Amna Shaikh presented on the boundaries and fauna of the Oriental region. The Oriental region includes the Indian subcontinent, Ceylon, Burma, Philippines, Formosa, and parts of China. It has a tropical climate in most areas with rainforests in the northeast and plains and rivers elsewhere, resulting in diverse vegetation and fauna. The region contains four sub-regions and is home to a variety of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, including carps, catfish, frogs, snakes, turtles, crocodiles, honey guides, woodpeckers, hornbills, peacocks, rabbits, shrews, gorillas and rhinoceros
3. ORIENTAL REGION BOUNDARIES:
This region includes the Indian subcontinent Ceylon Burma, Philippines. Formosa and
Scathe China, form the north of this region where the Himalayas are present. The Arabian
Sea is present on the west side. There is no physical boundary in the southeast corner.
4. ORIENTAL REGION CLIMATE
Oriental Region has tropical and temperate regions. In the northeast of Asia, rainforest is
present towards the western desert. The remaining part shows plains and rivers and
therefore this region shows different types of conditions, So there is more vegetation and
more Fauna seen.
6. FAUNA OF ORIENTAL REGION:
The fauna of Oriental region shows resemblances that of Ethiopian region.
Fishes
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
7. FISHES IN ORIENTAL REGION
Oriental fish fauna is dominated by Carps and Cat fishes.
Notopteridae Anabantidae Syngnathus
Cypselurus
8. AMPHIBIANS IN ORIENTAL
REGION:
Tailed Amphibians are very rare, Anura and Apoda Amphibians are more.
Rana aurora Ichthyophis Bufo Hyla
9. REPTILES IN ORIENTAL REGION:
Many reptiles are seen in this region. This fauna Is dominated by lizards, snakes, turtles
and Crocodiles.
Gecko Chameleon Python Cobra
10. BIRDS IN ORIENTAL REGION:
In this region 66 families of Birds are included
Honey Guides
Wood pecker
Horn bill
Peacock
11. MAMMALS IN ORIENTAL REGION:
This region includes 30 mammalian families.
Rabbits
Shrews Gorilla
Rhinoceros
