Durian Garden of Kahingai Village was one of the areas where Yayorin's BCP (Belantikan Conservation Programme) team conducted its biodiversity survey early this year.  In general, the habitat was an old secondary forest that long has not been used by the local people.  

One of the main targets of our biodiversity survey in that area was herpetofauna.  The survey was conducted in two habitat types: on the ground (terresterial) and along the river beds.  As the result, we found about 18 species of herpetofauna, including five reptiles and 13 amphibians.

ENDANGERED ANIMALS FOUND IN CENTRAL KALIMANTAN 

A team from Yayorin (Yayasan Orangutan Indonesia) has been conducting biodiversity research in the Belantikan Hulu ecosystem of Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) since 2003.  Other than a large population of orangutan, the research also gathered some information on the existence of the endangered banteng or wild cattle (Bos javanicus) from the local people who live in the research area.  This information was very valuable because it is believed that banteng distribution in Kalimantan has becoming more and more limited and largely unknown.

In 2005, Yayorin conducted another research and was able to gather more information and data.  According to the local people, banteng were often seen in sopanan or saltlick areas, saltwater sources where animals go to drink and to get the mineral they need.  Although the team found their tracks and faeces many times in these saltlick areas, they were not completely convinced of these findings because it was possible that they belonged to cows that were common in Belantikan.