Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa

The Eastern Arc Mountains (EAM) and Coastal forests of Tanzania are renowned for harboring large number of threatened and endemic vertebrate species, yet most of these areas have been partially studied. The Kimboza Nature Forest Reserve (KNFR) is a small forest which is in transition between the EAM...

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Autores: Lyakurwa, J.V., Loader, Simon P., Ngalason, Wilirk, Gumbs, Rikki, Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Liedtke, H. Christoph
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palabra clave:Biogeography
Coastal forests
Eastern Arc Mountains
Herpetofauna diversity
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spelling Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East AfricaLyakurwa, J.V.Loader, Simon P.Ngalason, WilirkGumbs, RikkiOfori-Boateng, CalebLiedtke, H. ChristophBiogeographyCoastal forestsEastern Arc MountainsHerpetofauna diversityThe Eastern Arc Mountains (EAM) and Coastal forests of Tanzania are renowned for harboring large number of threatened and endemic vertebrate species, yet most of these areas have been partially studied. The Kimboza Nature Forest Reserve (KNFR) is a small forest which is in transition between the EAM and Coastal forests, and among the poorly surveyed areas for amphibians and reptiles. We conducted systematic surveys across the KNFR in 2012 and between 2020 and 2023 using a range of approaches with the aim of establishing a comprehensive and updated list of reptile and amphibian species and assess the contribution of EAM and Coastal forests to the KNFR's herpetofauna. We identified 77 species, 29 amphibians and 48 reptiles, substantially updating previous species lists. Three of these species (Kinyongia magomberae, Trachylepis boulengeri and Philothamnus macrops) represent range extensions from previously known ranges. Fourteen species are endemic to East Africa, 11 of them being restricted to Tanzania. These results make the KNFR the richest forest reserve for herpetofauna per square km in Tanzania, and most similar in its composition to the Coastal, rather than Eastern Arc forests. With the caveats concerning taxonomic uncertainties and the inequalities of sampling intensity across the region, this study shows that the KNFR is an important area that deserves conservation attention. The KNFR, like other Coastal forests, is under significant pressure from anthropogenic activities which call for an urgent action to protect this small but rich forest.This study was supported through the EDGE fellowship program by the Zoological Society of London and National Geographic Society awarded to JVL. SPL was supported by the Science Investment Fund of the Natural History Museum, London, and HCL was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Grant number IJC2018-035780).Peer reviewedJohn Wiley & SonsZoological Society of LondonNational Geographic SocietyMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Lyakurwa, J.V. [0000-0002-8252-0880]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202520252024info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/386947https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85206350525reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésThe underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70406https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70406Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3869472026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa
title Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa
spellingShingle Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa
Lyakurwa, J.V.
Biogeography
Coastal forests
Eastern Arc Mountains
Herpetofauna diversity
title_short Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa
title_full Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa
title_fullStr Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa
title_full_unstemmed Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa
title_sort Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lyakurwa, J.V.
Loader, Simon P.
Ngalason, Wilirk
Gumbs, Rikki
Ofori-Boateng, Caleb
Liedtke, H. Christoph
author Lyakurwa, J.V.
author_facet Lyakurwa, J.V.
Loader, Simon P.
Ngalason, Wilirk
Gumbs, Rikki
Ofori-Boateng, Caleb
Liedtke, H. Christoph
author_role author
author2 Loader, Simon P.
Ngalason, Wilirk
Gumbs, Rikki
Ofori-Boateng, Caleb
Liedtke, H. Christoph
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Zoological Society of London
National Geographic Society
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Lyakurwa, J.V. [0000-0002-8252-0880]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biogeography
Coastal forests
Eastern Arc Mountains
Herpetofauna diversity
topic Biogeography
Coastal forests
Eastern Arc Mountains
Herpetofauna diversity
description The Eastern Arc Mountains (EAM) and Coastal forests of Tanzania are renowned for harboring large number of threatened and endemic vertebrate species, yet most of these areas have been partially studied. The Kimboza Nature Forest Reserve (KNFR) is a small forest which is in transition between the EAM and Coastal forests, and among the poorly surveyed areas for amphibians and reptiles. We conducted systematic surveys across the KNFR in 2012 and between 2020 and 2023 using a range of approaches with the aim of establishing a comprehensive and updated list of reptile and amphibian species and assess the contribution of EAM and Coastal forests to the KNFR's herpetofauna. We identified 77 species, 29 amphibians and 48 reptiles, substantially updating previous species lists. Three of these species (Kinyongia magomberae, Trachylepis boulengeri and Philothamnus macrops) represent range extensions from previously known ranges. Fourteen species are endemic to East Africa, 11 of them being restricted to Tanzania. These results make the KNFR the richest forest reserve for herpetofauna per square km in Tanzania, and most similar in its composition to the Coastal, rather than Eastern Arc forests. With the caveats concerning taxonomic uncertainties and the inequalities of sampling intensity across the region, this study shows that the KNFR is an important area that deserves conservation attention. The KNFR, like other Coastal forests, is under significant pressure from anthropogenic activities which call for an urgent action to protect this small but rich forest.
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