identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DFBD0C4C1FA6A.text	03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DFBD0C4C1FA6A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Agama agama (Linnaeus 1758)	<div><p>Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758) (Two specimens)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.849&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.19" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.849/lat 6.19)">CamHerp</a> 4483I (Boyui village, 6.242°N and 10.311°E, elev. 1400 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – CamHerp 168 (Mbiame, 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1955 m, coll. CamHerp, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>This agama is undoubtedly the most anthropophilic species in its group; it occupies almost all the villages in its range but is also common in savanna outcrops and degraded forests. It is present in Bafoussam (elev. 1,500 m), and found from sea level to over 2,000 m on Mts. Bana.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DFBD0C4C1FA6A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DF9B6C4B6F8E5.text	03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DF9B6C4B6F8E5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Agama undefined-2	<div><p>Agama sp. 2 (in: Chirio and LeBreton 2007) (four specimens)</p> <p>Material: CamHerp 3576X-3579X (4 specimens, Dzindong waterfall, 5.622°N and 10.106°E, elev. 2,350 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, May 5, 2001).</p> <p>This rare and endemic species of Cameroon has not been described yet. It occurs from the Bamboutos and Mbapit Mountains in the BH to Tchabal Mbabo in Adamaoua at altitudes located between 1,900 and 2,350 m at Dzindong waterfall (Chirio and LeBreton 2007).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DF9B6C4B6F8E5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DF8C0C297F9F9.text	03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DF8C0C297F9F9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Agama undefined-4	<div><p>Agama sp. 4 (in: Chirio and LeBreton 2007) (Nine specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 1998.0277-0285 (Nine specimens, Mt. Oku, five km north of Oku village, on rocky outcrops, elev. 2,200 m, coll. L. Chirio, June 25, 1998).</p> <p>This endemic species of Cameroon, identified by Chirio and LeBreton (2007: 172–173), is still not described; it is only known from two mountain stations. It is a large agama living mainly on the rocky outcrops of altitude savannas. It occurs only between 1,900 and 2,000 m above sea level like at the localities of Fungoï and Tabenken.</p> <p>Chamaeleonidae Gray, 1825</p> <p>It is only recently that the molecular work of Tilbury and Tolley (2009) demonstrated that the two subgenera of the genus Chamaeleo auct., Chamaeleo Laurenti, 1768 sensu stricto, and Trioceros Swainson, 1839 should be considered as two valid genera. Other studies have subsequently confirmed this (Tolley et al. 2013). Cameroon has great species richness of chameleons (14 species) compared to its neighboring countries. This diversity is mainly located in mountainous areas and is characterized by a high level of endemism. The family is represented by three genera: Chamaeleo (five species), Rhampholeon Günther, 1874 (at least one species), and Trioceros (eight species and three subspecies; Barej et al. 2010). Within Trioceros, the most common to occur at elevation include Trioceros oweni, the most basal taxon of the genus in Cameroon, T. camerunensis, T. cristatus, T. montium, T. perreti, T. wiedersheimi, T. serratus, T. quadricornis eisentrauti, T. q. quadricornis, and T. q. gracilior. The genus Rhampholeon occurs over 1,700 m in Mt. Cameroun but it is curiously absent in the BH. Six species are very clear mountain endemics occupying restricted areas in the Cameroon Volcanic Dorsal mountain ridge. Half of Cameroon chamaeleons are mountain endemics with restricted ranges. A molecular phylogeny of the genus Trioceros in Cameroon was established by Pook and Wild (1997) and completed by Barej et al. (2010). Three altitudinal groups in Cameroon can be recognized within the genus Trioceros: a plains group (Trioceros oweni), a plains and submontane group (Trioceros camerunensis, T. cristatus, and T. montium), and a submontane and mountain group (Trioceros pfefferi, T. perreti, T. serratus, T. wiedersheimi, and T. quadricornis). Only species of the last group are present in our study area.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DF8C0C297F9F9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF0D9509FCA0F9C7C4D2FF79.text	03DAE649EF0D9509FCA0F9C7C4D2FF79.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chamaeleo gracilis Hallowell 1844	<div><p>Chamaeleo gracilis Hallowell, 1844 (three specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 2005.3191-3192 (two specimens, Bamessing, 6.004°N and 10.352°E, elev. 1,200 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, October 26, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.3590 (Balengu, 5.114°N and 10.450°E, elev. 1,480 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, April 6, 2000).</p> <p>This species is found in the Ethiopian Rift Valley from 200–1,900 m (Largen and Spawls 2010), whereas in Cameroon it is reported between 5 and 1,775 m above sea level (Chirio and LeBreton 2007). It was observed but not collected at Bafoussam by one of us (LC, June 22, 2000).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF0D9509FCA0F9C7C4D2FF79	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DFDD8C4D3FC77.text	03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DFDD8C4D3FC77.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kinixys homeana Bell 1827	<div><p>Kinixys homeana Bell, 1827 (One specimen)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.348&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.327" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.348/lat 6.327)">CamHerp</a> 121 (Mboh village, 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,800 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This tortoise prefers relatively humid spots, where it seems to feed on mushrooms. It is found in all the western part of Cameroon, from the plain to 1,800 m at Mboh in the BH. The main threat is its frequent use as bushmeat by local people as well as collection for sale in the country’s major markets (Lawson 2001; Luiselli and Diagne 2014).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF0D950EFF3DFDD8C4D3FC77	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF0A9509FF3DFF47C4E6FC99.text	03DAE649EF0A9509FF3DFF47C4E6FC99.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chamaeleo laevigatus Gray 1863	<div><p>Chamaeleo laevigatus Gray, 1863 (seven specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 2005.2721 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.315&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.249" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.315/lat 6.249)">Fundong</a>, 6.249°N and 10.315°E, elev. 1,500 m, coll. CamHerp, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.3301-3305 (five specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">Jakiri village</a> along the road from Bamenda to Nkambe, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.3398 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.266&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.266/lat 5.867)">Awing village</a> (Benjom), 5.867°N and 10.266°E, elev. 1,747 m, coll. CamHerp, M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This species, presently known to occur in Cameroon, was initially mistaken with Chamaeleo senegalensis Daudin, 1802 by Chirio and LeBreton (2007), a taxon whose distribution is more western. In East Africa, C. laevigatus occurs in moist savanna between 1,000 –1,500 m but can fall to 300 m elsewhere (Spawls et al. 2002; Largen and Spawls 2010). It is reported from 350–1,550 m altitude in Cameroon (Chirio and LeBreton 2007).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF0A9509FF3DFF47C4E6FC99	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF0A9509FF3DFCE6C32CFD39.text	03DAE649EF0A9509FF3DFCE6C32CFD39.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Trioceros pfefferi (Tornier 1900)	<div><p>Trioceros pfefferi (Tornier, 1900) (three specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 2005.3396 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.348&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.327" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.348/lat 6.327)">Mboh village</a>, 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,900 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2007.1499 (male; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.4&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.15" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.4/lat 6.15)">Mt. Oku</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.4&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.15" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.4/lat 6.15)">Afua</a>, Ijim Forest, western side of Mt. Oku, 6.15°N and 10.40°E, elev. 2,000 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, June 1st, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2007.1500 (female; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.087&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.825" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.087/lat 5.825)">Bali Ngemba Forest Reserve</a>, 5.825°N and 10.087°E, elev. 1,400 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, June 6, 2000).</p> <p>This endemic species of the Cameroon Volcanic Dorsal is a typical inhabitant of the wet stations of the western sub-montane forest in the country. It is rare throughout its distribution and was only known from its original description from Nyassosso at Mt. Kupe for nearly a century (Wild 1993). It is found at Mt. Manengouba, and in the BH and Mt. Oku where it reaches almost 2,000 m above sea level. Densities seem higher in populations at Mt. Kupe (Hofer et al. 2003). Altitudinal distribution of the species ranges from 1,200 –1,500 m (Schuetze 1998) and 1,100 –1,900 m according to Tilbury (2010); the species is reported between 1,100 and 1,900 m from Mt. Kupe by Anderson and Van Heygen (2013). Captive females lay between six and nine eggs (Schuetze 1998).</p> <p>The species is also present at Mt. Nlonako, very close to Mt. Manengouba. T. pfefferi has horns (males only), but its phylogenetic affinities are closer to the hornless species of the T. wiedersheimi group than to other Cameroon species (T. montium and T. quadricornis), indicating that the presence of horns has evolved several times within the genus Trioceros.</p> <p>Its distribution is comparable to that of the T. perreti / T. serratus / T. wiedersheimi group and the T. quadricornis group (T. q. quadricornis, T. q. gracilior, and T. q. eisentrauti). These two groups of related taxa each have an endemic taxon in the Manengouba area, another in the BH and a third endemic in a peripheral region (to the north and west respectively). The populations of T. pfefferi recently discovered at Mbulu Hills and Ediango to the north (Gonwouo et al. 2006) should therefore be carefully compared with the more southern populations to assess their taxonomic status. Like other submontane and montane species from Cameroon, T. pfefferi occupies only medium and high mountain areas with wet, mainly pristine evergreen forests, often near streams (Jakubowicz and Van Tiggel 1998). It perches at heights between 1.6 m and 2.1 m (Herrmann et al. 2005), 7 m at Mt. Kupe, and 3.5 to 5.0 m at Manengouba (Anderson and Van Heygen 2013). The species is threatened on Mt. Manengouba by both logging and collecting for the pet trade.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF0A9509FF3DFCE6C32CFD39	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF0A9508FCA0FD06C69CFA59.text	03DAE649EF0A9508FCA0FD06C69CFA59.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Trioceros quadricornis subsp. gracilior Bohme and Klaver 1981	<div><p>Trioceros quadricornis gracilior Böhme and Klaver, 1981 (17 specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 1998.0434-0435 (two specimens, Mt. Oku, above Oku village, elev. 2,200 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, June 25, 1998) – MNHN-RA 2005.2715- 2720 (six specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.202" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.505/lat 6.202)">Mt. Oku</a>, Elak Oku village, 6.202°N and 10.505°E, elev. 2,000 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2722 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.524&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.241" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.524/lat 6.241)">Oku Manchok</a>, 6.241°N and 10.524°E, elev. 2,130 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2723 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.45&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.45/lat 6.2)">Mt. Oku</a>, Lake Oku, 6.20°N and 10.45°E, elev. 2,250 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.2724, 2005.2726-2727 (three specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.202" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.505/lat 6.202)">Mt. Oku</a>, Oku village, 6.202°N and 10.505°E, elev. 2,000 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.2725 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.572&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.234" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.572/lat 6.234)">Mt. Oku</a>, Simonkuh village, 6.234°N and 10.572°E, elev. 2,109 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2007.1423 (male; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.202" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.505/lat 6.202)">Mt. Oku</a>, Oku village, 6.202°N and 10.505°E, elev. 2,000 m, coll. I. Ineich and N. Lhermitte-Vallarino, May 8, 2007) - MNHN-RA 2007.1424 (male; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.202" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.505/lat 6.202)">Mt. Oku</a>, Oku village, 6.202°N and 10.505°E, elev. 2,000 m, coll. I. Ineich and N. Lhermitte-Vallarino, May 8, 2007) - MNHN-RA 2007.1426 (male; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.202" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.505/lat 6.202)">Mt. Oku</a>, Oku village, 6.202°N and 10.505°E, elev. 2,000 m, coll. I. Ineich and N. Lhermitte-Vallarino, May 7, 2007).</p> <p>Barej et al. (2010) revised the T. quadricornis complex with additional materials and molecular data. The morphological differences between the populations of the south (Mt. Kupe and Mt. Manengouba) and north (BH to Obudu Plateau in Nigeria) were supported by genetics, thus confirming the subspecific status of T. q. quadricornis (Tornier, 1899) and T. q. gracilior Böhme and Klaver, 1981. T. q. gracilior is present at Mts. Bamboutos, Mbulu Hills (Gonwouo et al. 2006), Mt. Lefo, Mt. Oku and onto the Obudu Plateau in Nigeria, while T. q. quadricornis occupies the forests of Mt. Manengouba and Mt. Kupe. This study also relegated Chamaeleo eisentrauti, once considered a valid species, to subspecific status as T. q. eisentrauti (Mertens, 1968). This form is endemic to Rumpi Hills in western Cameroon. All these taxa occupy primary mountain forests, and T. q. gracilior occurs up to 2,700 m in altitude. Tilbury (2010) reported the taxon between 1,600 –2,500 m. The separation between these three subspecific taxa, attested by their low genetic divergence, is thus probably recent and associated with the altitudinal shifting of cool forests to the mountain peaks after the end of Pleistocene glacial periods.</p> <p>Trioceros q. gracilior (Fig. 7) is an endemic subspecies of Cameroon and neighboring Nigeria (Plateau Obudu). This is an arboreal montane forest lizard (mostly met at the interface forest/grassland) that is still relatively abundant locally, such as around the village of Elak Oku (6.244°N, 10.508°E, elev. 1,970 m). Its altitudinal distribution reaches 2,400 m above sea level at Mt. Oku (Ijim Ridge; Wild 1994) and 2,700 m at Mt. Mekua in the Bamboutos (Gonwouo et al. 2006; Barej et al. 2010). Its perch height is much greater than that of T. serratus (see below) and averages around 1.9 m at Mt. Oku (Gonwouo et al. 2006). Wild (1994) found the chameleon from one m above the ground to the top of the canopy at Mt. Oku, with a preference for branches near streams. The minimum night temperature recorded in its habitat at 2,400 m is 4.7 °C in December 1993 (Wild 1994). The female lays from 6 to 24 eggs that are partially incubated before being laid (Abate 1994).</p> <p>This species is particularly threatened by trade in exotic pets, and especially by rampant habitat destruction (deforestation, cultures, bush fires, grazing). Eucalyptus, an alien tree widely introduced in the region creates unfavorable habitat. However, the species seems able to persist in fragmented forest remnants and transitional habitats (Fig. 8). Its densities are estimated at four times higher at Mt. Oku compared to populations in Mbulu Hills (Gonwouo et al. 2006), and almost twice as high as at Mt. Manengouba (T. q. quadricornis). The conservation status of the species remains nevertheless very fragile and sensitive to environmental degradation. The threat of commercial harvesting is now better regulated by effective measures implemented mostly via European Union CITES regulation.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF0A9508FCA0FD06C69CFA59	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF0B9505FF3DF9A6C7A9FC5A.text	03DAE649EF0B9505FF3DF9A6C7A9FC5A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Trioceros serratus (Mertens 1922)	<div><p>Trioceros serratus (Mertens, 1922) (101 specimens)</p> <p>(Figs. 9–14)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 1997.3642 (male; Mt. Oku, Oku village, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, May 1997) – MNHN-RA 1998.0415 (female; Mt. Oku, Lake Oku, elev. 2,200 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, July 6, 1998) – MNHN-RA 1998.0416-0430 (15 specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-2.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=2.0" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -2.5/lat 2.0)">Mt. Oku</a>, elev. 2,000 -2,500 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, June 25, 1998) – MNHN-RA 2005.2728-2732 (five specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.394&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.236" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.394/lat 6.236)">Mt. Oku area</a>, Anyajua village, above Bello, 6.236°N and 10.394°E, elev. 2,100 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.2733-2734, 2005.2736 (three specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.266&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.266/lat 5.867)">Awing village</a> (Benjom), 5.867°N and 10.266°E, elev. 1,747 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2735 (Awing village (Benjom), 5.867°N and 10.266°E, elev. 1,747 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002 – MNHN-RA 2005.2737 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.857" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.102/lat 5.857)">Baba</a> II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2738-2744 (seven specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.857" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.102/lat 5.857)">Baba</a> II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002 [MNHN-RA 2005.2739,.2741 and.2743: December 14, 2002]) – MNHN-RA 2005.2745 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.095&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.688" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.095/lat 5.688)">Bamboutos</a>, Mt. Mekua, 5.688°N and 10.095°E, elev. 2,700 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, March 30, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.2748 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.29&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.166" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.29/lat 6.166)">Bingo village</a>, 6.166°N and 10.290°E, elev. 1,435 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2749-2752 (four specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.202" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.505/lat 6.202)">Mt. Oku</a>, Elak Oku village, 6.202°N and 10.505°E, elev. 2,000 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2755-2759 (five specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.849&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.19" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.849/lat 6.19)">Mbiame</a>, 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1,955 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002 [MNHN-RA 2005.2758-2759: December 14, 2002]) – MNHN-RA 2005.2760-2761 (two specimens, Mbockghas, elev. 2,092 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2762-2771 (10 specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.348&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.327" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.348/lat 6.327)">Mboh village</a>, 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,900 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2774-2775, MNHN-RA 2005.2777, MNHN-RA 2005.3381 (four specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.35&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.35/lat 6.3)">Mufe village</a>, 6.30°N and 10.35°E, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2776, 2005.2778-2780 (four specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.375&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.187" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.375/lat 6.187)">Njinkfuin</a>, 6.187°N and 10.375°E, elev. 1,500 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) - MNHN-RA 2005.2781-2787, 2005.2900 (five males and three females; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.572&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.234" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.572/lat 6.234)">Mt. Oku</a>, Simonkuh, 6.234°N and 10.572°E, elev. 2,109 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2788 (male; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.202" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.505/lat 6.202)">Mt. Oku</a>, Oku village, 10.505°E and 6.202°N, elev. 2,000 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.2812-2815 (four specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.37&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.37/lat 6.3)">Tefo village</a>, 6.30°N and 10.37°E, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2816-2824 (nine specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.578&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.578/lat 6.139)">Veko village</a>, 6.139°N and 10.578°E, elev. 2,044 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002 [MNHN-RA 2005.2817,.2819-2824: coll. July 8, 2002]) – MNHN-RA 2005.2900 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.572&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.234" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.572/lat 6.234)">Mt. Oku</a>, Simonkuh, 6.234°N and 10.572°E, elev. 2,109 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.3382 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.187&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.699" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.187/lat 5.699)">Babadjou</a>, 5.699°N and 10.187°E, elev. 1,580 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, no date) – MNHN-RA 2005.3383 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.849&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.19" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.849/lat 6.19)">Mbiame</a>, 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1,955 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) - MNHN-RA 2007.0461-0464 (two males and two females; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.507&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.244" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.507/lat 6.244)">Mt. Oku area</a>, around Elak Oku village, 6.244°N and 10.507°E, elev. 1,973 m, coll. I. Ineich and N. Lhermitte-Vallarino, May 6, 2007) – MNHN-RA 1 2007.1461 (Mt. Oku, Oku village, elev. 2,000 m, coll. I. Ineich and N. Lhermitte-Vallarino, May 7, 2007) – MNHN-RA 2007.1462 (Mt. Oku, Oku village, elev. 2,000 m, coll. I. Ineich and N. Lhermitte-Vallarino, May 8, 2007) – MNHN-RA 2007.1463- 1464, 2007.1472 (three specimens, Mt. Oku, Oku village, elev. 2,000 m, coll. I. Ineich and N. Lhermitte-Vallarino, May 8, 2007) – MNHN-RA 2007.1465 (male; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.461&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.202" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.461/lat 6.202)">Mt. Oku area</a>, Lake Oku, 6.202°N and 10.461°E, elev. 2,272 m, coll. I. Ineich and N. Lhermitte-Vallarino, May 8, 2007) – MNHN-RA 2007.1494 (male, neotype of T. serratus; Mt. Oku, on the side along the road from Anyajua to Belo, not far from Belo, coll. I. Ineich, May 9, 2007).</p> <p>Klaver and Böhme (1992) described the subspecies T. wiedersheimi perreti from Mt. Manengouba. Later molecular studies of Barej et al. (2010) highlighted the possible specific status of this taxon. This same study showed that the nominal subspecies T. w. wiedersheimi comprises two distinct genetic clades, separated geographically. Previously T. w. wiedersheimi was considered to occupy savanna and altitude grasslands from 1,400 to 2,450 m in Mts. Bamboutos, Mbulu Hills, Mt. Lefo, Mt. Mbam, Mt. Oku, and Mt. Tchabal Mbabo, and westwards into Nigeria at Mts. Gotel and Mambilla and the Obudu Plateaus. The original description of T. wiedersheimi was based on two syntypes, a female from Tchabal Mbabo and a subadult male from the BH. The female was designated as the lectotype of T. w. wiedersheimi by Klaver and Böhme (1992), thus restricting the type locality to Tchabal Mbabo. This restricted its distribution to the northern part of that previously accepted (Tchabal Mbabo and Tchabal Gangdaba). The southern populations (BH, Mt. Mbam and Mt. Oku) represent a distinct taxon that may also include the populations of the Koano, Mt. Lefo and Mbulu Hills, and Plateau of southern Nigeria, but this has to be verified. An available name, Chamaeleo serratus Mertens, 1922, was revalidated to accommodate these southern populations as Trioceros serratus (Mertens, 1922), although its namebearing type was unfortunately destroyed during the Second World War. A neotype was designated by Barej et al. (2010) in recent MNHN collections (MNHN-RA 2007.1494, Figs. 10, 11). Its type locality is thus well attached to the area just above the city of Belo on the western flank of Mt. Oku.</p> <p>Trioceros serratus occupies high savannas of the BH, Mt. Mbam and Obudu Plateau (Nigeria). Note, however, that the reports of Gotel Mountains in Nigeria should be attributed to T. wiedersheimi. In the BH region, the species is cited from Bafoussam (Bangwa), Big Babanki (= Kedjom Keku), the Bamileke region of Dschang, Kishong, Mezam (Bafout), and Tsch’a Bekom (Barej et al.</p> <p>1 Note that specimens MNHN-RA 2007.461-464 reported by Barej et al. (2010) refers to MNHN-RA 2007.1461- 1464.</p> <p>2010). Our study allows addition of the following locations in the BH: Awing (Benjom), Baba II, Bali Ngemba, Bingo, Mbiame, Mbockghas, Mboh, Mufe, Njinkfuin, Tefo, and Veko. It was reported from Bafut (elev. 1,200 m, 6.08°N and 10.10°E) by Joger (1982) as Chamaeleo wiedersheimi.</p> <p>Gonwouo et al. (2006) consider the taxon (named T. w. wiedersheimi) to occur from 1,500 m to 2,450 m altitude, often in sympatry with T. quadricornis gracilior on Bamboutos Mts. at Foto, Dschang, and Mts. Lefo, Mt. Oku, and Obudu Plateau in Nigeria, and 2,700 m in Mt. Mekua. Wild (1994) reported the species between 2,200 m and 2,500 m at Mt. Oku (Ijim Ridge). Tilbury (2010) cited the species from 2,600 m above sea level at Mt. Oku. Perch height average is 90 cm at Mt. Oku, the lowest value found for different stations of its range (over two m at Tchabal Mbabo). Wild (1994) reported a mean perch height of 53 cm at Mt. Oku and a maximum height of 157 cm. However, we collected the neotype of the species in a palm tree at three m height near the edge of a main road (Fig. 11)! The low perch height observed in altitude at Mt. Oku could be attributed to the scarcity of livestock and predators that cause little disruption for chameleons, or to a still unknown interaction between climate and vegetation (Fig. 12). The species tolerates some degree of habitat degradation and does not hesitate to venture into cultivated areas retaining some original vegetation. Yet it is a sensitive species, recently threatened by the exotic pet trade and especially the destruction of its habitat (culture, fires, deforestation). The population at Mt. Oku, however, is still abundant. The species is common around the village of Elak Oku, including gardens and plantations. This is the most abundant Cameroon mountain chameleon. The species occupies relatively open habitats but does not hesitate to venture into closed canopy forest. A minimum night temperature of 2.9 °C was recorded in its habitat at 2,500 m altitude in December 1993 (Wild 1994). Trioceros serratus mostly occupies herbaceous and shrub layer below two m, while T. q. gracilior occupies bushy and shrub layers above one meter, which generates a syntopy area in the stratum located between one and two m (Wild 1994). Habitat separation in syntopy should be possible through the important size differences between both taxa, probably preventing dietary overlap.</p> <p>The systematics of this species complex is not satisfactory, despite the revision of Barej et al. (2010). In fact, besides the obvious differences in size and coloration, the lowland form (larger) collected near Belo also differs from the altitude form (smaller) of the summit of Mt. Oku by the number of small scales around the large granules on the flanks (Figs. 13, 14). Also one of us (II) collected the neotype of T. serratus up in a palm tree and this form seems much more arboreal than the altitude Mt. Oku form. It is very unlikely that these two morphotypes belong to the same taxon and further studies are required.</p> <p>Gekkonidae Gray, 1825</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF0B9505FF3DF9A6C7A9FC5A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF069505FF3DFBA4C446F8FA.text	03DAE649EF069505FF3DFBA4C446F8FA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hemidactylus angulatus Hallowell 1852	<div><p>Hemidactylus angulatus Hallowell, 1852 (nine specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 2005.1602-1603 (two specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.319&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.162" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.319/lat 6.162)">Mt. Oku</a>, Anyajua village above Bello, 6.236°N and 10.394°E, elev. 2,100 m, coll. CamHerp, respectively April 14, 2001, and April 19, 2001) – MNHN-RA 2005.1616 (Bingo village, between Ijim and Bamenda, 6.162°N and 10.319°E, elev. 1,600 m, coll. CamHerp, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.1692-1693 (two specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.433&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.226" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.433/lat 6.226)">Bingo village</a>, 6.166°N and 10.290°E, elev. 1,435 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, respectively December 14, 2002, and July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1761 (Idjim, Birdlife Project, 6.226°N and 10.433°E, elev. 1,600 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.1927-1928 (two specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.375&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.187" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.375/lat 6.187)">Njinkfuin</a>, 6.187°N and 10.375°E, elev. 1,500 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.2496 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.311&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.242" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.311/lat 6.242)">Boyui village</a>, 6.242°N and 10.311°E, elev. 1,400 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, April 19, 2000).</p> <p>This house gecko is probably one of the most anthropophilous species in the country, where it has a wide distribution throughout the northern region. The species is abundant in homes but does not hesitate to shelter also in rocks and trees in remote areas. It is found from sea level to above 2,000 m at Tabenken and Nkambe.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF069505FF3DFBA4C446F8FA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF069505FF3DF8C4C5D6FA9A.text	03DAE649EF069505FF3DF8C4C5D6FA9A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Hemidactylus kamdemtohami Bauer and Pauwels 2002	<div><p>Hemidactylus kamdemtohami Bauer and Pauwels, 2002 (one specimen)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 2002.0739 (Balengou, elev. 1,480 m, 5.114°N and 10.450°E, coll. CamHerp, June 29, 2001). <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.45&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.114" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.45/lat 5.114)">Balengou</a> remains the only known Cameroon location for this gecko, which elsewhere is known from Equatorial Guinea (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.45&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.114" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.45/lat 5.114)">Mt. Allen</a>) and Gabon (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.45&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.114" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.45/lat 5.114)">Mt. Iboundji</a>). H. kamdemtohami is without any doubt a submontane species. Its occurrence at lower elevations in Gabon may be because Mt. Iboundji, covered with evergreen forests, is wetter than the BH and thus the altitudinal limit of the species is reduced.</p> <p>Scincidae Gray, 1825</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF069505FF3DF8C4C5D6FA9A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF069505FCA0FAE3C219F81B.text	03DAE649EF069505FCA0FAE3C219F81B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lacertaspis chriswildi (Bohme and Schmitz 1996)	<div><p>Lacertaspis chriswildi (Böhme and Schmitz, 1996) (seven specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 1997.3649 (Mt. Oku, in a garden of Oku village, elev. 2,000 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, June 8, 1997) – MNHN-RA 1997.3650 (Mt. Oku, in the forest, elev. 2,350 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, March 22, 1997) – MNHN-RA 1998.0286-0288 (three specimens, Mt. Oku forest, elev. 2,200 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, June 25, 1998) – MNHN-RA 2005.2600-2601 (two specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.507&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.25" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.507/lat 6.25)">Mt. Oku</a>, Oku forest, 6.250°N and 10.507°E, elev. 2,350 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, respectively May 5, 2000, and May 11, 2000).</p> <p>This little lizard is endemic to the montane forests of West Cameroon (Schmitz 2004; Schmitz et al. 2005; Herrmann et al. 2006). It is found at Mt. Kupe in the Takamanda forest, Mt. Oku, and the Tchabal Mbabo Massif. It occurs up to 2,800 m altitude at Mt. Oku but does not seem to fall below 1,000 m.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF069505FCA0FAE3C219F81B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF079504FF3DFF04C7CDFD5A.text	03DAE649EF079504FF3DFF04C7CDFD5A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lacertaspis lepesmei (Angel 1940)	<div><p>Lacertaspis lepesmei (Angel, 1940) (35 specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 1998.0295-0300, 1999.0401-0404, 1999.8418-8436 (29 specimens, without any precise location, coll. CamHerp) – MNHN-RA 2004.0061 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.095&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.688" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.095/lat 5.688)">Bamboutos</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.095&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.688" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.095/lat 5.688)">Fulbe</a> house, 5.637°N and 10.106°E, elev. 2,450 m, coll. CamHerp, May 5, 2001) – MNHN-RA 2005.2597- 2599 (Bamboutos, Mt. Mekua, 5.688°N and 10.095°E, elev. 2,700 m, coll. CamHerp, respectively May 8, 2000, April 18, 2000, and April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.2602-2603 (two specimens, without precise location, coll. CamHerp).</p> <p>This small, submontane endemic skink is only known from the rocky slopes of Bamboutos Mountains, between 2,350 and 2,700 m altitude (Fig. 15). It is not present in the Mt. Oku region. Its classification in the IUCN Red List and the measures to undertake for the conservation of its habitat should be a priority.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF079504FF3DFF04C7CDFD5A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF079504FF3DFCA4C7AFFB1B.text	03DAE649EF079504FF3DFCA4C7AFFB1B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepidothyris fernandi (Burton 1836)	<div><p>Lepidothyris fernandi (Burton, 1836) [formerly Mochlus fernandi] (one specimen)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 2005.1265 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.37&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.37/lat 6.3)">Tefo village</a>, 6.30°N and 10.37°E, elev. 1,700 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>The genus was recently revised (Wagner et al. 2009). In Eastern Africa, the species occurs between 600 and 2,100 m (Spawls et al. 2002) whereas in Cameroon it is only reported from sea level to 1,200 m at Bafut. This skink was also observed on the eastern sides of the BH at Kenshi, at an elevation of 1,080 m on April 17, 2004 (6.107°N and 9.713°E).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF079504FF3DFCA4C7AFFB1B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF079504FF3DFB65C366FADB.text	03DAE649EF079504FF3DFB65C366FADB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha (Bohme 1975)	<div><p>Leptosiaphos ianthinoxantha (Böhme, 1975) (25 specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 2002.0798, 2002.0800, 2002.0928- 0930, 2002.0934 (six specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.582&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.582/lat 6.222)">Mbockghas</a>, 6.222°N and 10.582°E, elev. 2,092 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2002.0942, 2005.2617-2620 (five specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.582&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.582/lat 6.222)">Mbockghas</a>, 6.222°N and 10.582°E, elev. 2,092 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2607 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.106&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.637" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.106/lat 5.637)">Bamboutos</a>, Fulbe house, 5.637°N and 10.106°E, elev. 2,450 m, coll. CamHerp, May 5, 2001) – MNHN-RA 2005.2613-2616 (four specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.101&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.698" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.101/lat 5.698)">Bamboutos</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.101&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.698" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.101/lat 5.698)">Mt. Mekua</a>, 5.688°N and 10.095°E, elev. 2,700 m, coll. CamHerp, March 30, 2000, May 5, 2000 [.2615], and May 8, 2000 [.2616]) – MNHN-RA 2005.2621- 2627, 2005.2629 (eight specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.101&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.698" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.101/lat 5.698)">Mt. Oku</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.101&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.698" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.101/lat 5.698)">Simonkuh</a>, 6.234°N and 10.572°E, elev. 2,109 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002, December 14, 2002 [.2625], and January 16, 2003 [.2622,.2626]) – MNHN-RA 2005.2628 (Bamboutos, slopes of Mt. Mekua, 5.698°N and 10.101°E, elev. 2,300 m, coll. CamHerp, March 19, 2002).</p> <p>This small skink is endemic to montane grasslands of the Western Highlands of Cameroon (Schmitz et al. 2005) (Fig. 16). It is found at Mt. Lefo (Forest Reserve of Bafut-Ngemba) and in the Bamboutos Mountains. Its occurrence at Mt. Oku had been suspected by Wild in 1994. It is a semi-burrowing species living in open montane grasslands, and is oviparous. The species occurs up to 2,700 m altitude at Mt. Mekua in the Bamboutos where its populations are highly localized but occur in high densities.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF079504FF3DFB65C366FADB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF079507FCA0F8C5C4D2FDDA.text	03DAE649EF079507FCA0F8C5C4D2FDDA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum (Sjostedt 1897)	<div><p>Leptosiaphos vigintiserierum (Sjöstedt, 1897) (two specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 1998.0294 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.101&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.698" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.101/lat 5.698)">Mt. Oku</a>, elev. 2,000 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, September 1st, 1997) – MNHN-RA 2004.0062 (Bamboutos, waterfall and sacred forest, 5.622°N and 10.106°E, elev. 2,350 m, coll. CamHerp, May 5, 2001) – Bamboutos, slopes of Mt. Mekua, 5.698°N and 10.101°E, elev. 2,300 m, coll. CamHerp, March 19, 2002).</p> <p>This species is endemic to the Cameroon Volcanic Dorsal (Schmitz et al. 2005) (Fig. 17). It is found from Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea), Mt. Cameroon, and Mt. Oku (Mt. Nkolodou, Mt. Kala, Mt. Kupe, and Mt. Nlonako). It mainly occurs in the high meadows of the peaks above the evergreen forest areas. It reaches 2,450 m at Mts. Bamboutos and can be relatively abundant locally.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF079507FCA0F8C5C4D2FDDA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF049507FF3DFD24C351FABE.text	03DAE649EF049507FF3DFD24C351FABE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray 1845)	<div><p>Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845) (33 specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 1997.3643 (pass on the Bafoussam road, elev. 1,850 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, April 1997) – MNHN-RA 1998.0289-0293 (five specimens, Mt. Oku, five km north of Oku village, elev. 2,000 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, June 25, 1998) – MNHN-RA 2005.1610-1611 (two specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.319&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.162" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.319/lat 6.162)">Baba</a> II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, respectively July 8, 2002, and December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1616 (Bingo village, between Ijim and Bamenda, 6.162°N and 10.319°E, elev. 1,600 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.1617 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.077&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.077/lat 5.833)">Bali Ngemba village</a>, 5.833°N and 10.077°E, elev. 1,398 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1623 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.106&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.622" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.106/lat 5.622)">Bamboutos</a>, waterfall and sacred forest, 5.622°N and 10.106°E, elev. 2,350 m, coll. CamHerp, May 5, 2001) – MNHN-RA 2005.1692-1693 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.29&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.166" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.29/lat 6.166)">Bingo village</a>, 6.166°N and 10.290°E, elev. 1,435 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1761 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.433&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.226" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.433/lat 6.226)">Idjim village</a>, Birdlife Project, 6.226°N and 10.433°E, elev. 1,600 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2005.1762 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">Jakiri village</a>, road from Bamenda to Nkambe, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1847-1848 (two specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.849&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.19" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.849/lat 6.19)">Mbiame village</a>, 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1,955 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1852 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.582&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.582/lat 6.222)">Mbockghas</a>, 6.222°N and 10.582°E, elev. 2,092 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1853-1858 (six specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.35&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.35/lat 6.3)">Mboh village</a>, 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,900 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002 [.1853], and July 8, 2002 [.1854-1858]) – MNHN-RA 2005.1897 (Mufe village, 6.30°N and 10.35°E, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1935-1938 (four specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.578&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.578/lat 6.139)">Mt. Oku</a>, Simonkuh village, 6.234°N and 10.572°E, elev. 2,109 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002, and December 14, 2002 [.1938]) – MNHN-RA 2005.1944 (Veko village, 6.139°N and 10.578°E, elev. 2,044 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, December 14, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1958-1959 (two specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.598&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.054" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.598/lat 6.054)">Sarkong Hill</a>, west of Jakiri, 6.054°N and 10.598°E, elev. 1,600 m, coll. CamHerp, March 19, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2484 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.37&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.37/lat 6.3)">Tefo village</a>, 6.30°N and 10.37°E, elev. 1,700 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This skink has a wide distribution in Africa and in Cameroon it is found in a variety of habitats from lowland forests to altitude grasslands. The species is also anthropophilic and can be abundant in gardens and villages in the southern half of the country. This lizard occurs from sea level to above 2,550 m at Mt. Lefo or on the top of Mt. Nlonako around 1,825 m (Herrmann et al. 2005). In East Africa T. maculilabris is reported from the seaside to above 2,300 m (Spawls et al. 2002; Largen and Spawls 2010). Note, however, that its taxonomy is not clearly established (Mausfeld et al. 2004) and that it currently represents a species complex containing several cryptic taxa.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF049507FF3DFD24C351FABE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF049506FCA0FA80C741FB1A.text	03DAE649EF049506FCA0FA80C741FB1A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Trachylepis mekuana (Chirio and Ineich 2000)	<div><p>Trachylepis mekuana (Chirio and Ineich, 2000) (six specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 2001.0109 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.095&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.688" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.095/lat 5.688)">Bamboutos</a>, Mt. Mekua, 5.688°N and 10.095°E, elev. 2,700 m, coll. CamHerp, April 19, 2000) – MNHN-RA 2002.0922 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.066&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.83" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.066/lat 5.83)">Bali Ngemba village</a>, on rocks above the valley, 5.830°N and 10.066°E, elev. 1,640 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.1289-1291 (three specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.086&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.698" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.086/lat 5.698)">Bamboutos</a>, slopes of Mt. Mekua, 5.698°N and 10.086°E, elev. 2,600 m, coll. CamHerp, March 19, 2002) – MNHN-RA 2005.2606 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.106&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.637" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.106/lat 5.637)">Bamboutos</a>, 5.637°N and 10.106°E, elev. 2,450 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, March 30, 2000).</p> <p>This endemic mountain lizard of the BH in Cameroon occupies only the top of Bamboutos Mountains (Mt. Mekua) and the Massif of Bali-Ngemba at elevations located between 2,400 and 2,700 m (Fig. 18). The increasing use of its habitat for grazing and planting food crops seriously threatens the survival of this species. Its classification on deciduous forests, forest-savanna mosaics (moist savanna), the Western Highlands, and the extreme south of the Adamaoua. It is found in altitude from 500 m to 2,000 m at Tabenken. This snake was mentioned in Wum (elev. 1,023 m) by Böhme (1975). In East Africa, the species is reported from 600 m to 2,000 m above sea level (Spawls et al. 2002; Largen and Spawls 2010).</p> <p>the IUCN Red List and habitat conservation measures should be a priority.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF049506FCA0FA80C741FB1A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF059506FF3DFAE4C232FCF9.text	03DAE649EF059506FF3DFAE4C232FCF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Atractaspis irregularis subsp. irregularis (Reinhardt 1843)	<div><p>Atractaspis irregularis irregularis (Reinhardt, 1843) (six specimens)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.331&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.297" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.331/lat 6.297)">CamHerp</a> 0627C, 0423C (two specimens, Abu village, NE of Fundong, 6.297°N and 10.331°E, elev. 1,750 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.266&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.266/lat 5.867)">CamHerp</a> 3501I (Awing village (Benjom), 5.867°N and 10.266°E, elev. 1,747 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.857" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.102/lat 5.857)">CamHerp</a> 1269C, 1495I (two specimens, Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.849&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.19" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.849/lat 6.19)">CamHerp</a> 0158C (Mbiame, 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1,955 m, coll. CamHerp, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>This burrowing and venomous snake (Barrière et al. 2006) exhibits an extensive African distribution (Fig. 19). It occupies dense evergreen forests and degraded semi- Polemon collaris (W. Peters, 1881) (four specimens)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.29&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.166" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.29/lat 6.166)">CamHerp</a> 3468I, 3707I (two specimens, Bingo village, 6.166°N and 10.290°E, elev. 1,435 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.849&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.19" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.849/lat 6.19)">CamHerp</a> 3738I (Mbiame, 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1,955 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.857" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.102/lat 5.857)">CamHerp</a> 3664I (Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>This small forest burrowing snake is found at altitudes between 5 and 1,955 m in Cameroon. Joger (1982) mentions the species from Wum (elev. 1,023 m).</p> <p>Colubridae Oppel, 1811</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF059506FF3DFAE4C232FCF9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF059506FCA0FCC7C307FA76.text	03DAE649EF059506FCA0FCC7C307FA76.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti 1768)	<div><p>Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768) (four specimens)</p> <p>Material: CamHerp 0141, 2488I (two specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.578&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.578/lat 6.139)">Jakiri village</a> on the road of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.578&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.578/lat 6.139)">Nkambe</a> to <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.578&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.578/lat 6.139)">Bamenda</a>, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002, and December 14, 2002) – CamHerp 2483I (Veko village, 6.139°N and 10.578°E, elev. 2,044 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.857" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.102/lat 5.857)">CamHerp</a> 0159C (Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>This widely distributed snake occurs at elevations from 400–2,500 m in East Africa (Largen and Spawls 2010). In Cameroon, it is found at altitudes between 160 and 2,044 m. Mountain populations in Cameroon show a particular coloration, with a typical dark spotted belly; they could belong to a distinct taxon (see below). The relationship of individuals from Veko and Baba II villages to the submontane species listed below should be reviewed.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF059506FCA0FCC7C307FA76	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF029501FF3DFF27C738FD99.text	03DAE649EF029501FF3DFF27C738FD99.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dasypeltis confusa Trape and Mane 2006	<div><p>Dasypeltis confusa Trape and Mané, 2006 (three specimens)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.578&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.578/lat 6.139)">CamHerp</a> 2436I (Veko village, 6.139°N and 10.578°E, elev. 2,044 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.077&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.077/lat 5.833)">CamHerp</a> 0097 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.077&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.077/lat 5.833)">Awing village</a> (Benjom), 5.867°N and 10.266°E, elev. 1,747 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – CamHerp 1367C (Bali Ngemba village, 5.833°N and 10.077°E, elev. 1,398 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This snake is a typical inhabitant of the humid savanna of Cameroon where it occurs at altitudes between 510 m and 2,044 m.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF029501FF3DFF27C738FD99	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF029501FF3DFDE7C404FC56.text	03DAE649EF029501FF3DFDE7C404FC56.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dasypeltis fasciata A. Smith 1849	<div><p>Dasypeltis fasciata A. Smith, 1849 (three specimens)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.857" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.102/lat 5.857)">CamHerp</a> 0218C (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.857" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.102/lat 5.857)">Jakiri village</a> on the road from Bamenda to Nkambe, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – CamHerp 2272I (Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – CamHerp 2436I (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.578&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.578/lat 6.139)">Veko village</a>, 6.139°N and 10.578°E, elev. 2,044 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This semi-arboreal snake is found at altitudes between 4 and 1,380 m. It is reported from Bafut (elev. 1,200 m, 6.08°N and 10.10°E) by Joger (1982).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF029501FF3DFDE7C404FC56	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF029501FF3DFBB8C4F0F916.text	03DAE649EF029501FF3DFBB8C4F0F916.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dipsadoboa unicolor Gunther 1858	<div><p>Dipsadoboa unicolor Günther, 1858 (two specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 1998.0438-0439 (two specimens, Mt. Oku, Oku village, elev. 2,000 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, end 1997).</p> <p>This nocturnal and semi-arboreal snake has a wide African distribution from Guinea (Conakry) to Burundi. In Cameroon, it occupies not only the altitude forest of the west of the country but also evergreen degraded forests. It occurs from around sea level up to 2,000 m at Mt. Oku and up to 2,044 m in Veko, a village in the southeast of Mt. Oku. At Mt. Nlonako, the species does not reach the higher elevations of the massif (Herrmann et al. 2005).</p> <p>This snake is still present over 1,600 m at Mt. Nimba (Ineich 2003), but can occur elsewhere up to 3,000 m and also can withstand low temperatures while remaining active at night and hunting amphibians on which it feeds. In East Africa, it is only reported between 1,500 m and 3,000 m elevation. The conspecificity of West African populations (Mt. Nimba, Cameroon Volcanic Dorsal) with those of the East African mountains has not been confirmed.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF029501FF3DFBB8C4F0F916	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF029501FF3DF978C575FD99.text	03DAE649EF029501FF3DF978C575FD99.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dipsadoboa weileri (Lindholm 1905)	<div><p>Dipsadoboa weileri (Lindholm, 1905) (seven specimens)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.315&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.249" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.315/lat 6.249)">CamHerp</a> 0835, 0101M, 0043C (three specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.315&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.249" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.315/lat 6.249)">Mboh village</a>, 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,900 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002 (two specimens), and December 14, 2002 (one specimen)) – CamHerp 0606C (Fundong, 6.249°N and 10.315°E, elev. 1,500 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.578&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.578/lat 6.139)">CamHerp</a> 0248C (Veko village, 6.139°N and 10.578°E, elev. 2,044 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.849&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.19" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.849/lat 6.19)">CamHerp</a> 1437C (Mbiame village, 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1,955 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.266&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.266/lat 5.867)">CamHerp</a> 119 (Awing village (Benjom), 5.867°N and 10.266°E, elev. 1,747 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>This nocturnal forest semi-arboreal snake occurs in Cameroon at altitudes from 10 m to above 2,000 m. The species is more likely a central African species which was erroneously reported from West Africa (Trape and Baldé 2014).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF029501FF3DF978C575FD99	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF029501FCA0FDE7C2E2FB19.text	03DAE649EF029501FCA0FDE7C2E2FB19.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dispholidus typus (A. Smith 1828)	<div><p>Dispholidus typus (A. Smith, 1828) (one specimen)</p> <p>Material: CamHerp 3197I (Baba II village, elev. 1,772 m, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>This diurnal semi-arboreal snake has a wide pan-African distribution in the savannas. The subspecies Dispholidus typus occidentalis Perret, 1961 described from Cameroon remains doubtful but requires a thorough revision before its validity can be evaluated (Broadley and Wallach 2002). Perret (1961: 138) recognized D. t. occidentalis based on its color with green males, strongly streaked with black, red and brown females, as well as the presence of two elliptical black spots, slightly oblique, situated laterally on each side of the neck in both sexes. The species occupies forest-savanna mosaic, the western Highlands and the high savannas. Its altitude record on its whole range is 2,400 m (Spawls et al. 2002; Wagner and Böhme 2007; Largen and Spawls 2010).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF029501FCA0FDE7C2E2FB19	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF029501FCA0FB66C280FA76.text	03DAE649EF029501FCA0FB66C280FA76.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Grayia tholloni Mocquard 1897	<div><p>Grayia tholloni Mocquard, 1897 (one specimen)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">CamHerp</a> 2050C (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">Jakiri village</a>, on the road from Bamenda to Nkambe, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This water snake is found up to 1,400 m above sea level in East Africa (Largen and Spawls 2010) and between 510 and 1,550 m in Cameroon.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF029501FCA0FB66C280FA76	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF029500FCA0FA58C756FD59.text	03DAE649EF029500FCA0FA58C756FD59.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Philothamnus angolensis Bocage 1882	<div><p>Philothamnus angolensis Bocage, 1882 (two specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 1998.0410 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.849&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.19" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.849/lat 6.19)">Mt. Oku</a>, above the village, elev. 2,200 m – tail broken – formerly identified as Philothamnus bequaerti, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, June 25, 1998) – CamHerp 3749I (Mbiame, 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1,955 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This arboreal snake of wet savanna occupies degraded forests, forest-savanna mosaics, the western Highlands, and altitude savannas like the Sudan savanna in the plains. Herrmann et al. (2006) reported the species up to 2,450 m at Mt. Meletan in the Bamboutos, as well as at Tchabal Mbabo Range. A snake reported from the area as Philothamnus irregularis by Joger (1982) refers to this species (Hughes 1985: 518; Böhme and Schneider 1987). In East Africa, it occupies various habitats from the sea border up to 2,000 m elevation (Spawls et al. 2002). This species from Central and Eastern Africa only extends very little west beyond the Cameroon border.</p> <p>The Mt. Oku specimen deposited in the collections (MNHN-RA 1998.0410) is a female formerly identified as Philothamnus bequaerti but here conservatively considered to correspond to P. angolensis. It measures 565 mm SVL and stubby tail measurement is 201+ mm. There are 15 dorsal scale rows in the middle of the body, 1+164 unkeeled ventral plates, and 79+ subcaudals, also unkeeled. Anal plate is divided. The supralabials (right/ left) are 9 (4–6 touching the eye)/9 (4–6), infralabials 9/9, temporals 1 + 1/1 + 1, preoculars 1/1 and postoculars 2/2. The inside of the mouth is white. Its assignment to P. angolensis is not entirely compatible with the species’ description, however.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF029500FCA0FA58C756FD59	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF039500FCA0FD07C574FAD9.text	03DAE649EF039500FCA0FD07C574FAD9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dendroaspis jamesoni subsp. jamesoni (Traill 1843)	<div><p>Dendroaspis jamesoni jamesoni (Traill, 1843) (eight specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 2000.4360, 2000.4376, 2002.0385- 0389 (seven specimens, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">Bamenda</a>, gift <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">Latoxan</a>, coll. October 30, 2000) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">CamHerp</a> 3428I (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">Jakiri village</a> on the road from Nkambe to Bamenda, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>This venomous tree snake has a wide distribution range extending from Togo in West Africa to Angola in southern Africa. It occupies dense evergreen and semi-deciduous forests, forest-savanna mosaics, the Western Highlands, and high savannas of Adamaoua (681 m at Tchabal Mbabo; Herrmann et al. 2006). It often frequents plantations and gardens but is unaggressive. It occurs in altitude up to 2,000 m at Mts. Bana. Gonwouo et al. (2007) considered the species as an inhabitant of mountain forests located above 1,800 m. It seems to live up to 2,200 m elsewhere on its range. In East Africa this green mamba is reported from 600 m to 2,200 m above sea level (Spawls et al. 2002).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF039500FCA0FD07C574FAD9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF039500FF3DFCA7C7CAFBB9.text	03DAE649EF039500FF3DFCA7C7CAFBB9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Philothamnus hughesi Trape and Roux-Esteve 1990	<div><p>Philothamnus hughesi Trape and Roux-Estève, 1990 (one specimen)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.578&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.578/lat 6.139)">CamHerp</a> 880 (Veko village, 6.139°N and 10.578°E, elev. 2,044 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>This tree snake of wet savannas occurs at an altitudinal range between 740 and 2,100 m.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF039500FF3DFCA7C7CAFBB9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF039500FF3DFB87C5CBFD39.text	03DAE649EF039500FF3DFB87C5CBFD39.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Thrasops flavigularis (Hallowell 1852)	<div><p>Thrasops flavigularis (Hallowell, 1852) (one specimen)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 1998.0436 (skin, head and neck only; Mt. Oku, Oku village, elev. 2,050 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, November 8, 1997).</p> <p>This snake is a typical inhabitant of the dense forests of Central Africa, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is common to find in the villages and plantations. Thrasops flavigularis occupies the Highlands up to 2,000 m at Mt. Oku. Gonwouo et al. (2007) recognize it as an inhabitant of submontane forests in Cameroon. This snake, once considered non-venomous, is capable of inflicting serious envenomations (Ineich et al. 2006) and should be handled with caution.</p> <p>Our specimen, MNHN-RA 1998.0436, only consists of the head, neck [in good condition], and the skin of an individual eaten by the local population. It has 15 dorsal scale rows in the middle of the body, which seems rare according to Chippaux (2006), because there are more often only 13 – however 15 dorsal scales seems more typical of grass field populations (Stucki-Stirn 1979). Preoculars are 2/2 and the upper is the largest (&gt;2 times the size of the lower). The upper preoculars are widely separated from the frontal. The first post-ocular prevents contact of the supralabial 6 with the eye. Postoculars 3/3 and the lower is much larger and elongated (&gt;4 times) than the other two substantially equal in size. The lower postocular contacts two supralabials (5–6). There are only 7(4–5)/7(4–5) supralabials and 10/11 infralabials. Temporals 1+1/1+1. This specimen slightly differs from the diagnosis given by Chippaux (2006: 108–109) and Stucki-Stirn (1979: 320–328) for the species.</p> <p>According to Chippaux (2006), our specimen differs from Thrasops jacksoni because it has 2 preoculars (versus 3), its much larger lower postocular (vs. sup. and inf. larger) and 7 supralabials (vs. 10–12) and from Thrasops occidentalis because the large postocular is in contact with 2 supralabials (vs. postocular in contact with 3 supralabials). We refer that damaged specimen to Thrasops flavigularis and consider some of the characters indicated in the diagnosis of the species given by Chippaux (2006) as incomplete.</p> <p>Elapidae Boie, 1827</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF039500FF3DFB87C5CBFD39	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF039503FCA0FA26C7CAFBB9.text	03DAE649EF039503FCA0FA26C7CAFBB9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Naja melanoleuca Hallowell 1857	<div><p>Naja melanoleuca Hallowell, 1857 (22 specimens)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.331&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.297" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.331/lat 6.297)">CamHerp</a> 1488I, 3184I (two specimens, Abu village, northeast of Fundong, 6.297°N and 10.331°E, elev. 1,750 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.857" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.102/lat 5.857)">CamHerp</a> 1222C, 3175C, 3736C (three specimens, Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.077&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.077/lat 5.833)">CamHerp</a> 3140I, 3394I (two specimens, Bali Ngemba village, 5.833°N and 10.077°E, elev. 1,398 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.29&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.166" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.29/lat 6.166)">CamHerp</a> 0880C, 3295I (two specimens, Bingo village, 6.166°N and 10.290°E, elev. 1,435 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.315&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.249" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.315/lat 6.249)">CamHerp</a> 4496 (Fundong, 6.249°N and 10.315°E, elev. 1,500 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, April 19, 2000) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">CamHerp</a> 3134I (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">Jakiri village</a> along the road from Bamenda to Nkambe, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.849&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.19" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.849/lat 6.19)">CamHerp</a> 1234I, 0557C (two specimens, Mbiame village, 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1,955 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.582&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.222" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.582/lat 6.222)">CamHerp</a> 0856, 0014C, 0133C (three specimens, Mbockghas village, 6.222°N and 10.582°E, elev. 2,092 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.348&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.327" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.348/lat 6.327)">CamHerp</a> 0392C, 1086C, 2356I, 3392I (four specimens, Mboh village, 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,900 m, coll. CamHerp, July 8, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.598&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.054" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.598/lat 6.054)">CamHerp</a> 3291I (Sarkong Hill, west of Jakiri village, 6.054°N and 10.598°E, elev. 1,600 m, coll. CamHerp, March 19, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.578&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.578/lat 6.139)">CamHerp</a> 1452C (Veko village, 6.139°N and 10.578°E, elev. 2,044 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This species (Fig. 20) has a wide distribution and the systematics of the species complex remains problematic. The name N. melanoleuca has only to be applied to central African populations. It occupies dense evergreen and semi-deciduous forests, forest-savanna mosaics, and the Western Highlands. It is found from sea level up to 2,700 m at Mt. Meletan in the Bamboutos. Gonwouo et al. (2007) consider that this snake can occur in mountain forests between 1,800 m and 3,000 m above sea level in Cameroon. The cobra is quoted from Bafut (elev. 1,200 m, 6.08°N, 10.10°E) by Joger (1982). The species, as currently recognized (sensu lato), is reported up to 2,500 m altitude in Kenya (Spawls et al. 2002; Wagner and Böhme 2007; Largen and Spawls 2010).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF039503FCA0FA26C7CAFBB9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF009503FCA0FD07C574FAB9.text	03DAE649EF009503FCA0FD07C574FAB9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie 1827)	<div><p>Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) [formerly Lamprophis fuliginosus] (two specimens)</p> <p>Material: CamHerp 0992C (Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – CamHerp 1365C (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.578&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.578/lat 6.139)">Veko village</a>, 6.139°N and 10.578°E, elev. 2,044 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>Boaedon fuliginosus is a snake often encountered in and around houses. Nocturnal and terrestrial, it has a very wide African distribution, although populations in southern and eastern Africa were referred to B. capensis (Hughes 1997). It occupies a variety of habitats ranging from dense evergreen and semi-deciduous degraded forests, to forest-savanna mosaics through the Adamaoua high savannas and Sudanian savannas. It occurs up to 2,044 m at Veko village in the BH and up to 2,400 m in East Africa (Spawls et al. 2002; Largen and Spawls 2010).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF009503FCA0FD07C574FAB9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF009503FCA0FA87C2B5F9B9.text	03DAE649EF009503FCA0FA87C2B5F9B9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Boaedon virgatus (Hallowell 1854)	<div><p>Boaedon virgatus (Hallowell, 1854) (one specimen)</p> <p>Material: CamHerp 3747I (Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>This terrestrial forest species is present between 10 m and 1,770 m elevation in Cameroon.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF009503FCA0FA87C2B5F9B9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF009503FCA0F987C292F836.text	03DAE649EF009503FCA0F987C292F836.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bothrolycus ater Gunther 1874	<div><p>Bothrolycus ater Günther, 1874 (five specimens)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.348&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.327" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.348/lat 6.327)">CamHerp</a> 0487C, 3403I, 0174, 0306 (four specimens, Mboh village, 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,900 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002 (two specimens) and December 14, 2002 (two specimens) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.857" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.102/lat 5.857)">CamHerp</a> 3238I (Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>This terrestrial forest snake is present at elevations between 10 m and 1,500 m in Cameroon.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF009503FCA0F987C292F836	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF009503FF3DFB86C716F819.text	03DAE649EF009503FF3DFB86C716F819.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Naja nigricollis Reinhardt 1843	<div><p>Naja nigricollis Reinhardt, 1843 (one specimen)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">CamHerp</a> 1500C (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">Jakiri village</a> along the road from Bamenda to Nkambe, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This spitting cobra species seems not to exceed 1,000 m elevation in East Africa where another related species, Naja ashei Wüster and Broadley, 2007, can occur above 1,750 m (Largen and Spawls 2010). Naja nigricollis is found between 20 and 1,800 m elevation in Cameroon.</p> <p>Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843</p> <p>The validity of this family was recently demonstrated by Kelly et al. (2011). This work showed that the genus Lamprophis was polyphyletic. A new genus was created and other species previously included in the genus Lamprophis were divided into three groups: (1) virgatus and fuliginosus, together with lineatus and olivaceus were transferred to the revalidated genus Boaedon A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron, and A.H.A. Duméril, 1854; (2) Lycodonomorphus was nestled within Lamprophis sensu lato and a sister taxon of Lamprophis inornatus –the latter species was therefore transferred to the genus Lycodonomorphus; (3) Lamprophis sensu stricto was restricted to a small clade of four species endemic to South Africa, with Lamprophis aurora as type species. We follow this revised taxonomy here.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF009503FF3DFB86C716F819	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF019502FF3DFF27C4F5FE36.text	03DAE649EF019502FF3DFF27C4F5FE36.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gonionotophis stenophthalmus (Mocquard 1887)	<div><p>Gonionotophis stenophthalmus (Mocquard, 1887) (one specimen)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">CamHerp</a> 0897 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">Jakiri village</a> along the road from Bamenda to Nkambe, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This semi-arboreal, ophiophagous forest snake is present between 50 m and 1,500 m elevation in Cameroon.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF019502FF3DFF27C4F5FE36	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF019502FF3DFE18C791FA96.text	03DAE649EF019502FF3DFE18C791FA96.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lycophidion multimaculatum Boettger 1888	<div><p>Lycophidion multimaculatum Boettger, 1888 (two specimens)</p> <p>Material: MNHN-RA 2002.0943 (<a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.017777&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.057778" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.017777/lat 5.057778)">Awing village</a> (Benjom), 5°3’28’’N and 10°1’4’’E, elev. 1,747 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – CamHerp – (Bamboutos, Fulbe house, elev. 2,450 m, coll. CamHerp P. Makolowodé, June 12, 1999).</p> <p>The specimen MNHN-RA 2002.0943 is identified as Lycophidion multimaculatum. It measures 250 mm SVL and its tail is 28 mm. It has 17 dorsal rows at midbody. Its non-keeled ventrals are 2+186 and unkeeled subcaudals 30. Anal plate is entire. Supralabials (right/left) 8 (3–5 in contact with the eye)/8 (3–5), infralabials 8/8 (1–4 in contact with the first pair of gular), temporals 1+2+3/1+2+3, preocular 1/1, postoculars 2/2. An apical pit distinguished on dorsal scales and anterior gulars are of the same size as the posterior. That specimen is uniform grey bluish dorsally and ventrally, only slightly lighter ventrally; no marks, rings, or spots can be seen. Its diagnosis is not entirely consistent with that of the species to which we refer to tentatively. The species is found between 510 m and 2,450 m elevation (Mt. Meletan, Bamboutos) in Cameroon. So it is a partially submontane species in Cameroon (i.e., but not strictly submontane, much like Dipsadoboa unicolor).</p> <p>Psammophiidae Boie, 1827</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF019502FF3DFE18C791FA96	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF019502FF3DFAF8C2D5FEF9.text	03DAE649EF019502FF3DFAF8C2D5FEF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Psammophis phillipsii (Hallowell 1844)	<div><p>Psammophis cf. phillipsii (Hallowell, 1844) (three specimens)</p> <p>Material: CamHerp 180, 601C, 844C (three specimens, Mbiame, 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1,955 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This terrestrial snake is common in Cameroon and Central African Republic. It occupies a variety of habitats ranging from degraded forests to high savannas. It does not hesitate to frequent the villages and even large cities like Yaounde. The species is abundant in the whole southern half of the country, except in undisturbed forest areas, and is found up to 2,000 m at Tabenken. Species status was granted to this taxon by Kelly et al. (2008) as Psammophis occidentalis Werner, 1919, but that name does not apply to those populations of the P. phillipsii complex (entire anal plate). They are however distinct from P. phillipsii sensu stricto and their status is under revision (Trape, pers. comm. to LC). Those populations were previously recognized as P. phillipsii by Chirio and Ineich (2006) and Chirio and LeBreton (2007). They belong to a central African species whose distribution does not occur west of the Cameroon border. This snake (as Psammophis sibilans) was also reported from Bafut (elev. 1,200 m, 6.08°N, 10.10°E) by Böhme (1975).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF019502FF3DFAF8C2D5FEF9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF019502FCA0FEC7C223FCD9.text	03DAE649EF019502FCA0FEC7C223FCD9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Psammophis undefined-1	<div><p>Psammophis sp. 1 (in: Chirio and LeBreton 2007: 540– 541) (one specimen)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.572&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.234" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.572/lat 6.234)">CamHerp</a> 0645C (Oku Simokuh village, 6.234°N and 10.572°E, elev. 2,109 m, coll. CamHerp, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This undescribed terrestrial species is an inhabitant of the Cameroon mountains, and seems to share external morphological affinities with an Ethiopian specimen from MNHN-RA collections. It occupies the Western Highlands, but also the Adamaoua high savannas. Currently its distribution is limited to a few peaks of the Cameroon Volcanic Dorsal, where it ascends to 2,109 m altitude at Mt. Oku.</p> <p>Typhlopidae Jan, 1863</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF019502FCA0FEC7C223FCD9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF01951DFCA0FC27C412FE79.text	03DAE649EF01951DFCA0FC27C412FE79.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrotyphlops punctatus (Leach 1819)	<div><p>Afrotyphlops cf. punctatus (Leach, 1819) (11 specimens; see below)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.37&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.37/lat 6.3)">CamHerp</a> 0087C, 3237I (two specimens, Tefo village, 6.30°N and 10.37°E, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.35&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.35/lat 6.3)">CamHerp</a> 1412I (Mufe village, 6.30°N and 10.35°E, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.348&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.327" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.348/lat 6.327)">CamHerp</a> 1018C 1208C (two specimens, Mboh village, 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,900 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, July 8, 2002); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.348&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.327" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.348/lat 6.327)">CamHerp</a> 1253C, 3135I, (two specimens, Mboh village, 6.327°N and 10.348°E, elev. 1,900 m, coll. CamHerp L. Chirio, December 14, 2002); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.331&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.297" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.331/lat 6.297)">CamHerp</a> 0176C, 1021C (two specimens, Abuh village, NE of Fundong, 6.297°N and 10.331°E, elev. 1,750 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.857" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.102/lat 5.857)">CamHerp</a> 0396C, 0180M (two specimens, Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>Specimens are only provisionally attributed to this species pending further study and occur in marbled and unmarbled forms. This burrowing snake is found at altitudes between 5 m and 1,800 m in Cameroon from <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.07&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.39" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.07/lat 6.39)">Mboh village</a> (1,800 m), Baba II village (1,770 m) and Idjim village (1,600 m)). Afrotyphlops cf. punctatus is found between 10 m and 1,800 m above sea level in Cameroon, and has been reported from Wum (elev. 1,023 m, 6.39°N and 10.07°E) by Böhme (1975).</p> <p>Viperidae Oppel, 1811</p> <p>Atheris broadleyi Lawson, 1999 (one specimen) <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.077&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.077/lat 5.833)">Material</a>: CamHerp 0974C (Bali Ngemba village, 5.833°N and 10.077°E, elev. 1,398 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This small arboreal forest viper (Fig. 21) is found at altitudes between 332 m and 1,398 m in Cameroon (Chirio and LeBreton 2007). The species is also present in the Central African Republic. The geographic distribution of this small tree viper is still unclear (Phelps 2010), but it occurs with certainty in Cameroon and the Central African Republic (Chirio and Ineich 2006).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF01951DFCA0FC27C412FE79	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF1E951DFF3DFE47C49DFCB6.text	03DAE649EF1E951DFF3DFE47C49DFCB6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Atheris squamigera (Hallowell 1854)	<div><p>Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1854) (two specimens)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.087&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.825" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.087/lat 5.825)">CamHerp</a> 0336, 1205C (two specimens, Forest Reserve of Bali Ngemba, 5.825°N and 10.087°E, elev. 1,400 m, coll. CamHerp, March 19, 2002).</p> <p>This semi-arboreal viper is an inhabitant of the dense forests that occur from sea level up to 1,900 m (Broadley 1998). This is exceeded by Atheris nitschei, an East African species that occurs up to 2,700 m (Phelps 2010).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF1E951DFF3DFE47C49DFCB6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF1E951DFF3DFC87C4BFF9B6.text	03DAE649EF1E951DFF3DFC87C4BFF9B6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bitis arietans subsp. arietans (Merrem 1820)	<div><p>Bitis arietans arietans (Merrem, 1820) (two specimens)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.658&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.055" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.658/lat 6.055)">CamHerp</a> 0694C (Veko village, 6.139°N and 10.578°E, elev. 2,044 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – CamHerp 3523I (Jakiri village along the road from Bamenda to Nkambe, 6.055°N and 10.658°E, elev. 1,550 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, December 14, 2002).</p> <p>This big and massive snake has a pan-African distribution, and is also found on the Arabian Peninsula. It frequents forest-savanna mosaics, the Western Highlands, and all types of savannas (high, Sudanese, and Sahelian). It lives at ground level and bites are frequent, making it a feared snake. It occupies elevation areas up to 2,044 m in the village of Veko in the BH. Its wide distribution in Africa was largely influenced by the occupation of climatic refuges during periods of glaciation (Barlow et al. 2013). Other altitude populations exist such as those of the East African Mountain Arc or of the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa (Phelps 2010; Barlow et al. 2013). The altitudinal record for the species is around 2,200 m but the species seems able to occur even higher, up to 2,400 m (Spawls et al. 2002; Largen and Spawls 2010).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF1E951DFF3DFC87C4BFF9B6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF1E951DFCA0FCA3C5CEFB7D.text	03DAE649EF1E951DFCA0FCA3C5CEFB7D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bitis nasicornis (Shaw 1802)	<div><p>Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1802) (no available specimen)</p> <p>This bulky viper, characterized by its horn-shaped scales at the snout tip, shows a vast African distribution. It occupies dense evergreen and semi-deciduous forests, the Western Highlands, and the forest-savanna mosaics in well-preserved forest pockets. It prefers moist valley bottoms in the dense forests, and is considered a dangerous venomous snake. It occurs up to 2,000 m altitude at Lake Awing in the BH in Cameroon (specimen observed but not collected), and up to 2,400 m in East Africa (Spawls et al. 2002; Kucharzewski 2011). It was reported from Mbengwi, northwest of Bamenda (elev. 1,200 m) by Stucky-Stirn (1979).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF1E951DFCA0FCA3C5CEFB7D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
03DAE649EF1E951CFCA0FB43C6F1FF79.text	03DAE649EF1E951CFCA0FB43C6F1FF79.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Causus maculatus (Hallowell 1842)	<div><p>Causus maculatus (Hallowell, 1842) (three specimens)</p> <p>Material: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.102&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.857" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.102/lat 5.857)">CamHerp</a> 1350C (Baba II village, 5.857°N and 10.102°E, elev. 1,772 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.077&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=5.833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.077/lat 5.833)">CamHerp</a> 0147C (Bali Ngemba village, 5.833°N and 10.077°E, elev. 1,398 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton, July 8, 2002) – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.849&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=6.19" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.849/lat 6.19)">CamHerp</a> 0818I (Mbiame, 6.190°N and 10.849°E, elev. 1,955 m, coll. CamHerp M. LeBreton and L. Chirio, July 8, 2002).</p> <p>This small nocturnal viper is very common in wet savanna and degraded forests areas. It does not hesitate to venture into the villages at night but its venom is only slightly harmful. Its distribution is broad and includes much of the African continent, from Mauritania to Uganda and Angola. It can be present up to 1,950 m altitude at Mbiame in the BH in Cameroon, which seems to be its altitude record all over its range (Kucharzewski 2011). Its presence in East Africa seems questionable and should probably refer to an undescribed high-elevation species close to the endemic species reported below. In Ethiopia it is only known from a few specimens collected between 500 and 1,000 m above sea level (Largen and Spawls 2010).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DAE649EF1E951CFCA0FB43C6F1FF79	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Ineich, Ivan;LeBreton, Matthew;Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly;Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio;Oku, Mount;Highlands, Bamenda	Ineich, Ivan, LeBreton, Matthew, Lhermitte-Vallarino, Nathaly, Abstract. - The, Laurent Chirio, Oku, Mount, Highlands, Bamenda (2015): The reptiles of the summits of Mont Oku and the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon *. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 108) 9 (2): 15-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13270281
