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BIODIVERSITY BASELINE: TANZANIA’S COASTAL FORESTS 2011 Loxodonta africana African Elephant VU A2a Myonycteris relicta East African Little Collared Fruit Bat VU A4c Panthera leo Lion, African Lion VU A2abcd Procolobus kirkii Zanzibar Red Colobus EN B1ab(ii,iii,v) Pteropus voeltzkowi Pemba Flying Fox VU D2 Rhynchocyon chrysopygus Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew EN B1ab(iii) Rhynchocyon petersi Black And Rufous Elephant Shrew VU B1ab(iii) Taphozous hildegardeae Hildegarde's Tomb Bat VU B1ab(iii) Reptiles Elapsoides nigra EN B1ab(iii) Lygosoma mafianum EN B1ab(iii) Amphibians Afrixalus sp. VU B1ab(iii) Afrixalus sylvaticus EN B2ab(iii) Afrixalus uluguruensis EN B1ab(iii) Hyperolius rubrovermiculatus EN B1ab(iii) Stephopaedes sp. EN B1ab(iii) Table 2: Species richness* within the GEF project implementation landscapes ** Kilwa Landscape Lindi Landscape Matumbi Landscape Zanzibar Landscape Amphibia 10 16 22 11 Aves 52 58 40 31 Plantae 133 249 625 286 Mammalia 28 48 46 42 Reptilia 8 84 26 28 TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES 231 455 759 398 *only species of some conservation interest are included; widespread species have been omitted so the total species number is actually higher ** based on the synthesis of past survey work and the results of new surveys concluded during this projects baseline phase 2.2.2 Flagship species The Coastal Forests in Tanzania, especially in the south, support significant populations of elephants (Loxodonta africana). Other African flagship species occur, for example, African wild dog (Lycaon
East Usambara Kilulu Hills Amboni Caves Tongwe Msumbugwe Pangani Falls Genda Genda Mkwaja Zaraninge-Kiono Ruvu North Pugu/Kazimzumbwi Pande Ruvu South Vikindu Kisiju Mchungu Namakutwa Kiwengoma Tong'omba Litipo Rondo Dimba FR Kitope FR and Nyangamara Pindiro Chitoa Ngarama Pemba Island Zanzibar Island Mafia Island Kimboza Number of forest species BIODIVERSITY BASELINE: TANZANIA’S COASTAL FORESTS 2011 pictus), lion (Panthera leo), leopard (Panthera pardus) and perhaps a few black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). The Zanzibar red colobus (Procolobus kirkii) is also a flagship species on Unguja Island. The estimated global population is around 2,500 individuals, mainly living in and around the Jozani Forest, but also in a number of village forests in close association with people. It is not hunted by the Muslim inhabitants of this island and has become a significant tourist attraction. A few individuals have also been introduced into Pemba island, but are not doing well. Among the plants, the main flagship species in the coastal forests are African violets (Saintpaulia sp), which are only present in a few of the wetter forests, mainly close to the East Usambara mountains. These plants are globally cultivated as houseplants, but originate in Tanzanian and Kenyan forests. The Coastal Forests also contain 11 species of wild coffee, of which eight are endemic (Clarke et al. 2000). None of these have been exploited as commercial crops. There are also important stands of cycads in some well sheltered areas where fire is not a strong threat, with the common species being Encephalartos hildebrandtii. Preliminary botanical explorations in the little-known Namatimbili– Ngarama forest block located some 35 km inland of Kilwa in south-east Tanzania have rediscovered and further confirmed the presence of two tree species, Erythrina schliebenii Harms and Karomia gigas (Faden) Verdc., that were previously thought to have become extinct. Both trees are endemic to the Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa hotspot and to the Swahilian Regional Centre of Endemism (Clarke et al. 2011). 2.3 Priority Analyses 2.3.1 Simple number of important vertebrates A simple addition of the forest species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians found in those Coastal Forests of Tanzania that have been studied, indicates a rough idea of biological priority (Figure 2). This shows that several sites have more than 100 forest species present, East Usambara lowlands, Gendagenda, Zaraninge (now part of Sadaani NP), Pugu/Kazimzumbwe (now heavily degraded), Kiwengoma, Litipo, Rondo and Zanzibar Island. The last four of these sites are within the intervention landscapes of this GEF project. 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
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