TY  - JOUR
A1  - Leaché, Adam D.
A1  - Rödel, Mark-Oliver
A1  - Linkem, Charles W.
A1  - Diaz, Raul E.
A1  - Hillers, Annika
A1  - Fujita, Matthew K.
T1  - Biodiversity in a forest island: reptiles and amphibians of the West African Togo Hills
T2  - Amphibian & reptile conservation : the international journal devoted to the worldwide preservation and management of amphibian and reptilian diversity
N2  - Our recent surveys of the herpetological diversity of the West African Togo Hills documented a total of 65 reptile and amphibian species, making Kyabobo National Park one of the most diverse sites surveyed in Ghana. We provide accounts for all species recorded along with photographs to aid in identification. We recorded 26 amphibians, including six new records for Kyabobo N. P., one of which is a record for the Togo Hills. Our collection of reptile species (22 lizards, 16 snakes, and one crocodile) also provides new records and range extensions for Kyabobo N. P., such as the first observation of the dwarf crocodile, Osteolaemus tetraspis. Amphibian species still lacking from our surveys in the Togo Hills include several species that are adapted to fast running water or large closed forests, like the Togo toad, Bufo togoensis and the slippery frog, Conraua derooi. Appropriate habitat for such species still remains in Kyabobo, highlighting the need for additional survey work. We draw attention to the importance of conserving forest stream habitats, which will in turn help ensure the persistence of forest-restricted species. We also highlight those species that may prove most useful for evolutionary studies of West African rain forest biogeography.
KW  - Ghana
KW  - reptiles
KW  - amphibians
KW  - biogeography
KW  - conservation
KW  - biodiversity
KW  - Dahomey Gap
KW  - West Africa
KW  - Togo Hills
KW  - Kyabobo National Park
Y1  - 2006
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/20495
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-87316
SN  - 1083-446X
SN  - 1525-9153
N1  - Copyright: © 2006 Leaché et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
VL  - 4
IS  - (1): e18
SP  - 22
EP  - 45
PB  - PubMed Central
CY  - Bethesda, Md.
ER  -