Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique's sky island forests : new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians
Date
2016
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Pensoft
Abstract
We carried out a survey of reptiles and amphibians within Afromontane forest and woodland slopes of three inselbergs in northern Mozambique (Mount Mabu, Mount Namuli, and Mount Ribáuè). A total of 56 species (22 amphibians and 34 reptiles) were recorded during the current survey. Our findings substantially increase the number of herpetofaunal species recorded from these mountains (Mount Ribáuè 59%, Mount Mabu 37%, and Mount Namuli 11% of the total species), including one new country record and several putative new species. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna of these mountains is presented.
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CITATION: Conradie, W. et al. 2016. Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique's sky island forests : new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 92(2):163-180, doi:10.3897/zse.92.9948.
The original publication is available at https://zse.pensoft.net
The original publication is available at https://zse.pensoft.net
Keywords
Amphibia -- Mozambique, Reptilia -- Mozambique, Biodiversity -- Mozambique -- Sky island forests, Conservation -- Mozambique -- Sky island forests
Citation
Conradie, W. et al. 2016. Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique's sky island forests : new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 92(2):163-180, doi:10.3897/zse.92.9948.