting in the Eastern Plains Landscape have left much of this landscape nearly empty of wild ungulates (e.g. "hoofed” animals such as deer, wild cattle, and wild pigs).

The world's best hope for tiger population recovery

Mondulkiri Protected Forest and Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary cover 6,000 km² within the Cambodian Eastern Plains Landscape, and represent one of the world’s best hopes for tiger population recovery given the intact habitat and encouraging signs of increasing tiger prey populations.

East of Angkor, restoring the wilderness

While tiger numbers in Cambodia are currently low, in places where protection efforts have increased there has been a recent and continuing growth in numbers of other carnivores such as leopards, and tiger prey species such as banteng (wild cattle species).

This rapid wildlife recovery is an encouraging signal that the Eastern Plains still hold great promise for restoring wild tiger populations.

Very few opportunities exist in any part of Asia to dramatically increase wildlife populations as there is here in the Eastern Plains Landscape—one of the last true wilderness areas remaining in Southeast Asia.

 

New bird species discoveries in Cambodia

WWF released the report on World Environment Day, highlighting creatures both bizarre and beautiful. Among the 15 species highlighted is a new species of flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus laoensis), discovered based on a single animal collected from a bush meat market in Laos. With its distinctive red and white fur, the Laotian giant flying squirrel is also the first record of the genus from Southeast Asia.

In Cambodia, a new warbler was found hiding in plain sight in the capital Phnom Penh. The Cambodian Tailorbird (Orthotomus chaktomuk) was first spotted in 2009 during routine checks for avian flu. Subsequent tests — from the bird’s plumage to its song and genes — formally identified O. chaktomuk as a new species. 

“The species discoveries affirm the Greater Mekong as one of the world’s richest and most biodiverse regions,” said Dr Thomas Gray, Manager of WWF-Greater Mekong’s Species Programme. “If we’re to prevent these new species disappearing into extinction, and to keep alive the hope of finding other fascinating creatures in years to come, it’s critical that governments invest in conservation and green growth strategies.”