The establishment of ecological conservation for herpetofauna species in hotspot areas of South Korea.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the geographic distribution of species is crucial for establishing protected areas. This study aimed to identify the preferred habitat environment of South Korean herpetofauna using distribution point information, providing the information necessary to protect their habitat by establishing a species distribution model. We found that climate variables in the region where 19 amphibians and 20 reptiles were distributed correlated with the altitude, suggesting that altitude had a major influence on their distribution. The species distribution modeling indicated that 10-12 amphibian and 13-16 reptile species inhabit the Gangwon-do region, forming hotspot areas in the eastern and western regions around the Taebaek Mountains. Some of these hotspot areas occurred in the Demilitarized

SUBMITTER: Do MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9436999 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature