Citation:

PANGAEA.821983

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Project(s):

BIOdiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa (BIOTA)

Coverage:

Latitude: 0.291000 * Longitude: 34.856000

Minimum ORDINAL NUMBER: 1 * Maximum ORDINAL NUMBER: 61

Event(s):

Kakamega_Forest * Latitude: 0.291000 * Longitude: 34.856000 * Location: Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya

Comment:

In total, 61 reptile species are known from Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya. These include 1 turtle species (Pelomedusidae), 24 lizards (Agamidae, 3 spp.; Chamaeleonidae, 5 spp.; Cordylidae, 1 sp.; Gekkonidae, 4 spp.; Lacertidae, 2 spp.; Scincidae, 8 spp.; Varanidae, 1 sp.) and 36 snakes (Atractaspididae, 1 sp.; Colubridae, 23 spp.; Elapidae, 4 spp.; Typhlopidae, 2 spp.; Viperidae, 6 spp.). During the BIOTA project one agamid species (Agama finchi Böhme et al. 2005) was new described from the vicinities of Kakamega Forest.

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	ORDINAL NUMBER	Ord No		Geocode
2	Order	Order	Lötters, Stefan
3	Family	Family	Lötters, Stefan
4	Scientific name	Scientific name	Lötters, Stefan
5	Area/locality	Area	Lötters, Stefan
6	Diet	Diet	Lötters, Stefan
7	Activity description	Activity	Lötters, Stefan
8	Distribution	Distr	Lötters, Stefan

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

426 data points

Data

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1 Ord No	2 Order	3 Family	4 Scientific name	5 Area	6 Diet	7 Activity	8 Distr
1	Squamata	Agamidae	Acanthocercus atricollis minutus (Klausewitz, 1954)	Buyangu Village	insects	day active
2	Squamata	Agamidae	Agama finchi Böhme et al., 2005	Malava	insects	day active	Kenya
3	Squamata	Agamidae	Agama kaimosae Lovridge, 1935	Kaimosi	insects	day active	Kenya
4	Squamata	Atractaspididae	Polemon christyi (Boulenger, 1903)	Kakamega Forest in general	lizards	unknown	central to eastern Africa
5	Squamata	Chamaeleonidae	Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) gracilis Hallowell, 1854	Nandis	insects	day active	West- to East Africa
6	Squamata	Chamaeleonidae	Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) hoehnelii Steindachner, 1891	vicinity of Kakamega Forest	insects	day active	East Africa
7	Squamata	Chamaeleonidae	Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) laevigatus Gray, 1863	vicinity of Kakamega Forest	insects	day active	central to eastern Africa
8	Squamata	Chamaeleonidae	Chamaeleo (Trioceros) ellioti Günther, 1895	Buyangu Village, Buyangu forest, Salazar Circuit, Isiukhu River, Liranda Hill, Kaimosi, Nandis, Malava, Buyangu clearing	insects	day active	central to eastern Africa
9	Squamata	Chamaeleonidae	Rhampholeon boulengeri Steindachner, 1911	Buyangu forest, Kisere	insects	day active	central to eastern Africa
10	Squamata	Colubridae	Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768)	Kakamega Forest in general	amphibians	night active	central to eastern Africa
11	Squamata	Colubridae	Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912	Buyangu forest, Kakamega Forest in general	birds	night active	central to eastern Africa
12	Squamata	Colubridae	Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758)	Kaimosi	birds	night active	Sub-Saharan Africa
13	Squamata	Colubridae	Dispholidus typus kivuensis Laurent, 1955	unknown	amphibians, rodents, birds, lizards	day active	Sub-Saharan Africa
14	Squamata	Colubridae	Hapsidophrys lineatus Fischer, 1856	Buyangu forest, Kakamega Forest in general	amphibians	unknown	West- to East Africa
15	Squamata	Colubridae	Lamprophis fuliginosus (Boie, 1827)	unknown	rodents	night active	West- to East Africa
16	Squamata	Colubridae	Lycophidion capense jacksoni Boulenger, 1893	Kaimosi	lizards, snakes	night active	central to eastern Africa
17	Squamata	Colubridae	Lycophidion depressirostre Laurent, 1968	Kaimosi	lizards, snakes	night active	East Africa
18	Squamata	Colubridae	Lycophidion ornatum Parker, 1936	Buyangu forest	lizards	night active	central to eastern Africa
19	Squamata	Colubridae	Mehelya capensis savorgnani (Mocquard, 1887)	Kakamega Forest in general	lizards, snakes	night active	unknown
20	Squamata	Colubridae	Natriciteres olivacea (Peters, 1854)	Isiukhu River	amphibians, fishes	variable, diurnal	West- to East Africa
21	Squamata	Colubridae	Philothamnus battersbyi Loveridge, 1951	Buyangu Village, Kakamega Forest in general	amphibians, fishes	day active	East Africa
22	Squamata	Colubridae	Philothamnus carinatus (Andersson, 1901)	Kaimosi	amphibians	unknown	West- to East Africa
23	Squamata	Colubridae	Philothamnus heterolepidotus (Günther, 1863)	Yala River	amphibians	day active	West- to East Africa
24	Squamata	Colubridae	Philothamnus hoplogaster (Günther, 1863)	Buyangu Village, Kakamega Forest in general	amphibians, fishes	day active	East- to South Africa
25	Squamata	Colubridae	Philothamnus nitidus loveridgei Laurenti, 1960	Kakamega Forest in general, Yala River	amphibians	day active	central to eastern Africa
26	Squamata	Colubridae	Psammophis mossambicus Peters, 1882	Buyangu Village, Kakamega Forest in general	snakes, lizards, amphibians, birds, rodents	day active	East- to South Africa
27	Squamata	Colubridae	Psammophis phillipsi (Hallowell, 1844)	Buyangu forest	mammals, lizards, amphibians, birds	day active	West- to East Africa
28	Squamata	Colubridae	Psammophis rukwae Broadley, 1966	Kaimosi (reported by Spawls et al. 2002)	lizards, snakes	day active	West- to East Africa
29	Squamata	Colubridae	Thrasops (Rhamnophis) aethiopissa elgonensis (Loveridge, 1829)	Buyangu forest	amphibians	unknown	East Africa
30	Squamata	Colubridae	Thrasops jacksonii Günther, 1895	Buyangu forest, Kakamega Forest in general	mammals, lizards, birds, amphibians	variable, diurnal	central to eastern Africa
31	Squamata	Colubridae	Toxicodryas blandingii (Hallowell, 1844)	Kakamega Forest in general	birds, lizards, amphibians, mammals	variable, diurnal	West- to East Africa
32	Squamata	Colubridae	Toxicodryas pulverulenta (Fischer, 1856)	Kaimosi	rodents, lizards	night active	West- to East Africa
33	Squamata	Cordylidae	Cordylus anguina tenuior (Günther, 1895)	Kakamega Forest in general	insects	day active	middle of Africa
34	Squamata	Elapidae	Dendroaspis jamesoni kaimosae Loveridge, 1936	Buyangu forest, Kakamega Forest in general	rodents, birds	night active	central to eastern Africa
35	Squamata	Elapidae	Elapsoidea loveridgei multicincta (Laurenti, 1956)	Buyangu forest, Kakamega Forest in general	snakes, lizards. amphibians, rodents	night active	central to eastern Africa
36	Squamata	Elapidae	Naja melanoleuca Hallowell, 1857	Malava, Kakamega Forest in general	amphibians, fishes, snakes, lizards, mammals, birds	variable, diurnal	Sub-Saharan Africa
37	Squamata	Elapidae	Pseudohaje goldii (Boulenger, 1895)	Kakamega Forest in general	amphibians, fishes	night active	West- to East Africa
38	Squamata	Gekkonidae	Cnemaspis (Ancylodactylus) africana (Werner, 1895)	Buyangu forest	insects	night active	East Africa
39	Squamata	Gekkonidae	Cnemaspis (Ancylodactylus) elgonensis Lovridge, 1935	Buyangu forest	insects	night active	East Africa
40	Squamata	Gekkonidae	Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnes, 1818)	Buyangu Village	insects	night active	Sub-Saharan Africa
41	Squamata	Gekkonidae	Lygodactylus gutturalis (Bocage, 1873)	Buyangu forest, Udo´s Campside	insects	variable, diurnal	East Africa
42	Squamata	Lacertidae	Adolfus africanus (Boulenger, 1906)	Buyangu forest	insects	day active	central to eastern Africa
43	Squamata	Lacertidae	Adolfus jacksoni (Boulenger, 1899)	Buyangu Village, Udo´s Campside	insects	day active	central to eastern Africa
44	Squamata	Scincidae	Afroablepharus wahlbergi (Smith, 1849)	Kaimosi	insects	day active	East- to South Africa
45	Squamata	Scincidae	Eumecia anchietae Bocage, 1870	Buyangu Village, Salazar Circuit	insects	day active	East Africa
46	Squamata	Scincidae	Feylinia currori Gray, 1845	Buyangu forest	insects	day active	middle of Africa
47	Squamata	Scincidae	Lygosoma fernandi (Burton, 1836)	Buyangu forest	insects	unknown	central to eastern Africa
48	Squamata	Scincidae	Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845)	Kaimosi	insects	day active	Sub-Saharan Africa
49	Squamata	Scincidae	Trachylepis megalura (Peters, 1878)	Liranda Hill, Kaimosi	insects	day active	central to southern Africa
50	Squamata	Scincidae	Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein, 1823)	Buyangu clearing	insects	day active	northern Africa
51	Squamata	Scincidae	Trachylepis striata (Peters, 1844)	Buyangu Village, Udo´s Campside	insects	day active	middle of Africa
52	Squamata	Typhlopidae	Typhlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866)	Kaimosi	insects	night active	central to eastern Africa
53	Squamata	Typhlopidae	Typhlops lineolatus Jan, 1864	Buyangu forest, Udo´s Campside	insects	night active	middle of Africa
54	Squamata	Varanidae	Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766)	reported by Loveridge	mammals, gastropods, fishes, amphibians, birds, insects	day active	Sub-Saharan Africa
55	Squamata	Viperidae	Atheris hispida Laurent, 1955	Buyangu forest, Kakamega Forest in general	gastropods, amphibians, rodents	night active	central to eastern Africa
56	Squamata	Viperidae	Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1854)	Buyangu forest, Isiukhu River, Kaimosi, Buyangu clearing, Kakamega Forest in general	lizards, snakes, amphibians, mammals	night active	West- to East Africa
57	Squamata	Viperidae	Bitis gabonica (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)	Kakamega Forest in general	mammals	night active	central to eastern Africa
58	Squamata	Viperidae	Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1802)	Salazar Circuit, Isiukhu River, Kakamega Forest in general	mammals	night active	central to eastern Africa
59	Squamata	Viperidae	Causus lichtensteini (Jan, 1859)	Udo´s Campside, Kakamega Forest in general	amphibians	variable, diurnal	West- to East Africa
60	Squamata	Viperidae	Causus resimus (Peters, 1862)	Kaimosi	amphibians	variable, diurnal	West- to East Africa
61	Testudines	Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa subrufa (Bonnaterre, 1789)	Buyangu forest	insects, amphibians, birds	day active	Sub-Saharan Africa