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AMANI NATURE RESERVE an Introduction
Field Guides AMANI NATURE RESERVE an introduction This guide was developed to help participants on Tropical Biology Association field courses to learn about the Amani Nature Reserve and the forests of the East Usambara Mountains. It includes an introduction to the East Usambaras and describes the ecology, flora and fauna of the area. The history of management and conservation of the Amani Nature Reserve, together with its current status, is outlined. This publication was funded by the European Commission (B7-6200/01/0370/ENV). For any queries concerning this document please contact: Tropical Biology Association Department of Zoology Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1223 336619 e-mail: [email protected] © Tropical Biology Association 2007 A Banson production Printed by Swaingrove Field Guides AMANI NATURE RESERVE an introduction TBA Field Guide CONTENTS EAST USAMBARA MOUNTAINS 3 Geographical history 3 Flora and fauna of the Usambara Mountains 3 Human impacts 3 History of Amani 5 History of Amani Botanical Garden 5 FLORA OF THE EASTERN USAMBARAS & AMANI 6 Vegetation cover of the East Usambara Mountains 6 Endemic plants in Amani 7 Introduced (alien and invasive) species 7 Case study of an introduced species: Maesopsis eminii (Rhamnaceae) 8 FAUNA OF AMANI 9 Vertebrates 9 Invertebrates 13 MANAGEMENT OF AMANI NATURE RESERVE 14 Conservation 14 REFERENCES 16 2 Amani Nature Reserve EAST USAMBARA MOUNTAINS An overview Geographical history The Amani Nature Reserve is located in the East Usambara region. This is part of the Eastern Arc Mountains, an isolated mountain chain of ancient crystalline rock formed through a cycle of block faulting and erosion that stretches from the Taita Hills in Kenya down to the Southern Highlands in Tanzania. -
Fauna Atingida Por Acidentes Ambientais Envolvendo Produtos Químicos
Universidade de São Paulo Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz Departamento de Ciências do Solo Curso de Especialização em Gerenciamento Ambiental Sérgio Greif FAUNA ATINGIDA POR ACIDENTES AMBIENTAIS ENVOLVENDO PRODUTOS QUÍMICOS Orientadora: Biól. Iris Regina Fernandes Poffo (PhD.) São Paulo 2017 Universidade de São Paulo Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz Departamento de Ciências do Solo Curso de Especialização em Gerenciamento Ambiental Sérgio Greif FAUNA ATINGIDA POR ACIDENTES AMBIENTAIS ENVOLVENDO PRODUTOS QUÍMICOS Orientadora: Biól. Iris Regina Fernandes Poffo (PhD.) Trabalho apresentado como pré-requisito para a obtenção de Certificado de Conclusão de Curso de Especialização em Gerenciamento Ambiental São Paulo 2017 iii “Nós nos tornamos, pelo poder de um glorioso acidente evolucionário chamado inteligência, mordomos da continuidade da vida na Terra. Não pedimos este papel, mas não podemos renegá-lo. Podemos não ser adequados para isso, mas aqui estamos." — Stephen Jay Gould iv SUMÁRIO SUMÁRIO......................................................................................................... iv . ......................................................................................... DEDICATÓRIA................................................................................................. vi ... ......................................................................................... AGRADECIMENTOS....................................................................................... vii . RELAÇÃO DE -
Xenosaurus Tzacualtipantecus. the Zacualtipán Knob-Scaled Lizard Is Endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Eastern Mexico
Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus. The Zacualtipán knob-scaled lizard is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of eastern Mexico. This medium-large lizard (female holotype measures 188 mm in total length) is known only from the vicinity of the type locality in eastern Hidalgo, at an elevation of 1,900 m in pine-oak forest, and a nearby locality at 2,000 m in northern Veracruz (Woolrich- Piña and Smith 2012). Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus is thought to belong to the northern clade of the genus, which also contains X. newmanorum and X. platyceps (Bhullar 2011). As with its congeners, X. tzacualtipantecus is an inhabitant of crevices in limestone rocks. This species consumes beetles and lepidopteran larvae and gives birth to living young. The habitat of this lizard in the vicinity of the type locality is being deforested, and people in nearby towns have created an open garbage dump in this area. We determined its EVS as 17, in the middle of the high vulnerability category (see text for explanation), and its status by the IUCN and SEMAR- NAT presently are undetermined. This newly described endemic species is one of nine known species in the monogeneric family Xenosauridae, which is endemic to northern Mesoamerica (Mexico from Tamaulipas to Chiapas and into the montane portions of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala). All but one of these nine species is endemic to Mexico. Photo by Christian Berriozabal-Islas. amphibian-reptile-conservation.org 01 June 2013 | Volume 7 | Number 1 | e61 Copyright: © 2013 Wilson et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Com- mons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License, which permits unrestricted use for non-com- Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 7(1): 1–47. -
Uso E Cobertura Do Solo, Caracterização Biótica E De Qualidade Da Água Como Subsídios Para Elaboração Do Plano De Manejo Da Área Da Embrapa Cerrados 7 1 3 8
248 ISSN 1676 - 918X ISSN online 2176-509X Abril, 2009 Uso e Cobertura do Solo, Caracterização Biótica e de Qualidade da Água como Subsídios para Elaboração do Plano de Manejo da Área da Embrapa Cerrados 7 1 3 8 E P G C ISSN 1676-918X ISSN online 2176-509X Abril, 2009 Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária Embrapa Cerrados Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento 248 Uso e Cobertura do Solo, Caracterização Biótica e de Qualidade da Água como Subsídios para Elaboração do Plano de Manejo da Área da Embrapa Cerrados Fabiana de Gois Aquino Marina de Fátima Vilela Willian Rogers Ferreira de Camargo Amabílio José Aires de Camargo Eduardo Cyrino de Oliveira-Filho Fábio Barbosa Passos Simone Rodrigues Sousa Embrapa Cerrados Planaltina, DF 2009 Exemplares desta publicação podem ser adquiridos na: Embrapa Cerrados BR 020, Km 18, Rod. Brasília/Fortaleza Caixa Postal 08223 CEP 73310-970 Planaltina, DF Fone: (61) 3388-9898 Fax: (61) 3388-9879 http://www.cpac.embrapa.br [email protected] Comitê de Publicações da Unidade Presidente: Fernando Antônio Macena da Silva Secretária-Executiva: Marina de Fátima Vilela Secretária: Maria Edilva Nogueira Supervisão editorial: Jussara Flores de Oliveira Arbués Equipe de revisão: Francisca Elijani do Nascimento Jussara Flores de Oliveira Arbués Assistente de revisão: Elizelva de Carvalho Menezes Normalização bibliográfica:Marilaine Schaun Pelufê Editoração eletrônica: Leila Sandra Gomes Alencar Capa: Leila Sandra Gomes Alencar Foto(s) da capa: Fabiana de Gois Aquino Impressão e acabamento: Divino Batista de Souza Alexandre Moreira Veloso 1a edição 1a impressão (2009): tiragem 100 exemplares Edição online (2009) Todos os direitos reservados A reprodução não-autorizada desta publicação, no todo ou em parte, constitui violação dos direitos autorais (Lei no 9.610). -
Serpientes De La Región Biogeográfica Del Chaco
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Facultad de ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales Ciencias Biológicas Tesina: SERPIENTES DE LA REGIÓN BIOGEOGRÁFICA DEL CHACO: DIVERSIDAD FILOGENÉTICA, TAXONÓMICA Y FUNCIONAL Alumna: Maza, Erika Natividad Director: Pelegrin, Nicolás Lugar de realización: Centro de Zoología Aplicada, FCEFyN, UNC. Año: 2017 1 Serpientes de la región biogeográfica del Chaco: Diversidad filogenética, taxonómica y funcional. Palabras Claves: Serpentes- Filogenia- Taxonomía- Chaco Sudamericano Tribunal evaluador: Nombre y Apellido:……………………………….…….… Firma:……………….. Nombre y Apellido:……………………………….…….… Firma:……………….. Nombre y Apellido:……………………………….…….… Firma:……………….. Calificación: ……………… Fecha:………………… 2 Serpientes de la región biogeográfica del Chaco: Diversidad filogenética, taxonómica y funcional. Palabras Claves: Serpentes- Filogenia- Taxonomía- Chaco Sudamericano 1 RESUMEN La ofidiofauna del Chaco ha sido estudiada en diversas ocasiones construyendo listas de composición taxonómica, analizando aspectos de la autoecología, conservación, variación morfológica y filogenia. Debido a la fragmentación de esta información encontrada en registros bibliográficos, se tomó como objetivo reunir y actualizar esta información, determinar cuál es la ofidiofauna del Chaco y de sus subregiones, y elaborar mapas de registros de cada una de las especies. Además se analizó la diversidad funcional, taxonómica y filogenética entre las subregiones chaqueñas, bajo la hipótesis de que las características ambientales condicionan la diversidad funcional, -
A Molecular Phylogeny of the Lamprophiidae Fitzinger (Serpentes, Caenophidia)
Zootaxa 1945: 51–66 (2008) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2008 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Dissecting the major African snake radiation: a molecular phylogeny of the Lamprophiidae Fitzinger (Serpentes, Caenophidia) NICOLAS VIDAL1,10, WILLIAM R. BRANCH2, OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS3,4, S. BLAIR HEDGES5, DONALD G. BROADLEY6, MICHAEL WINK7, CORINNE CRUAUD8, ULRICH JOGER9 & ZOLTÁN TAMÁS NAGY3 1UMR 7138, Systématique, Evolution, Adaptation, Département Systématique et Evolution, C. P. 26, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 43 Rue Cuvier, Paris 75005, France. E-mail: [email protected] 2Bayworld, P.O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa. E-mail: [email protected] 3 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 4Smithsonian Institution, Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability, B.P. 48, Gamba, Gabon. 5Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-5301 USA. E-mail: [email protected] 6Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, P.O. Box FM 730, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. E-mail: [email protected] 7 Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, INF 364, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] 8Centre national de séquençage, Genoscope, 2 rue Gaston-Crémieux, CP5706, 91057 Evry cedex, France. E-mail: www.genoscope.fr 9Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum, Pockelsstr. 10, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] 10Corresponding author Abstract The Elapoidea includes the Elapidae and a large (~60 genera, 280 sp.) and mostly African (including Madagascar) radia- tion termed Lamprophiidae by Vidal et al. -
Chec List Amphibians and Reptiles, Romblon Island
Check List 8(3): 443-462, 2012 © 2012 Check List and Authors Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (available at www.checklist.org.br) Journal of species lists and distribution Amphibians and Reptiles, Romblon Island Group, central PECIES Philippines: Comprehensive herpetofaunal inventory S OF Cameron D. Siler 1*, John C. Swab 1, Carl H. Oliveros 1, Arvin C. Diesmos 2, Leonardo Averia 3, Angel C. ISTS L Alcala 3 and Rafe M. Brown 1 1 University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Biodiversity Institute, Lawrence, KS 66045-7561, USA. 2 Philippine National Museum, Zoology Division, Herpetology Section. Rizal Park, Burgos St., Manila, Philippines. 3 Silliman University Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines. * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract: We present results from several recent herpetological surveys in the Romblon Island Group (RIG), Romblon Province, central Philippines. Together with a summary of historical museum records, our data document the occurrence of 55 species of amphibians and reptiles in this small island group. Until the present effort, and despite past studies, observations of evolutionarily distinct amphibian species, including conspicuous, previously known, endemics like the forestherpetological frogs Platymantis diversity lawtoni of the RIGand P.and levigatus their biogeographical and two additional affinities suspected has undescribedremained poorly species understood. of Platymantis We . reportModerate on levels of reptile endemism prevail on these islands, including taxa like the karst forest gecko species Gekko romblon and the newly discovered species G. coi. Although relatively small and less diverse than the surrounding landmasses, the islands of Romblon Province contain remarkable levels of endemism when considered as percentage of the total fauna or per unit landmass area. -
Borneo) in Two Different Ways
Contributions to Zoology, 78 (4) 141-147 (2009) Estimating the snake species richness of the Santubong Peninsula (Borneo) in two different ways Johan van Rooijen1, 2, 3 1 Zoological Museum Amsterdam, Mauritskade 61, 1092 AD Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Tulpentuin 313, 2272 EH Voorburg, The Netherlands 3 E-mail: [email protected] Key words: Chao I estimator, negative exponential function, rarefaction curve, Santubong Peninsula Borneo, snakes, species richness, Weibull function Abstract stantial investments in terms of search effort. This is particularly true for snakes which are hard to find (e.g. The distribution of Borneo’s species across the island is far Lloyd et al., 1968; Inger and Colwell, 1977; Hofer and from well-known. This is particularly true for snakes which are hard to find. Given the current rate of habitat destruction and Bersier, 2001; Orlov et al., 2003). As a consequence, consequent need for conservation strategies, more information estimation techniques are of interest when the intend- is required as to the species composition and richness of spe- ed objective is to assess species richness, an elemen- cific areas of potential conservation priority. An example is the tary criterion conservationists may use when identify- Santubong Peninsula, Sarawak, Malaysia, part of which has re- ing priority areas. One such estimation technique con- cently been gazetted as a National Park. In this paper, the snake species richness of the Santubong Peninsula is estimated on the sists of extrapolating the species accumulation curve. basis of data obtained during 450 survey-hours. Thirty-two spe- Species accumulation curves are regularly applied in cies were recorded. -
Xenosaurus Tzacualtipantecus. the Zacualtipán Knob-Scaled Lizard Is Endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Eastern Mexico
Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus. The Zacualtipán knob-scaled lizard is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of eastern Mexico. This medium-large lizard (female holotype measures 188 mm in total length) is known only from the vicinity of the type locality in eastern Hidalgo, at an elevation of 1,900 m in pine-oak forest, and a nearby locality at 2,000 m in northern Veracruz (Woolrich- Piña and Smith 2012). Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus is thought to belong to the northern clade of the genus, which also contains X. newmanorum and X. platyceps (Bhullar 2011). As with its congeners, X. tzacualtipantecus is an inhabitant of crevices in limestone rocks. This species consumes beetles and lepidopteran larvae and gives birth to living young. The habitat of this lizard in the vicinity of the type locality is being deforested, and people in nearby towns have created an open garbage dump in this area. We determined its EVS as 17, in the middle of the high vulnerability category (see text for explanation), and its status by the IUCN and SEMAR- NAT presently are undetermined. This newly described endemic species is one of nine known species in the monogeneric family Xenosauridae, which is endemic to northern Mesoamerica (Mexico from Tamaulipas to Chiapas and into the montane portions of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala). All but one of these nine species is endemic to Mexico. Photo by Christian Berriozabal-Islas. Amphib. Reptile Conserv. | http://redlist-ARC.org 01 June 2013 | Volume 7 | Number 1 | e61 Copyright: © 2013 Wilson et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Com- mons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License, which permits unrestricted use for non-com- Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 7(1): 1–47. -
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BIODIVERSITAS ISSN: 1412-033X Volume 19, Number 3, May 2018 E-ISSN: 2085-4722 Pages: 912-917 DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d190321 Short Communication: First record of the Genus Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Karimunjawa Island, Indonesia: Morphology and systematic IRVAN SIDIK1,2,♥, DADANG R. SUBASLI1, SUTIMAN B. SUMITRO2, NASHI WIDODO2, NIA KURNIAWAN2 1 Zoology Division, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). Jl. Raya Jakarta Bogor km 46, Cibinong 16911, West Java, Indonesia. Tel/Fax: +62-21-8765056/+62-21-8765068 ♥email: [email protected]. 2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Brawijaya University. Jl. Veteran, Malang 65145, East Java, Indonesia. Manuscript received: 17 January 2018. Revision accepted: 26 April 2018. Abstract. Sidik I, Subasli DR, Sumitro SB, Widodo N, Kurniawan N. 2018. Short Communication: First record of the Genus Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Karimunjawa Island, Indonesia: Morphology and systematic. Biodiversitas 19: 912-917. We present the first record of the Genus Calamaria from Karimunjawa Island, Central Java, Indonesia based on an unfathomable single specimen collected in the coastal forest of Legon Moto. Morphological characters analysis revealed the specimen as Calamaria melanota. This finding unravels the extent of the species distribution which was previously thought to be restricted in Borneo, representing the southernmost record of this species. The examined specimen is described in detail and meticulously compared with other Calamaria species such as C. battersbyi, C. borneensis, C. linnaei. Our study highlights several characteristic differences between the specimen and the holotype of C. melanota. Keywords: Biogeography, Calamaria, morphology, snake, systematic INTRODUCTION the surrounding small islands, there are 10 species, C. -
Ancestral Reconstruction of Diet and Fang Condition in the Lamprophiidae: Implications for the Evolution of Venom Systems in Snakes
Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 55, No. 1, 1–10, 2021 Copyright 2021 Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Ancestral Reconstruction of Diet and Fang Condition in the Lamprophiidae: Implications for the Evolution of Venom Systems in Snakes 1,2 1 1 HIRAL NAIK, MIMMIE M. KGADITSE, AND GRAHAM J. ALEXANDER 1School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. PO Wits, 2050, Gauteng, South Africa ABSTRACT.—The Colubroidea includes all venomous and some nonvenomous snakes, many of which have extraordinary dental morphology and functional capabilities. It has been proposed that the ancestral condition of the Colubroidea is venomous with tubular fangs. The venom system includes the production of venomous secretions by labial glands in the mouth and usually includes fangs for effective delivery of venom. Despite significant research on the evolution of the venom system in snakes, limited research exists on the driving forces for different fang and dental morphology at a broader phylogenetic scale. We assessed the patterns of fang and dental condition in the Lamprophiidae, a speciose family of advanced snakes within the Colubroidea, and we related fang and dental condition to diet. The Lamprophiidae is the only snake family that includes front-fanged, rear-fanged, and fangless species. We produced an ancestral reconstruction for the family and investigated the pattern of diet and fangs within the clade. We concluded that the ancestral lamprophiid was most likely rear-fanged and that the shift in dental morphology was associated with changes in diet. This pattern indicates that fang loss, and probably venom loss, has occurred multiple times within the Lamprophiidae. -
UC Riverside UC Riverside Electronic Theses and Dissertations
UC Riverside UC Riverside Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Inter- and Intra-Specific Correlates of Habitat and Locomotion in Snakes Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/12t8t860 Author Gartner, Gabriel Emil Asher Publication Date 2011 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE Inter- and Intra-Specific Correlates of Habitat and Locomotion in Snakes A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology by Gabriel Emil Asher Gartner August 2011 Dissertation Committee: Dr. Theodore Garland, Jr., Chairperson Dr. Mark A. Chappell Dr. David N. Reznick Copyright By Gabriel Emil Asher Gartner 2011 The Dissertation of Gabriel Emil Asher Gartner is approved: _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Committee Chairperson University of California, Riverside Acknowledgements I am thankful to many people during both my graduate career and beyond, without whom this dissertation would not have been possible. I would foremost like to thank my dissertation committee; Dr. Theodore Garland, Jr., Dr. Mark A. Chappell, and Dr. David N. Reznick—all have been instrumental in facilitating my development as a scientist. I want to thank Ted, first, for offering me an academic home after my departure from the University of Miami. Second, I have learned a tremendous amount from Ted, particularly in regards to evolutionary physiology and comparative methods, the latter of which has served me particularly well throughout my time at UC Riverside. He has managed to strike an almost perfect balance of proper mentorship and advising with a necessary degree of independence.