Frontier Tanzania Environmental Research REPORT 110 ...

Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserve
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Fourteen species listed have not previously been recorded in Kazimzumbwi FR, including the
near-endemic Sepsina tetradactyla and Natriciteres olivaecea. The latter species has apparently
not been found on the coast for 15 years (K.Howell, pers. comm.). Ten of these species have not
previously been recorded in Coastal Forest, although half of these are non-forest species and it
may be for this reason that they have not previously been listed in other Coastal Forest
inventories. The record of Agama montana, previously recorded only from Eastern Arc
Mountains, represents a range extension for the species.
Although more reptiles were captured in trapsite 5 than any other these records represent just one
species. No reptiles were recorded from trapsite 1 but this trapsite ran for only half the time of the
others (see Table 14). No clear patterns emerge with regard to the diversity or species richness
recorded from the different trapsites, and thus different habitats.
Five reptile species (19%) were forest dependent whilst 9 (33%) were forest dwe lling. Three
species (11%) are non-forest and these were indeed found outside of densely forested areas.
There are no reptiles endemic to the Pugu Hills although four near-endemic species were
recorded; one endemic to Coastal Forests alone, one endemic to Coastal Forests and Eastern Arc
Mountains and one endemic to Coastal Forest, Eastern Arc Mountains and a few other East
African forests (see Table 21). The majority of species (70%) are known to have widespread
distributions.
Two species are considered Vulnerable by the IUCN and one species appears on Appendix II of
CITES listings.
Table 21 Ranges of near endemic reptile species recorded in Kazimzumbwi FR. (Taken from
National Biodiversity Database (UDSM 1997)).
Species
CHAMAELEONIDAE
Rhampholeon brevicaudatus
SCINCIDAE
Sepsina tetradactyla
AGAMIDAE
Agama montana
GEKKONIDAE
Lygodactylus grotei
Range
Forests of coastal Tanzania and part of Eastern Arc mountains (Usambara
Mountains and Uluguru mountains)
S.E. Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia
Usambara, Uluguru and Nguru Mountains
S.E. Tanzania, Mafia Island and N. Mozambique
6.4.3 Amphibians
Records of 801 amphibians were made in Kazimzumbwi FR, representing 8 families, 13 genera
and 23 species (Table 22). Taxonomic verifications have been received and thus all
identifications are confimed.
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