AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES RECORDED AT BATU-APOI, A LOWLAND DIPTEROCARP FOREST IN BRUNEI-DARUSSALAM

An inventory of amphibian and reptiles, made at the Batu Apoi Forest R eserve, Temburong District, Negara Brunei Darussalam, based on collect ions and observations made between 1992-1993, is presented. A total of 94 species of amphibians and reptiles have been recorded, including 5 0 species of amphibians and 44 species of reptiles. Poorly-known and p robably rare species recorded at the site include the microhylid frog Kalophrynus intermedius and the colubrid snake Ophisthotrapis typicus. The problems of sampling in architecturally complex sites such as rai nforests are discussed, and long-term sampling programmes have been fa voured.