Research Article

Notes on the Wild Tomistoma Populations in Western Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Table 1

Location and distance of rivers surveyed (on foot and using small boats).

RiverCheckpointStartEnd DistanceTomistoma seen

Samarahan River1N 1°25′17.4′′ 
E 110°32′16.0′′
N 1°25′01.5′′ 
E 110°32′38.2′′
857 m0
2N 1°25′01.5′′ 
E 110°32′16.0′′
N 1°24′38.5′′ 
E 110°34′10.9′′
2.93 km0
3N 1°24′38.5′′ 
E 110°34′10.9′′
N 1°23′50.3′′ 
E 110°37′0.2′′
5.43 km0

Bunga-Baki River 1N 1°12′41.4′′ 
E 110°29′53.1′′
N 1°13′25.7′′ 
E 110°30′36.5′′
2.02 km0
2N 1°13′37.3′′ 
E 110°30′31.8′′
N 1°4′50.7′′ 
E 110°31′29.9′′
2.82 km0

Kepayang River 1N 1°23′01.3′′ 
E 110°55′13.5′′
N 1°22′50.7′′ 
E 110°55′37.9′′
1.29 km0
2N 1°24′10.6′′ 
E 110°53′26.0′′ 
N 1°23′58.8′′ 
E 110°53′59.8′′
1.01 km0
3N 1°21′27.2′′ 
E 110°55′38.4′′
N 1°20′35.4′′ 
E 110°55′40.6′′
525 m0
4N 1°19′19.4′′ 
E 110°56′22.0′′
N 1°19′19.3′′ 
E 110°56′31.9′′
300 m0

Checkpoints: locations where water quality measurements were carried out. Tomistoma surveys were continuously carried out from one checkpoint to another in each river.