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- What is the local name for the Manus Green Snail?
- What is the scientific name of the Manus Green Snail?
- What is Pit Pit?
- Are Cashews grown in PNG?
- Tadpole-less Frog?
- flora of the congo rainforest
- What is a lau lau?
- how many species of flora are there in papua new guinea?
- Are there any elephants in PNG?
- How big are the eels?
- What is the Bosavi Woolly Rat?
- What is the largest possum in PNG?
- What is a Tenkile?
- Where can I find information about the Eclectus Parrot?
- Where can you find Finsch's Pygmy Parrot?
- What are some of the endangered species in PNG?
- When did the Eastern Highlands Beekeepers’ Association start?<-- EHP -->
- Are there honey bees in PNG?
- Where can I find big ears?
- Where is Goldie's Bird of Paradise found?
- What was the name of the bird that was recently re-discovered?
- What is a puk puk?
- singing dog
- botanical & zoological names of flora & fauna
- Are cockroaches a problem in PNG?
- Are there any honeyeaters in PNG?
- What is the name of the Butcherbird found near Sudest Island?
- How does the Coffee Berry Borer do its damage?
- Why is the coffee berry borer difficult to control?
- What is the coffee berry borer?
- Can you give me a quick summary of the flora and fauna of PNG?
- flora and fauna
- Where can I find out information about buai / betel nut?
- What are the names of the Birds of Paradise?
- What are the names of the birds known for their magnificant plumage in PNG?
- What do you know about the Bird of Paradise Plant? (strelitzia reginae)
- Where can I find out about wood products made from PNG rainforests?
- Are there any florists / flower shops in Port Moresby?
- Where can I find out information about the Vanimo Forest Products?
- What can you tell me about the Flora and Fauna of PNG?
- Where can I found information about orchids in PNG?
- How much rainforest does PNG have?
- Are there any rainforests in PNG?
- How many different types of rainforest does PNG have?
- Where can I find the largest zoological collection in PNG?
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- What is the local name for the Manus Green Snail?
The snail is known as the Kikui in the local Manus language.
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- What is the scientific name of the Manus Green Snail?
The Manus Green Snail, also known as the Emerald Green Snail, scientific name Papustylapulcherrima, is a land snail that can only be found on island of Manus in Papua New Guinea. It is noted for its brilliant green shell.
It inhabits area up to 112 metres above sea level.
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- What is Pit Pit?
In Fiji it is popularly known as Fijian Asparagus, its scientific name is Saccharum Edule, the unopened flower of the cane shoot which is closely related to sugar cane. It is also known as duruka in Fiji.
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- Are Cashews grown in PNG?
There have been attempts to grow cashews mainly in Central province. The most recent being at a pilot plantation at Launakalana, Rigo district.
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- Tadpole-less Frog?
The Platymantis frog is a striking, yellow-spotted frog was found in dense thickets only at the highest elevations in the Nakanai Mountains.
This species belongs to a group of frogs that lay their eggs on land or in the trees, where they hatch directly into little froglets, skipping the tadpole stage typical of most frogs.
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- flora of the congo rainforest
Sorry outside the scope of the PNG FAQ's
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- What is a lau lau?
tart bell apples
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- how many species of flora are there in papua new guinea?
Sorry I am unable to answer that question.
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- Are there any elephants in PNG?
No, they are not native to the country but there have been elephants in PNG with travelling circuses such as Circus Bruno.
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- How big are the eels?
I assume you are talking about the eels often seen in tourist magazines located at a village along the Namatanai Highway on the Island of New Ireland.
These can grown to 1.6 metres. They are hand fed by the owner, an ex Air Niugini flight attendant, and any tourist who happen by.
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- What is the Bosavi Woolly Rat?
It is reportedly one of the biggest rats in the world. It measures just over 85cm (32 inches) from nose to tail and weighs in at 1.36kg (3 pound). It was found at Mount Bosavi, (2,507 metres high). It is located in the Southern Highlands province.
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- What is the largest possum in PNG?
The Black-Spotted Cuscus is the largest Cuscus / Possum in Papua New Guinea and considered very rare.
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- What is a Tenkile?
It is Scott's Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus scottae). The Tenkile is one of the most endangered mammal species in the world with as few as one hundred individuals remaining. Please visit -- http://www.tenkile.com -- to find out more about this endangered animal.
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- Where can I find information about the Eclectus Parrot?
Visit -- www.landofvos.com/articles/wildeclectus.html
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- Where can you find Finsch's Pygmy Parrot?
I believe it is confined to New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands, fairly widespread, yet lacking a foothold on mainland New Guinea.
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- What are some of the endangered species in PNG?
Here is a list it is not comprehensive but it should help a little bitCritically Endangered:
Bougainville Monkey-faced Flying Fox (Pteralopex anceps).
Bulmer's Fruit Bat (Aproteles bulmerae).
Eastern Shrew Mouse (Pseudohydromys murinus).
Fly River Water Rat (Leptomys signatus).
Long-footed Water Rat (Leptomys elegans).
Lowland Brush Mouse (Pogonomelomys bruijni).
New Guinea Big-eared Bat (Pharotis imogene).Endangered:
Alpine Wallaby (Thylogale calabyi).
Black Dorcopsis (Dorcopsis atrata).
Black-spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus rufoniger).
Eastern Small-toothed Rat (Macruromys major).
Fergusson Island Striped Possum (Dactylopsila tatei).
Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi).
Huon Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei).
Long-beaked Echidna (Zaglossus bruijni).
Poncelet's Giant Rat (Solomys ponceleti).
Specht's Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys spechti).
Telefomin Cuscus (Phalanger matanim).
Tenkile (Dendrolagus scottae).
Van Deusen's Rat (Stenomys vandeuseni).Vulnerable:
Big-eared Mastiff Bat (Otomops papuensis).
Bismarck's Trumpet-eared Bat (Kerivoula myrella).
Bronze Quoll (Dasyurus spartacus).
Carpentarian Dunnart (Sminthopsis butleri).
Champion's Tree Mouse (Pogonomys championi).
D'Albertis Ringtail (Pseudochirops albertisii).
Demonic Tube-nosed Fruit Bat (Nyctimene masalai).
Doria's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus dorianus).
Dugong (Dugong dugon).
Dusky Pademelon (Thylogale brunii).
Flower-faced Bat (Anthops ornatus).
Fly River Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros muscinus).
Fly River Trumpet-eared Bat (Kerivoula muscina).
Gilliard's Flying Fox (Pteropus gilliardi).
Great-tailed Troik (Dactylopsila megalura).
Greater Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus timoriensis).
Isabel Naked-tailed Rat (Solomys sapientis).
Large-eared Sheath-tailed Bat (Emballonura dianae).
Lesser Flying Fox (Pteropus mahaganus).
Lesser Tube-nosed Bat (Nyctimene draconilla).
Macleay's Dorcopsis (Dorcopsulus macleayi).
Mantled Mastiff Bat (Otomops secundus).
Moss-forest Blossom Bat (Syconycteris hobbit).
Mottled-tailed Shrew Mouse (Neohydromys fuscus).
New Britain Water Rat (Hydromys neobrittanicus).
New Guinea Pademelon (Thylogale browni).
New Guinea Quoll (Dasyurus albopunctatus).
New Guinea Sheath-tailed Bat (Emballonura furax).
Northern Glider (Petaurus abidi).
Papuan Planigale (Planigale novaeguineae).
Papuan Sheath-tailed Bat (Saccolaimus mixtus).
Plush-coated Ringtail (Pseudochirops corinnae).
Red-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat (Melomys fellowsi).
Shaw-Mayer's Mouse (Mayermys ellermani).
Short-haired Water Rat (Paraleptomys wilhelmina).
Small-toothed Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus microdon).
St. Aignan's Trumpet-eared Bat (Kerivoula agnella).
Stein's Cuscus (Phalanger vestitus).
Telefomin Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros corynophyllus).
Western Shrew Mouse (Pseudohydromys occidentalis).
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Queen Alexandra’s birdwing butterfly - Ornithoptera alexandrae
Manus Island Tree Snail - Papustyla pulcherrima
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- When did the Eastern Highlands Beekeepers’ Association start?<-- EHP -->
Isten Hailens Bikipas Asosiesen – Tok Pisin for Eastern Highlands Beekeepers’ Association – has been operating since the early 1980s.
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- Are there honey bees in PNG?
Honey bees, which were introduced to Papua New Guinea after World War 11, are now living in the bush in many areas of the country.
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- Where can I find big ears?
Hope you are not talking about Enid Blyton!
Pharotis imogene (big eared bat) is a vesper bat endemic to PNG.
Female specimens have been collected near Kamali in southeastern PNG.
it is generally considered to be extinct.
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- Where is Goldie's Bird of Paradise found?
Goldie's Bird of Paradise is only found on Normanby and Ferguson Islands in Milne Bay province.
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- What was the name of the bird that was recently re-discovered?
Do you mean Beck's petrel?
The critically endangered Beck's petrel was re-discovered in the Bismarck Archipelago, in the south-west Pacific Ocean.
The rare sea bird had not been sighted since the 1920s and was feared to be extinct.
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- What is a puk puk?
It is the tok pisin name for a crocodile.
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- singing dog
I assume you mean the New Guinea Singing Dog?
The New Guinea Singing Dog (NGSD) was discovered by the outside world in 1957 when the first pair was brought down from the New Guinea Highlands to the Taronga Zoo. Sydney, Australia. -- http://www.newguineasingingdoginternational.com/
About 100 New Guinea singing dogs exist in captivity but no one knows how many exist in the wild if any! It seems that only anecdotal evidence is available. It is possible that some dogs may exist to the west of Wau, Morobe Province in the mountains. Many people from this area remember seeing and hearing these dogs in the past. It is believed that singing dogs have been in PNG for over 5000 years. Some are reported as being able to climb trees. There are also singing dogs kept in South Carolina in the United States of America.
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- botanical & zoological names of flora & fauna
Sorry that would take more room than what this web site has available.
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- Are cockroaches a problem in PNG?
Yes, they love the tropical weather and can be in plague proportions.
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- Are there any honeyeaters in PNG?
Yes, one that springs to mind is the Tagula Honeyeater (Meliphaga vicina) - a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to PNG.
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- What is the name of the Butcherbird found near Sudest Island?
It is called the Tagula Butcherbird (Cracticus louisiadensis) and it is a species of bird in the Cracticidae family. It is endemic to PNG.
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- How does the Coffee Berry Borer do its damage?
The Coffee Berry Borer cause damage by boring and depositing eggs into the berry. Larvae hatch and feed on the seed or bean, destroying it. Worldwide, the coffee berry borer causes an estimated $500 million in losses. The coffee industry has an economic value exceeding $70 billion annually, with over 20 million coffee-farming families producing coffee in more than 50 countries.
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- Why is the coffee berry borer difficult to control?
Living most of its life inside the coffee berry makes this pest difficult to control with traditional chemical and biological controls, so other methods must be devised.
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- What is the coffee berry borer?
The coffee berry borer, or CBB, has an interesting life cycle. The tiny (1.5-mm) bark beetle spends its entire larval life inside the coffee berry, which encases the seed, commonly known as the coffee bean. Males mate inside the berry with females, but never emerge. Only mated females emerge to fly to a new berry and bore into it to lay eggs and start the cycle anew. Only while outside the berry are the adult female borers vulnerable to predators or chemical controls.
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- Can you give me a quick summary of the flora and fauna of PNG?
PNG has about 200 species of mammals, 750 bird species (including 90 percent of the world's Birds of Paradise), 1500 tree species, 20,000 species of higher plants and is considered to be the richest island on the planet in terms of flora.
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- flora and fauna
yes this is the flora & fauna section.
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- Where can I find out information about buai / betel nut?
For information about betel nut / buai pay a visit to -- http://www.nisbett.com/herbs/a/areca056.html or http://www.gnosticgarden.com/betel.htm and http://www.uicc.org/programmes/tobacco/fact_sheets/17fact.shtml
A parody of Waltzing Matilda called Kai Kai the Buai can be found at http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/WM/Kai.html
Kai kai the buai was written by Larry Danielson -- http://www.larrydanielson.co.nz
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- What are the names of the Birds of Paradise?
umm, good question.
- Arfak Astrapia, Astrapia nigra
- Black Sicklebill, Epimachus fastuosus
- Black-billed Sicklebill, Epimachus albertisi
- Blue Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rudolphi
- Brown Sicklebill, Epimachus meyeri
- Carola's Parotia, Parotia carolae
- Crested Bird-of-paradise, Cnemophilus macgregorii
- Crinkle-collared Manucode, Manucodia chalybata
- Curl-crested Manucode, Manucodia comrii
- Emperor Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea guilielmi
- Glossy-mantled Manucode, Manucodia atra
- Goldie's Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea decora
- Greater Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea apoda
- Greater Melampitta, Melampitta gigantea - tentatively included in this group
- Huon Astrapia, Astrapia rothschildi
- Jobi Manucode, Manucodia jobiensis
- King Bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus regius
- King-of-Saxony Bird-of-paradise, Pteridophora alberti
- Lawes' Parotia, Parotia lawesii
- Lesser Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor
- Lesser Melampitta, Melampitta lugubris - tentatively included in this group
- Long-tailed Paradigalla, Paradigalla carunculata
- Loria's Bird-of-paradise, Cnemophilus loriae
- Macgregor's Bird-of-paradise, Macgregoria pulchra
- Magnificent Bird of Paradise, Cicinnurus magnificus
- Magnificent Riflebird, Ptiloris magnificus
- Pale-billed Sicklebill, Epimachus bruijnii
- Paradise Riflebird, Ptiloris paradiseus
- Paradise-crow, Lycocorax pyrrhopterus
- Princess Stephanie's Astrapia, Astrapia stephaniae
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea raggiana
- Red Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra
- Ribbon-tailed Astrapia, Astrapia mayeri
- Short-tailed Paradigalla, Paradigalla brevicauda
- Splendid Astrapia, Astrapia splendidissima
- Superb Bird-of-paradise, Lophorina superba
- Trumpet Manucode, Manucodia keraudrenii
- Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise, Seleucidis melanoleuca
- Victoria's Riflebird, Ptiloris victoriae
- Wahnes' Parotia, Parotia wahnesi
- Wallace's Standardwing, Semioptera wallacii
- Western Parotia, Parotia sefilata
- Wilson's Bird of Paradise, Cicinnurus respublica
- Yellow-breasted Bird-of-paradise, Loboparadisea sericea
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- What are the names of the birds known for their magnificant plumage in PNG?
The best known for their plumage are the species of the genus Paradisaea, including the type species, Paradisaea apoda, the Greater Bird of Paradise.
This species was described from specimens brought back to Europe from trading expeditions. These specimens had been prepared by native traders by removing their wings and feet, which led to the belief that the birds never landed but were kept permanently aloft by their plumes.
This gave both the name "birds of paradise" and the specific name apoda - without feet.
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- What do you know about the Bird of Paradise Plant? (strelitzia reginae)
Very little actually but if you pay a visit to a site maintained by Brian Smith you might be able to find out more. http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/bcd/brdhome.htm
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- Where can I find out about wood products made from PNG rainforests?
Try http://www.ecovitality.org/pngwood.htm
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- Are there any florists / flower shops in Port Moresby?
There are three (3) florists in town however I only have e-mail addresses for two.
Linden Blossom is the longest established florist in town and is owned by a Dutch couple who have been here over 30 years. Their e-address is lindenblossom@global.net.pg
The other one is called "The Flower Shop" an arm of the National Capital Botanical Gardens and their address is ncbg@orchidspng.com You should address your mail to Mary Ume who is the manageress of the shop.
The third outfit is an arm of the PNG Gardener company however I do not have an e- mail address for them.
I trust this information will assist you. If not, please let me know and I shall try to get more information for you.
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- Where can I find out information about the Vanimo Forest Products?
I recommend the following web site -- http://www.vanimoforestproducts.com.pg
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- What can you tell me about the Flora and Fauna of PNG?
There are close to 15,000 species of plants in Papua New Guinea, around 240 species of mammals including rats, bats, tree kangaroos and echidnas. There are also 760 species of birds including parrot, pigeon and kingfisher species.
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- Where can I found information about orchids in PNG?
Visit the site prepared by Wolfgang H. Bandisch at http://www.orchidspng.com
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- How much rainforest does PNG have?
Not sure. I have read that PNG has the world's third largest rainforest after Amazonia and the Congo.
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- Are there any rainforests in PNG?
Some people say that about seventy-five percent of PNG is covered by some of the most extensive, unspoilt rainforests in the world. Rainforests have greater plant variety than any other habitats, which in PNG include mangrove forests, swamps and lakes, flood plains, grasslands, savannahs, scrubland, woodlands and cultivated areas.
Sadly these forests are threatened with large scale industrial logging by the same companies that have decimated the forests of the Malaysia and Indonesia.
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- How many different types of rainforest does PNG have?
There are actually five types of rainforest: lowland alluvial and lowland hill; and then lower, middle or upper montane or highland rainforest. In the rainforest plants and animals are adapted to three strata: the forest floor, the understory and the canopy. The entire system depends on a lot of rainfall, and the humidity within it may reach the saturation point. Inside the canopy this moisture may be absorbed directly by tree bark or plant roots, or it may evaporate; the excess rains off and down into mountain gullies and creeks which eventually cascade over waterfalls and flow into lowland rivers to the sea. Just a look at the mighty Sepik River gives you an idea of how much water drains off the mountain rainforests in PNG.
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- Where can I find the largest zoological collection in PNG?
The Rainforest Habitat holds the largest zoological collection in PNG, and is committed to improving both zoo husbandry and exhibit standards in all animal-exhibiting facilities throughout the country. -- http://www.habitat.org.pg
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