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Influence of waterfalls on patterns of association between trout and Natal cascade frog Hadromophryne natalensis tadpoles in two headwater streams in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park World Heritage Site, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: RJ Karssing --- , South Africa NA Rivers-Moore --- , South Africa K Slater --- Department of Environmental Sciences, South AfricaCurrent literature suggests that little, if any, research has been conducted in South Africa to determine the impact of alien trout on indigenous amphibian biodiversity. The aim of this study was to establish whether waterfalls in the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park,... -
Helminth parasites of amphibians from a rainforest reserve in southwestern Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M. S. O. Aisien --- Laboratory of Parasitology Research, University of Benin, Nigeria S. O. Ogoannah --- Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Nigeria A. A. Imasuen --- Laboratory of Parasitology Research, University of Benin, NigeriaHelminth parasites of amphibians from the Gelegele Forest Reserve, a pristine forest in southwestern Nigeria, were investigated. Amphibians encountered included Amietophrynus maculatus, Hoplobatrachus occipitalis, Aubria subsigillata, Ptychadena longirostris, Ptychadena oxyrynchus, Ptychadena bibroni, Ptychadena pumilio, Chiromantis rufescens, Leptopelis hyloides, Hyperolius fusciventris... -
Parasitic infections of amphibians in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: M.S.O. Aisien --- Laboratory of Parasitology Research, Department of Animal and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Nigeria S.G.A. Nago --- Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Bénin M.O. Rödel --- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin, Herpetology, GermanyThe parasitic infections of amphibians in the National Park (pristine savanna), Buffer Zone (slightly altered savanna closer to fields) and Agricultural Zone (agricultural land including cotton fields with intensive use of pesticides) of the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin, were investigated... -
A new species of Heterixalus (Amphibia: Hyperoliidae) from western Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Miguel Vences --- Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum A. Koenig, Germany Frank Glaw --- Acquario di Genova, Italy Riccardo Jesu --- Acquario di Genova, Area Porto Antico, Italy Giovanni Schimmenti --- Acquario di Genova, Area Porto Antico, ItalyA new species of hyperoliid frog, Heterixalus carbonei n.sp., is described from the Antsingy forest inwestern Madagascar. It is characterized by an advertisement call consisting of long and regular note series. The only other Heterixalus with a similar call structure,... -
Calls of three species of arthroleptid frogs from Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Ignacio De la Riva --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain Jaime Bosch --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain Rafael Márquez --- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, SpainThe calls of three anuran species in the family Arthroleptidae in the sub-family Astylosterminae from Equatorial Guinea are described including information on calling behaviour. For each species, we present a characteristic audiospectrogram and oscillogram. We also provide numerical information about... -
Molecular and bioacoustic divergence in Mantidactylus granulatus and M. zavona n.sp. (Anura: Mantellidae): bearings for the biogeography of northern Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Miguel Vences --- Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Netherlands Franco Andreone --- Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Sezione di Zoologia, Italy Frank Glaw --- Zoologische Staatssammlung, Germany Jasmin E. Randrianirina --- Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, MadagascarWe analysed the genetic and bioacoustic variability in Mantidactylus granulatus, a semi arboreal frog species endemic to the northern portion of Madagascar. Advertisement calls had a longer note duration in northeastern as compared to northwestern populations. Specimens from mid altitudes... -
Two new species of long-fingered frogs of the genus Cardioglossa (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Central African rainforests
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Mareike Hirschfeld --- , , Germany David C. Blackburn --- , USA Marius Burger --- , , South Africa Eli Greenbaum --- , , USA Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou --- , République du Congo Mark-Oliver Rödel --- , , GermanyWe describe two new frog species of Cardioglossa (Family Arthroleptidae) from Central Africa. The new species are found in the rainforests of western-central Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo near the Gabonese border, respectively. We... -
Annual variation of ovarian structures of Boulengerula taitana (Loveridge 1935), a Kenyan caecilian
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: M. A. Raquet --- , , France G. J. Measey --- , , South Africa J. M. Exbrayat --- , , FranceThe Kenyan caecilian, Boulengerula taitanus inhabits a climate characterised by two distinct dry and wet seasons, and a single thermal minimum in June. It is oviparous with direct development and a remarkable dermatophagous maternal care, but the female reproductive cycle... -
A comparison of DNA barcoding markers in West African frogs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Heidi J. Rockney --- , , USA Caleb Ofori-Boateng --- , Ghana Natsuko Porcino --- , , USA Adam D. Leaché --- , , USADNA barcoding has been proposed as a means of quick species identification using a short standardised segment of DNA. The established barcode gene for animals—the mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase one (CO1)—has been plagued by primer failure and low species identification... -
Analysis of genetic diversity in Rose’s mountain toadlet (Capensibufo rosei) using novel microsatellite markers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jessica M. da Silva --- , South Africa Kevin A. Feldheim --- , USA Ryan J. Daniels --- , South Africa Shelley Edwards --- , South Africa Krystal A. Tolley --- , South AfricaOn the Cape Peninsula, Capensibufo rosei is known from only two isolated breeding populations within Table Mountain National Park. Because of its declining state, there is an urgent need to understand the genetic diversity, population structure and patterns of movement... -
The rediscovery of a lost frog: Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Francois S Becker --- Gobabeb Research and Training Centre, Namibia Robert W Hopkins --- Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, ZimbabweThe cave squeaker Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963 was first collected in 1961/62, and not observed again for 54 years despite several attempts to locate it. We rediscovered this species near the type locality in the Chimanimani mountain range in eastern... -
Acoustic communication and reproductive behaviour in the aquatic frog Xenopus laevis (Pipidae), a field study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Achim Ringeis --- , , Germany Birgit Krumscheid --- , , Germany Phillip J. Bishop --- , , New Zealand Christian de Vries --- , , Germany Andreas Elepfandt --- , , GermanyWe studied the acoustic and reproductive behaviour of the clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, in a pond with clear water in South Africa over a period of two months. It contained 21 adult males and females. Each was marked with a... -
Donald George Broadley: Bibliography, taxonomic discoveries and patronyms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: William R. Branch --- , , South Africa Michael F. Bates --- , South AfricaDonald G. Broadley was one of Africa’s most prolific recent authors. He produced over 410 articles, including numerous comprehensive and detailed taxonomic reviews of lizard and snake genera. A review of his scientific publications spanning over 50 years of herpetological... -
New species of Mongrel Frogs (Pyxicephalidae: Nothophryne) for northern Mozambique inselbergs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Werner Conradie --- , South Africa Gabriela B. Bittencourt-Silva --- , , Switzerland Harith M. Farooq --- , , Mozambique Simon P. Loader --- , United Kingdom Michele Menegon --- , , Italy Krystal A. Tolley --- , , South AfricaNothophryne Poynton, 1963 is a monotypic genus of frog, with the nominal species N. broadleyi found only on Mount Mulanje, in southern Malawi. Recent surveys in northern Mozambique, however, have uncovered at least four new species associated with four inselbergs... -
Preliminary evaluation of non-native rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) impact on the Cederberg ghost frog (Heleophryne depressa) in South Africa’s Cape Fold Ecoregion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: S Avidon --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa JM Shelton --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa SM Marr --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology, South Africa TA Bellingan --- Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa KJ Esler --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa OLF Weyl --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology, South AfricaWe evaluated the impact of non-native rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss on a population of endemic Cedarberg ghost frog Heleophryne depressa in the upper Krom River (Olifants-Doring River Catchment, Cape Fold Ecoregion). We compared H. depressa abundance (using kick-sampling and underwater... -
Molecular phylogenetics reveals a complex history underlying cryptic diversity in the Bush Squeaker Frog (Arthroleptis wahlbergii) in southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: KA Tolley --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South Africa W Conradie --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa J Harvey --- Devonshire Avenue, South Africa J Measey --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa DC Blackburn --- Florida Museum of Natural History, United StatesThroughout the Miocene, the African landscape underwent broad climatic shifts that profoundly influenced the distribution of fauna and flora. Since the late Miocene, these shifts have created a landscape in southern Africa that is strongly characterised by savanna and arid... -
Playing with food: Detection of prey injury cues stimulates increased functional foraging traits in Xenopus laevis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Josie South --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology, South Africa Tarryn L Botha --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Nico J Wolmarans --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Victor Wepener --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Olaf LF Weyl --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology, South AfricaAnimal behavioural traits determine trophic interaction strength, which in turn structures ecological communities. Behavioural responses to prey cues can inform upon how prey are perceived and detected and therefore determine whether certain stimuli can increase or dampen predatory efficiency and... -
William Roy Branch: Bibliography, taxonomic discoveries and patronyms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Michael F Bates --- Department of Herpetology, National Museum, South Africa Aaron M Bauer --- Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, USAWilliam Roy Branch (1946–2018) was the most prolific Africa-based herpetologist of his era. His 659 herpetological contributions, spanning 47 years, include field and photographic guides, taxonomic revisions, phylogenies, ecological studies, annotated checklists, conservation assessments, type catalogues, notes on natural history,... -
New insights into the taxonomic status, distribution and natural history of De Witte’s Clicking Frog (Kassinula wittei Laurent, 1940)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Werner Conradie --- , South Africa Chad Keates --- , South Africa Javier Lobón-Rovira --- , Portugal Pedro Vaz Pinto --- , Portugal Luke Verburgt --- , South Africa Ninda L Baptista --- , South Africa James Harvey --- , South Africa Timóteo Júlio --- , South AfricaKassinula is a monotypic genus of small frog in the family Hyperoliidae, only represented by Kassinula wittei. This species morphologically resembles both Kassina Girard, 1853 and Afrixalus Laurent, 1944, and its taxonomic status has been debated for decades. It has... -
African Journal of Herpetology: Bibliography and taxonomic discoveries of the past ten years
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jens Reissig --- Ultimate Creatures, South AfricaDuring the past ten years, the African Journal of Herpetology has published various papers regarding African Herpetology from all corners of the African continent. The journal is published twice per annum with an average of six articles per issue. Below... -
Shedding light on a threatened midwife toad: fine-scale niche modelling of the Moroccan endemic Alytes maurus (Pasteur and Bons 1962)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: David Donaire-Barroso --- , Spain Axel Hernandez --- University Pasquale Paoli of Corsica, France Daniel Escoriza --- Institut de Ecologia Aquàtica, Facultat de Ciències, SpainAlytes maurus is one of the lesser-known amphibians of northwestern Africa. This small toad appears in several fragmented subpopulations in the mountainous systems of northern Morocco and it is threatened by deforestation and the pollution of streams. In this study,... -
Progress and interim results of the Southern African Frog Atlas Project
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: LeslieR. Minter --- University of the North, South Africa Marius Burger --- University of Cape Town, South Africa JamesA. Harrison --- University of Cape Town, South Africa -
Evidence for an Afrotemperate amphibian fauna
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- , UKLatitudinal and altitudinal changes in composition of the African amphibian fauna is analysed to test the standard zoogeographical division of the continent into Palaearctic and Afrotropical Regions. A comparably high faunal change north and south of the. tropical savannas suggests... -
Conference proceeding: An overview of East African amphibian studies, past, present and future: A view from Tanzania†
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: KimM. Howell --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaGerman explorers and scientists began the study and description of the East African amphibian fauna. Later, Arthur Loveridge played a leading role in collecting, describing and analysing the East African amphibian fauna; his 1957 checklist for the region is still... -
Anurans in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania: Comparison between miombo woodland, evergreen forest and teak plantations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Roy Hinde --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom Graham Corti --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom Eibleis Fanning --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom RichardK.B. Jenkins --- Society for Environmental Exploration, United Kingdom -
Conservation status of herpetofauna endemic to Kwazulu‐Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: AdrianJ. Armstrong --- KwaZulu‐Natal Nature Conservation Service, South AfricaThe KwaZulu‐Natal Nature Conservation Service is undertaking a long‐term project to determine the value of untransformed land for biodiversity conservation, to map these areas in accordance with their relative values, and to identify and prioritise irreplaceable areas. Existing distribution data... -
Residue loads in amphibians used as biomarkers of pesticide levels entering food chains in sub‐Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: MichaelR.K. Lambert --- University of Greenwich, United KingdomResidues accumulate rapidly in amphibians to reach lethal levels. During previous years in Zimbabwe, total DDT residues from general agricultural contamination were at 3.90 ppm wet weight in Bufo gutturalis and 1.50 ppm in Ptychadena anchietae. Dieldrin residues in the... -
The effect of anthropogenic habitat modification on habitat use by Afrana angolensis along the dodwe river, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: ScottG. Lynn --- University of Kentucky, USA Christian Lindle --- University of Vienna, Austria -
Arthroleptis troglodytes and the content of schoutedenella (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- Natural History Museum, UKLaurent (1954) transferred a large number of species then in Arthroleptis to the genus Schoutedenella, which up to that time was a monotypic genus distinguished by de Witte (1921) from Arthroleptis on the grounds of lacking maxillary teeth. Laurent's concept... -
Phylogenetic relationships of African caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): Insights from mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Mark Wilkinson --- The Natural History Museum, UK SimonP. Loader --- The Natural History Museum, UK DavidJ. Gower --- The Natural History Museum, UK JonathanA. Sheps --- University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK BernardL. Cohen --- University of Glasgow, Scotland, UKAfrica (excluding the Seychelles) has a diverse caecilian fauna, including the endemic family Scolecomorphidae and six endemic genera of the more cosmopolitan Caeciliidae. Previous molecular phylogenetic studies have not included any caecilians from the African mainland. Partial 12S and 16S... -
A new giant species of Arthroleptis (Amphibia: Anura) from the Rubeho Mountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- The Natural History Museum, UKTwo giant specimens of Arthroleptis attaining a snout‐vent length of 57 mm, from the Rubeho Mountains in southern Tanzania are described as a new species. They are distinguished from the giant species A. tanneri of the West Usambara Mountains by... -
Stream frogs in Tanzania (Ranidae: Strongylopus): The case of S. Merumontanus and S. Fuelleborni
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- The Natural History Museum, UKExamination of the holotype of Strongylopus merumontanus (Lönnberg) points to Barbour & Loveridge (1928) being unjustified in referring Stream Frogs from northeastern Tanzania to this species. Their material is here assigned to the widespread S. fuelleborni, a species shown to... -
Serengeti amphibians: Distribution and monitoring baseline
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Alan Channing --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa A.R.E. Sinclair --- University of British Columbia, Canada S.A.R. Mduma --- Serengeti Biodiversity Programme, Tanzania D. Moyer --- Wildlife Conservation Society, Tanzania D. A. Kreulen --- , NetherlandsThe Serengeti National Park in Tanzania was surveyed for amphibians in May 2003. Records were based on the collection of adults and tadpoles, and the recording of male advertisement calls. Literature records, museum records, and field notes from an earlier... -
A new cryptic frog of the genus Boophis from the northwestern rainforests of Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Miguel Vences --- University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Frank Glaw --- Zoologische Staatssammlung, GermanyWe describe a new species of arboreal frog of the Boophis mandraka group (Anura: Mantellidae) from Manongarivo Special Reserve in north‐western Madagascar. This new species is morphologically similar to the other species of this group: B. liami, B. mandraka, and... -
Bufo uzunguensis of southern Tanzania (Amphibia: Anura): A history of confusion
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- The Natural History Museum, UK Michele Menegon --- Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Italy Sebastiano Salvidio --- DIP.TE.RIS Corso Europa 26, ItalyType and more recently‐collected material of Bufo uzunguensis Loveridge, is compared with members of the "B. lonnbergi complex” of east African highland dwarf toads. It is concluded that B. uzunguensis is not a member of this complex despite many similarities... -
Diet of amphibians and reptiles from the Engare Ondare river region of central Kenya, during the dry season
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: LaurenceM. Hardy --- Louisiana State University in Shreveport, USA AmandaC. Crnkovic --- Louisiana State University in Shreveport, USAIn seasonally arid environments many species undergo some form of dormancy, such as aestivation. The dietary habits of those species during the period of seasonal aridity are poorly known. Little is known of the seasonal variation in the diet of... -
A new giant species of Arthroleptis (Amphibia: Anura) from the forests of the Nguru Mountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: John Poynton --- Natural History Museum, UK SimonP. Loader --- University of Basel, Switzerland Michele Menegon --- Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, ItalySpecimens of Arthroleptis attaining a body length of nearly 58 mm have been collected above 1790 m a.s.l. on the Nguru Mountains, part of the Eastern Arc mountain chain of Tanzania. In body size this material slightly surpasses the other... -
Within and between‐site distribution of frog species on the Udzungwa Plateau, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Lucinda Lawson --- University of Chicago, David Moyer --- Wildlife Conservation Society,Amphibian distribution and abundance patterns are linked with environmental factors that define the suitable habitat for each species on both macro and micro scales. Determining the distribution and habitat requirements of species is a necessary first step in monitoring population... -
Revalidation of Phrynobatrachus maculiventris Guibé & Lamotte, 1958 and description of its aposematic coloured tadpole
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Mark‐Oliver Rödel --- Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Laura Sandberger --- Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Néma‐Soua Loua --- Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée, Republic of Guinea Joseph Doumbia --- Université de Conakry, Annika Hillers --- Humboldt University Berlin, GermanyPhrynobatrachus maculiventris Guibé & Lamotte, 1958 is a valid species. Herein we clarify its taxonomic status, re‐describe it, and provide the first description of its tadpole. The tadpoles’ specific identity was assessed through DNA barcoding. Phrynobatrachus maculiventris adults differ from... -
Conservation assessment of the critically endangered frog Mantella aurantiaca in Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Roma Randrianavelona --- Madagasikara Voakajy, Madagascar Harisoa Rakotonoely --- Université d' Antananarivo, Madagascar Jonah Ratsimbazafy --- Université d' Antananarivo, Madagascar RichardK. B. Jenkins --- Madagasikara Voakajy, MadagascarMantella aurantiaca is a small, bright orange, terrestrial amphibian that is endemic to the island of Madagascar. The species has attracted significant attention from herpetologists and captive breeders but relatively little effort has been given to its conservation in the... -
A new puddle frog (Phrynobatrachidae: Phrynobatrachus) from the Mambilla Plateau in eastern Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: DavidC. Blackburn --- University of Kansas, USAA new species of puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus) is described from the Kurmin Danko Forest Reserve on the western edge of the Mambilla Plateau in eastern Nigeria. The new species is distinguished from both geographically proximate and closely related Phrynobatrachus species... -
Phylogeography of the Clicking Stream Frog Strongylopus grayii (Anura, Pyxicephalidae) reveals cryptic divergence across climatic zones in an abundant and widespread taxon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: KrystalA. Tolley --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa Anne Braae --- South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa Michael Cunningham --- University of the Free State, South AfricaThe Clicking Stream Frog (Strongylopus grayii) occurs throughout southern and eastern South Africa across summer, aseasonal and winter rainfall areas. Because of its contiguous distribution and extended breeding season this species might be expected to show a phylogeographic pattern of... -
Small, specialised and highly mobile? The tree-hole breeding frog, Phrynobatrachus guineensis, lacks fine-scale population structure
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Laura Sandberger --- Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin, Germany Heike Feldhaar --- University of Osnabrück, Germany KathrinP. Lampert --- University of Bochum, Germany DunjaK. Lamatsch --- Austrian Academy of Sciences and Institute for Limnology, Austria Mark-Oliver Rödel --- Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin, GermanyData on population dynamics and distribution are of primary interest to biologists because they reveal information about the species' ecology and evolution and are thus essential for conservation efforts. Patchily distributed species are especially interesting for conservation studies, because of... -
An enigmatic mortality event in the only population of the Critically Endangered Cameroonian frog Xenopus longipes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: DavidC. Blackburn --- University of Kansas, USA BenJ. Evans --- McMaster University, Canada AllanP. Pessier --- San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research, USA VanceT. Vredenburg --- San Francisco State University, USAContemporary global declines and mortality events in amphibian populations have been often attributed to infectious disease and climate change, separately and in combination. We report on an enigmatic mortality event in the only known population of the Critically Endangered frog... -
Two syntopic and microendemic new frogs of the genus Blommersia from the east coast of Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Miguel Vences --- Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany Jörn Köhler --- Hessisches Landesmuseum, Germany Maciej Pabijan --- Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany Frank Glaw --- Zoologische Staatssammlung, GermanyWe describe two new species of semiarboreal frogs from the northern central east coast of Madagascar which occur syntopically, at least on the island of Nosy Boraha. The two species are morphologically closest to Blommersia wittei, but differ in advertisement... -
Multi-locus phylogeny and evolution of reproductive modes in the Pyxicephalidae, an African endemic clade of frogs
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Arie van der Meijden --- Campus Agrário de Vairão, Portugal Angelica Crottini --- Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany Jeanne Tarrant --- North-West University, South Africa Andrew Turner --- CapeNature, South Africa Miguel Vences --- Technical University of Braunschweig, GermanyThe ranoid family Pyxicephalidae is an endemic group of African frogs, with the majority of its diversity concentrated in South Africa. Here we present the first molecular phylogeny that includes as many as nine of the ten pyxicephalid genera, omitting... -
Description of the tadpole of Amietophrynus brauni (Anura: Bufonidae) from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Jared Sprague --- , USA BredaM. Zimkus --- Museum of Comparative Zoology, USAThe tadpole of Amietophrynus brauni (Anura: Bufonidae), endemic to the forests of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, is barcoded using 16S rRNA and described from the West Usambara Mountains. It differs from tadpoles of A. maculatus by its body... -
Medicinal and dietary uses of amphibians in Burkina Faso
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Meike Mohneke --- Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin, Herpetology, Germany AbiodunB. Onadeko --- University of Lagos, Nigeria Mark-Oliver Rödel --- Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin, Herpetology, GermanyHerein we present ethnozoological data on the use of frogs by two ethnic groups (Mossi and Gourmanché) in Burkina Faso. These data are based on 129 interviews. Differences concerning consumption, applications as medical treatments, and cultural purposes were recorded and... -
Systematics of the poorly known treefrog Leptopelis fiziensis (Anura: Arthroleptidae), with a description of its call
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Eli Greenbaum --- University of Texas at El Paso, USA Frank Portillo --- University of Texas at El Paso, USA Chifundera Kusamba --- Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, République Démocratique du CongoLeptopelis fiziensis was described as a subspecies of L. modestus from specimens that were collected in 1956 in the region in and around Fizi, in present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. We recently discovered L. fiziensis in transitional and montane... -
Afrotemperate Amphibians in southern and eastern Africa: a critical review
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: JohnC. Poynton --- Natural History Museum, UKThe term ‘Afrotemperate’ is taken to cover the area and fauna of the southern Cape, eastern highlands of South Africa, and intertropical highlands. A feature of Afrotemperate distribution is that it conforms to climatic zones rather than to latitudinal zonation... -
Amphibian survey and current absence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in Ivoloina Park, Toamasina (eastern Madagascar)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Angelica Crottini --- , Portugal An Bollen --- , Belgium Ché Weldon --- , , South Africa Desiré L. Dalton --- , South Africa Antoinette Kotzé --- , South Africa Jean Noël --- , Madagascar Bernard Iambana --- , Madagascar Franco Andreone --- , ItalyAmphibians are threatened globally by the chytridiomycete fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which is still expanding in range. Madagascar, rich in amphibian diversity, remains one of the few places that the fungus has not invaded. Herein, we present results from a... -
Restoring breeding habitat for Giant Bullfrogs (Pyxicephalus adspersus) in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Ryan L. Thomas --- , , South Africa Lynne Owen-Smith --- , , South Africa Deanne C. Drake --- , , South Africa Graham J. Alexander --- , , South AfricaHabitat fragmentation and transformation arising from urbanisation are leading causes of frog population declines. Artificial wetlands are sometimes used in remediation to minimise biodiversity loss in urban landscapes, but little is known about the specific habitat requirements of frog species... -
An inventory of amphibian roadkill in the western Soutpansberg, Limpopo province, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Treading a Delicate Tightrope: A principal balancing between education and political change during turbulent times • Authors: Thabo I Hlatshwayo --- , South Africa Eduard M Stam --- , South Africa Wendy J Collinson-Jonker --- , South Africa Abeda Dawood --- , South AfricaIncreasing linear infrastructure development often impacts habitats and wildlife negatively. Roads, in particular, have numerous threats to wildlife with the most noticeable direct impact being roadkill, and this requires urgent conservation interventions. To assess amphibian roadkill, driven surveys were conducted... -
Genetic diversity of the mantellid frog Blommersia blommersae, and description of a new anuran species from south-eastern Madagascar
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Treading a Delicate Tightrope: A principal balancing between education and political change during turbulent times • Authors: Miguel Vences --- , Germany Moritz Armerding --- , Germany Jörn Köhler --- , Germany Frank Glaw --- , GermanyA range-wide assessment of genetic variation in one mitochondrial (16S rRNA) and one nuclear-encoded (Rag-1) gene fragment of the widespread Madagascar frog Blommersia blommersae revealed the presence of up to 12 deep genetic lineages. Many of these differed by genetic... -
Anuran diversity in a West African Valley
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Houénafa Chrysostome Aimé Gansa --- Unit of Aquaculture Research and Fisheries Management (URAGeP), Laboratory of Fisheries and Animal Sciences (LaSAH), National University of Agriculture (UNA), Republic of Benin Hyppolite Agadjihouèdé --- University of Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin Mahugnon Benjamin Hounkanrin --- Unit of Aquaculture Research and Fisheries Management (URAGeP), Laboratory of Fisheries and Animal Sciences (LaSAH), National University of Agriculture (UNA), Republic of BeninAnurans are subject to strong anthropic pressures in Benin, as in most of the West African countries, due to their socio-economic and environmental importance. To protect these organisms and to gather basic knowledge, an anuran biodiversity study was conducted in... -
Distribution, habitat and vulnerability to climate change of the Endangered Leptopelis xenodactylus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Kirsty J. Kyle --- North-West University, South Africa Louis H. Du Preez --- North-West University, South Africa James Harvey --- 41 Devonshire Avenue, South Africa Adrian J. Armstrong --- Centre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaLeptopelis xenodactylus is a little-known, Endangered species of frog that is thought to be endemic to the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. In an effort to determine the distribution of this species more accurately, a working species distribution model was... -
Molecular characterisation and phylogeny of two nematode parasites recovered from the amphibian host Schlerophrys regularis sampled in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Okeagu Martin Okechukwu --- University of Lagos, Nigeria Akinsanya Bamidele --- University of Lagos, Nigeria Fadipe Ojuolape Temitope --- Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Nigeria Njoku Ifeoma Faith --- Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Nigeria Adekoya Olajide Khalid --- University of Lagos, Nigeria Akadiri Oladimeji Olalekan --- Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Nigeria Aisien Martins --- University of Benin, NigeriaResearch on amphibian parasites has been on the increase because of the noticeable decline of amphibians. Studies on these parasites have been limited to their prevalence and infection patterns, and there is still a dearth of knowledge on the phenotypic... -
Filling the gaps: herpetological checklist of Mayombe National Park and Cabinda Province (Angola) shed light on one of the most unexplored corners of tropical Central Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Javier Lobón-Rovira --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Asociado, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Ninda L Baptista --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Asociado, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Tyron Clark --- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Luke Verburgt --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Gregory FM Jongsma --- New Brunswick Museum, Canada Werner Conradie --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa Luis Veríssimo --- Fundação Kissama, Angola Pedro Vaz Pinto --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Asociado, Universidade do Porto, PortugalThe global environmental crisis has reinforced the importance of improving the documentation of the geographical distributions of extant species. With this aim, species inventories of specific locations or regions are a high priority, especially so in poorly explored areas. Cabinda... -
Camera trapping observations of the Kloof Frog, Natalobatrachus bonebergi, in South Africa, reveals effects of environmental conditions on breeding behaviour patterns
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: C Acker-Cooper --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa L Roxburgh --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa J Tarrant --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South AfricaThe threatened Kloof Frog (Natalobatrachus bonebergi) is associated with coastal forested rocky streams in the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces, South Africa. Their expanded toe tips allow them to navigate rocks, branches and leaves, where the species lays distinct egg...