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Movements and home range of the gaboon adder, Bitis gabonica gabonica, in Zululand, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: I. J. Linn --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa M. R. Perrin --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa T. Bodbijl --- School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaGaboon adders are active throughout the year, but are largely sedentary. In their prime habitat of forest–thicket–grassland mosaic in Zululand their normal foraging movements are short range, punctuated by long periods of inactivity. Occasional long distance movements suggest changes in... -
Vagrant Subantarctic fur seal in the Mayumba National Park, Gabon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: R. Zanre --- Mayumba Project Manager, Wildlife Conservation Society, Gabon M. N. Bester --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaA vagrant adult male Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis was seen and photographed on the beach in Mayumba National Park in the Gabonese Republic. This is the northern most sighting on record for the species. The likely source of the... -
Phylogenetic tests of a Cercopithecus monkey hybrid reveal X-chromosomal polyphyly of C. cephus and emerging patterns in the cephus species group radiation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Anthony J Tosi --- Department of Anthropology, USAA captive Cercopithecus nictitans × C. cephus male was examined at loci on the X- and Y-chromosomes as a test of previously described phylogenetic methods for identifying hybrid Cercopithecus monkeys. The results confirm the reliability of such assays, indicating that... -
A new forest‐dwelling hemidactylus (squamata: Gekkonidae) from Gabon, West Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: AaronM. Bauer --- Villanova University, USA OlivierS.G. Pauwels --- Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, BelgiumA distinctive new species of forest‐dwelling gecko of the genus Hemidactylus is described from Mt. Iboundji in south central Gabon. The species is distinguished from other equatorial West African members of the genus by its 18–19 rows of small dorsal... -
Re‐discovery of Cynisca bifrontalis in Gabon, with additional notes on Monopeltis galeata (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: WilliamR. Branch --- Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa OlivierS.G. Pauwels --- Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Belgium Marius Burger --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaA small series of amphisbaenians from the Toucan/Rabi region, Ogooué‐Maritime Province, south‐western Gabon, is reported. It includes five specimens of Cynisca bifrontalis (Boulenger 1906), previously known only from the holotype, and five specimens of Monopeltis galeata (Hallowell 1852). The Toucan/Rabi... -
Diet of sympatric Gaboon Vipers (Bitis gabonica) and Nose‐horned Vipers (Bitis nasicornis) in southern Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Luca Luiselli --- Centre of Environmental Studies “Demetra” and F.I.Z.V., Italy GodfreyC. Akani --- Rivers State University of Science and Technology, NigeriaThe stomach content of 524 Gaboon Vipers, Bitis gabonica gabonica (53 subadults, 222 males and 249 females) and 392 Nose‐horned Vipers, Bitis nasicornis (48 subadults, 163 males and 161 females), from a number of forest‐plantation mosaic areas of southern Nigeria... -
Letheobia pauwelsi, a new species of blindsnake from Gabon (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Van Wallach --- Harvard University, USAA new species of African blindsnake related to western Letheobia caecus and eastern L. acutirostratus is described from Gabon. It differs from both species in having an hourglass dorsal rostral shape, a ventrally angled corneal cutting edge, and a unicameral... -
Call description and extended range of Phrynobatrachus mayokoensis in Gabon
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Ryan van Huyssteen --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Melissa Petford --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Marius Burger --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Mark-Oliver Rödel --- , Germany Joris Ngoulou --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Abraham Bamba Kaya --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Etienne Akomo Okoue --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin Islands Jerome Gaugris --- Ecological Services Ltd, British Virgin IslandsThis study presents the first description of the advertisement call of Phrynobatrachus mayokoensis and reports a new locality record for this species in Gabon. During June 2022, two specimens were found in the Baniaka region, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon. The call...