Mpanga/Kipengere Game Reserve - Frontier-publications.co.uk
Mpanga/Kipengere Game Reserve - Frontier-publications.co.uk
Mpanga/Kipengere Game Reserve - Frontier-publications.co.uk
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<strong>Mpanga</strong> / <strong>Kipengere</strong> <strong>Game</strong> <strong>Reserve</strong>; A Biodiversity Survey<br />
Species Common name Evidence Major habitat Notes (based on Spawls et al. 2002)<br />
re<strong>co</strong>rded from<br />
GEKKONIDAE<br />
Hemidactylus platycephalus** Tree gecko Caught/observed WL<br />
Lygodactylus angolensis* Angolan dwarf gecko Caught/observed WL & FGM Particularly rare in Tanzania where there is only a few scattered<br />
re<strong>co</strong>rds. Scattered re<strong>co</strong>rds at low-altitude savanna in Kenya &<br />
Tanzania, thus an altitudinal range extension as re<strong>co</strong>rded here at 2<br />
500 m asl<br />
Gekkonidae <strong>co</strong>nt.<br />
Lygodactylus cf. angularis Angulate dwarf gecko Caught/observed FGM Normally found in woodland and forest at 1 600 – 2 300 m a.s.l.<br />
Re<strong>co</strong>rded here at 2 720 m a.s.l. thus an altitude range extension. Also<br />
a disjunct range.<br />
Lygodactylus sp. Dwarf Gecko Observed FGM<br />
Pachydactylus turneri** Turner’s thick-toed gecko Caught WL Patchy distribution from Ke/Tz border & NW Rwanda.<br />
GERRHOSAURIDAE<br />
Gerrhosaurus flavigularis** Yellow-throated plated<br />
lizard<br />
Gerrhosaurus major* Greater plated lizard Observed WL<br />
Observed/tail caught WL Very few re<strong>co</strong>rds from S and W Tanzania, except for Lake Rutwa &<br />
Kibondo.<br />
SCINICIDAE<br />
Heliobolus sp.** Sand lizard Caught, but squashed by WL<br />
vehicle<br />
Mabuya brauni* Ukinga mountain skink Caught/observed FGM Range restricted to grassland and savannah > 2 200 m a.s.l. in the<br />
Ukinga Mountains (southern Tanzania) and Nyika (northern<br />
Malawi).<br />
Mabuya maculilabris** Speckle-lipped skink Caught FGM Range extension as no re<strong>co</strong>rds from Southern Highlands<br />
Mabuya megalura** Long-tailed skink Caught/obersved WL & FGM<br />
Mabuya planifrons Tree skink Caught/observed WL Range extension, as no re<strong>co</strong>rds from S.Tanzania<br />
Mabuya striata** Striped skink Caught/observed WL & FGM Sporadic re<strong>co</strong>rds in NE & E Kenya and lacking from S & W.<br />
Tanzania and N. Uganda<br />
Mabuya varia Variable skink Caught/observed WL & FGM<br />
Panaspis megalura** Snake-eyed skink Observed WL Tz endemic, mid-altitude in central and Usanu plains, range<br />
Panaspisa wahlbergi*<br />
Wahlberg’s snake-eyed<br />
skink<br />
extension<br />
Caught/observed WL Tanzanian range extension, normally found in the east and to the<br />
south of Lake Tanganyika<br />
<strong>Frontier</strong> Tanzania Environmental Research Report 99<br />
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