Lampi_Island_Marine_National_Park

Lampi Island Marine National Park

Lampi Island Marine National Park

Marine national park in Myanmar

The Lampi Island Marine National Park is a marine national park in Myanmar covering 79.09 sq mi (204.8 km2). It was established in 1996.[1] It encompasses Lanbi Island and several smaller islands in the Mergui Archipelago, comprising coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, sand dunes and tropical evergreen forest up to an elevation of 1,493 ft (455 m). The national park is an Important Bird Area and one of the ASEAN Heritage Parks. Access is restricted to day-time visits.[2]

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Seagrass is present around the eastern part of the island, comprising Thalassianthus hemprichi, Cymodocea rotundata, Halodule uninervis, H. pinifolia and dugong grass (Halophila ovalis).[citation needed]

The presence of dugong (Dugong dugon) on Lampi island was confirmed for the first time in March 2008. Since then, trails left by dugong to dugong grass patches were observed repeatedly.[3]

During a survey in 2013, carapaces of leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Oldham’s leaf turtle (Cyclemys oldhamii) were found on Lampi Island. Pope’s tree pitviper (Trimeresurus popeiorum), water monitor (Varanus salvator) and Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) were observed. Reticulated python (Python reticulatus) occurs as well.[4][5]

A camera trapping survey between November 2015 and May 2017 revealed the presence of smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata), Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata), long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), northern pig-tailed macaque (M. leonina), dusky langur (Trachypithecus obscurus), Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis), lesser mouse deer (Tragulus kanchil lampensis), wild boar (Sus scrofa), Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica), northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri), red giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista), black giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolour), grey-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps), Pallas's squirrel (C. erythraeus), Berdmore's ground squirrel (Menetes berdmorei), long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus) and red spiny rat (Maxomys surifer).[6]

References

  1. [1]
    World Database on Protected Areas (2019). "Lampi Marine National Park". Protected Planet.
  2. [2]
    Beffasti, L.; Gallanti, V., eds. (2011). "Lampi Island". Myanmar Protected Areas: Context, Current Status and Challenges (PDF). Milano, Yangon: Istituto Oikos, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association. pp. 50–51.
  3. [3]
    Tun, T. (2012). Dugong Information from Lampi Marine National Park in Southern Myanmar (PDF). Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on SeaStar2000 and Asian Bio-logging Science (The 11th SeaStar2000 workshop). Kyoto: Kyoto University. pp. 15–21.
  4. [4]
    Platt, S. G.; Platt, K.; Soe, M. M.; Holmes, K. E.; Rainwater, T. R. (2015). "Marine turtles and estuarine crocodiles in Lampi Marind National Park, Myanmar: A conservation and threat assessment with recommendations". Herpetological Review. 46 (3): 319–327.
  5. [5]
    Platt, S. G.; Zug, G. R.; Platt, K.; Ko, W. K.; Myo, K. M.; Soe, M. M.; Lwin, T.; Win, M. M.; Aung, S. H. N.; Kyaw, N. W.; Thu, H. (2018). "Field records of turtles, snakes and lizards in Myanmar (2009–2017) with natural history observations and notes on Folk herpetological knowledge". Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society. 63 (1): 67–114.
  6. [6]
    Bisi, F.; Gagliardi, A.; Cremonesi, G.; Colombo, R.; Mazzamuto, M. V.; Wauters, L. A.; Preatoni, D. G.; Martinoli, A. (2019). "Distribution of Wildlife and Illegal Human Activities in the Lampi Marine National Park (Myanmar)". Environmental Conservation. 46 (2): 1–8. doi:10.1017/S0376892918000486. S2CID 92039325.



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