A SURVEY OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES AT DEGRADED SITES NEAR POINTE-NOIRE, KOUILOU PROVINCE, REPUBLIC OF CONGO

作者：Jackson Kate^*; Blackburn David C

来源：Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 2010, 5(3): 414-429.

• Africa
• Amphibia
• anthropogenic habitats
• biodiversity
• Congo Basin
• Reptilia

We report here the findings of a faunal survey of amphibians and reptiles included in an environmental impact assessment carried out in a heavily anthropogenically degraded area near the city of Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo. Specifically, we use these results as an opportunity to investigate the effects of habitat destruction and fragmentation on herpetofauna, an increasingly widespread yet rarely studied phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa, in one of the most poorly surveyed countries in the world. Among the 37 identified species (12 amphibians and 25 reptiles), we report here for the first time in the Republic of Congo, three species: the frog Hemisus perreti, the skink Afroablepharus tancredi, and the tortoise Kinixys homeana.

• 出版日期2010-12