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<strong>Mgambo</strong> <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>Reserve</strong><br />

Appendix 9: Reptile capture data<br />

Summary of reptile capture at zoological trapsites and during opportunistic collection in<br />

<strong>Mgambo</strong> FR (refer to Tables 18 and 19 for trapsite locations, descriptions and sampling<br />

intensity).<br />

Species Number of individuals caught<br />

in traps at trapsites 1-4<br />

(sampling intensity in trap<br />

nights)<br />

Casual<br />

collections<br />

East Usambara Conservation Area Management Programme Technical Paper 59<br />

Total no.<br />

individuals<br />

captured<br />

89<br />

Total<br />

specimens<br />

taken<br />

1 2 3 4<br />

(330) (330) (330) (330)<br />

CHAMAELEONIDAE<br />

Rhampholeon k. kerstenii<br />

COLUBRIDAE<br />

- 1 - - - 1 1<br />

Natriciteres olivacea - - - - 2 2 2<br />

Philothamnus sp. - - - - 1 1 1<br />

Psammophis sudanensis - - - - 2 2 2<br />

Scaphiophus<br />

- - - 5 - 5 1<br />

albopunctatus<br />

Unknown genus<br />

ELAPIDAE<br />

- - 1 - 1 1 1<br />

Dendroaspis angusticeps - - - - 1 1 1<br />

Naja sp.<br />

GEKKONIDAE<br />

1 - - - - 1 1<br />

Cnemaspis africana 1 - 1 - - 2 2<br />

Hemidactylus sp. - - - - 1 1 1<br />

Hemidactylus<br />

- - 2 - - 2 1<br />

platycephalus<br />

Pachydactylus sp. - - - - 1 1 1<br />

GERRHOSAURIDAE<br />

Gerrhosaurus flavigularis 1 10 - - - 11 2<br />

Gerrhosaurus sp. - - - - - 1 1<br />

LACERTIDAE<br />

Heliobolus speckii speckii - 2 - - 1 3 1<br />

Holaspis guentheri laevis - - - - 1 1 1<br />

Latastia longicaudata - 1 - 1 - 2 2<br />

LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE<br />

Leptotyphlops sp. - - - - 2 2 2<br />

SCINCIDAE<br />

Mabuya maculilabris 1 - 1 - - 2 2<br />

Lygosoma sp. - - - - 1 1 1<br />

VIPERIDAE<br />

Bitis arientans 1 - - - 1 2 2<br />

TOTAL 5 14 5 6 15 45 29

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