Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique’s sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians

By

Conradie, Werner
Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela Bueno.
Engelbrecht, Hanlie
Loader, Simon
Menegon, Michele
Nanvonamuquitxo, Cristóvão
Scott, Michael (Fisheries biologist)
Tolley, Krystal

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

Zoosystematics and evolution

Volume

92

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

163--180

Subjects

Amphibia , Conservation , diversity , new species , Reptilia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.92.9948

 

Abstract

We carried out a survey of reptiles and amphibians within Afromontane forest and woodland slopes of three inselbergs in northern Mozambique (Mount Mabu, Mount Namuli, and Mount Ribáuè). A total of 56 species (22 amphibians and 34 reptiles) were recorded during the current survey. Our findings substantially increase the number of herpetofaunal species recorded from these mountains (Mount Ribáuè 59%, Mount Mabu 37%, and Mount Namuli 11% of the total species), including one new country record and several putative new species. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna of these mountains is presented.