People present: me
Tide: mid-tide to rising tide
One thing I learnt from this recce may be that there may be some form of habitat partitioning between Periophthalmus walailakae and Periophthalmodon scholsseri after all. At the Mangrove Arboretum, on the boardwalk from MA1 to MA2, there are many Pn. schlosseri seemingly "basking" themselves in the open. There were only 3 Ps. walailakae in more sheltered area in between MA1 and MA2. After MA2 in the covered canopy area where many tree-climbing crabs are roaming freely, there are more of the smaller burrows as well as their owners - Ps. walailakae.
Pn. schlosseri is also seen to be feeding, doing burrow maintenance as well as displaying territorial behaviors.
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