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CONTENTS<br />

FOREWORD by Lota Melamari<br />

(Direc<strong>to</strong>r General Tanzania National Parks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

Aim <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> booklet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

Arusha National Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

Arusha National Park <strong>amphibians</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>reptiles</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13<br />

Data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />

Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

LIST OF SPECIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

Bufo gutturalis (Guttural Toad) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />

Xenopus muelleri (Mueller’s Clawed Frog) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />

Ptychadena mascareniensis (Mascarene Grass Frog) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />

Rana angolensis (Common River Frog) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />

Strongylopus fasciatus merumontanus (Striped Long-<strong>to</strong>ed Frog) . . . . . . 26<br />

Phrynobatrachus keniensis (Puddle Frog) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />

Hemisus marmoratum (Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

Kassina senegalensis (Bubbling Kassina) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />

Hyperolius viridiflavus omma<strong>to</strong>stictus (Painted Reed Frog) . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />

Hyperolius nasutus (Long Reed Frog) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

Geochelone pardalis babcocki (Tropical Leopard Tor<strong>to</strong>ise) . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />

Hemidactylus mabouia (Tropical House Gecko) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38<br />

Pachydactylus turneri (Bibron’s Thick-<strong>to</strong>ed Gecko) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39<br />

Keys for <strong>the</strong> identification <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chameleons<br />

<strong>of</strong> Arusha National Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40<br />

Bradypodion tavetanum (Kilimanjaro Two-horned Chameleon) . . . . . . . 41<br />

Chamaeleo dilepis (Common Flap-necked Chameleon) . . . . . . . . . . . . 42<br />

Chamaeleo gracilis (Gracile Chameleon) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />

Chamaeleo rudis (Ruwenzori Side-striped Chameleon) . . . . . . . . . . . . 44<br />

Chamaeleo jacksonii merumontanus<br />

(Meru Three-horned Chameleon) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />

Agama agama (Rock Agama) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />

Mabuya striata (Eastern Striped Skink) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50<br />

Mabuya varia (Variable Skink) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51<br />

Lygosoma afrum (Peter’s Writhing-skink) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />

Panaspis wahlbergii (Wahlberg’s Snake-eyed Skink) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53<br />

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