The Department of Biology is pleased to highlight an important contribution to Cordillera biodiversity research through the recent observation documented by MS CaRE student Mark P. Villarubia, in collaboration with DB faculty member Arvin Jet Marcaida.
In their paper, they shared the first documented incidence of facultative terrestriality in 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 in the pine-dominated forests of the Central Cordillera. The flying lizard has been observed in secondary lowland forests of Luzon, but their paper is the first to showcase its distribution in pine-dominated forests of Baguio, expanding the records on its distribution. Furthermore, the paper provides ecological notes on the flying lizard.
Their full paper may be accessed through the following link: https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/86007
𝑪𝙝𝒆𝙚𝒓𝙨 𝙩𝒐 𝒅𝙞𝒔𝙘𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙧𝒊𝙚𝒔 𝒂𝙣𝒅 𝒆𝙣𝒓𝙞𝒄𝙝𝒊𝙣𝒈 𝒐𝙪𝒓 𝒌𝙣𝒐𝙬𝒍𝙚𝒅𝙜𝒆 𝒐𝙛 𝙋𝒉𝙞𝒍𝙞𝒑𝙥𝒊𝙣𝒆 𝑩𝙞𝒐𝙙𝒊𝙫𝒆𝙧𝒔𝙞𝒕𝙮!