Vertebrate and Invertebrate fauna of Barghanati Dam FR Domel Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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Vertebrate and Invertebrate fauna of Barghanati Dam FR Domel Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Muhammad Arsalan, Arshad Abbas, Shafi Ullah Gul, Hameed Ur Rehman, Haleema Sadia, Nida Shah, Taimur Khan, Muhammad Waqas, Khalid Usman, Haider Ali, Sahibzada Muhammad Jawad, Bushra, Sabreen
J. Biodiv. & Environ. Sci. 13(1), 241-249, July 2018.
Copyright Statement: Copyright 2018; The Author(s).
License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Abstract

The present research work was conducted in Barghanti Dam FR Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to find out the vertebrate and invertebrate fauna of that dam, in a period from May-September 2017. Barghanati dam have a lot of vertebrate and invertebrate fauna. All type of vertebrates fauna are found in barghanati dam including Fishes, Amphibians, reptiles, Aves and Mammals. In invertebrate, insect are more common but other species of invertebrate are also present here. Fish fauna includes H. molitrix, L. rohita, C. catla, C. carpio and O. pobda. Amphibian fauna includes R. tigrina and D. melanostictus. Reptile includes E. macmahonii, L. getula, X. vigilis, C. zeylanicus, C. mydas and A. gigantea. Bird includes C. splendens, A. tristis, G. grus, P. barbatus, B. moschata, C. coturnix, U. epops, P. domesticus, p. perdix, S. decaocto and H. smyrnensis. Mammal includes D. sibiricus, H. edwardsi, L. nigricollis, C. lupus, F. catus, C. Odustus, C. hircus, O. aries, E. asinus, H. auritus and V. cana. Invertebrate includes B. tentaculata, h. medicinalis, S. flaveolum, P. imperator, S. invicta, V. velutina, V. germanica, P. melanarius and M. bahiata.

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