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Rediscovery of Boulengerula denhardti Nieden 1912 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) in Meru County, Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: G. John Measey --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Vincent Muchai --- Section of Herpetology, National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Stephen Spawls --- 7 Crostwick Lane, Spixworth, U.K.The dearth of information on caecilian amphibians is most likely due to a lack of directed field studies. Here we report the rediscovery of a population of Boulengerula denhardti nearly a century after its description by Nieden in 1912. Morphological... -
The occurrence of taste buds in adults of the terrestrial ceacilian Boulengerula boulengeri Tornier, 1898 (Lissamphibia: Gymnophiona: Herpelidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Karolina A. Budzik --- Department of Comparative Anatomy, Poland Krystyna Żuwała --- Department of Comparative Anatomy, Poland G. John Measey --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaTwo generations of gustatory organs occur during amphibian ontogeny in frogs and salamanders (Anura and Caudata), and are classified as taste buds or taste discs. Taste buds are present in larval forms, whereas taste discs are typical for adults. The... -
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... -
Cyclic variation of the oviduct structure of Boulengerula taitana, an oviparous species of Gymnophiona: morphological changes, proliferation and apoptosis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: C. Brun --- , France M.A. Raquet --- , France G.J. Measey --- , , South Africa J.M. Exbrayat --- , FranceFunctioning of the amphibian oviduct is the subject of many studies, but detailed understanding of caecilian reproduction exists for very few species. In this study, a description is made of morphological changes of the oviduct of the caecilian Boulengerula taitana... -
Rediscovery of Boulengerula fischeri, with notes on its morphology and habitat
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: G. John Measey --- Applied Biodiversity Research, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa HaraldH. Hinkel --- The World Bank Country Office Kigali, Rwanda Bonny Dumbo --- University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Eberhard Fischer --- University of Koblenz-Landau, GermanyCaecilians remain an enigmatic component of the tropical terrestrial fauna due in part to their cryptic life-history but also to a lack of directed effort towards their study. Many species are known from single specimens associated with poor collection data,...