Jarak Island Explained

Jarak Island
Location:	Perak, Malaysia
Country Admin Divisions:	Perak
Country Admin Divisions Title:	State
Country Admin Divisions 1:	Manjung
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:	District
Coordinates:	3.9778°N 100.0994°W
Native Name:	Pulau Jarak / ڤولاو جارق
Waterbody:	Straits of Malacca

Jarak Island (Malay: Pulau Jarak / ڤولاو جارق) is an island in the straits of Malacca. It is administered as part of Perak, Malaysia. The island is granitic, heavily forested, and has a rocky shoreline.^{[1] [2]} Jarak has been described as being in size.

The island is home to an endemic species of gecko, the Jarak Island bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus jarakensis).^[3] The waters around the island host a number of coral reefs.

A notable, extensive survey of the island was documented by John Wyatt-Smith and Michael Tweedie in 1950, who were part of an expedition investigating scrub typhus on the island.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Hussin, A. & Ghani, A. & Ismail, Khaira & Fauzi, Rosmadi & Dorall, R. & Gokilan, S.. (2008). The geology and geomorphology of Pulau Jarak, Pulau sembilan and Pulau Perak. 27. 1–6.
2. Phang, Siew-Moi & Lim, Phaik Eem & Lean, Jillian & Ooi, Jillian & Yeong, Hui Yin & Ng, Woan-Shien & Küpper, Frithjof. (2008). Marine Algae of Perak Island, Jarak Island and the Sembilan Group of Islands in the Straits of Malacca. 27.
3. Grismer, Larry & Onn, Chan & Grismer, Jesse & Wood Jr, Perry & M. BELABUT, Daicus. (2008). Three New Species Of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) From Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa. 1–23. 10.5281/zenodo.184717.
4. Wyatt-Smith, J. "The Vegetation of Jarak Island, Straits of Malacca." Journal of Ecology 41, no. 2 (1953): 207–225. Accessed September 6, 2021. doi:10.2307/2257036.