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Reptiles - Kakamega Forest

In total, 61 reptile species are known from Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya. These include 1 turtle species (Pelomedusidae), 24 lizards (Agamidae, 3 spp.; Chamaeleonidae, 5 spp.; Cordylidae, 1 sp.; Gekkonidae, 4 spp.; Lacertidae, 2 spp.; Scincidae, 8 spp.; Varanidae, 1 sp.) and 36 snakes (Atractaspididae, 1 sp.; Colubridae, 23 spp.; Elapidae, 4 spp.; Typhlopidae, 2 spp.; Viperidae, 6 spp.).
During the BIOTA project one agamid species (Agama finchi Böhme et al. 2005) was new described from the vicinities of Kakamega Forest.

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 (please check one or more of the entries listed below to see the details)
    Order Family Scientific name Localities Diet Activity Distribution
1   Squamata Agamidae Acanthocercus atricollis minutus (Klausewitz, 1954) - Buyangu Village
 - insects day active north-eastern Africa
2   Squamata Agamidae Agama finchi Böhme et al., 2005 - Malava
 - insects day active Kenya
3   Squamata Agamidae Agama kaimosae Lovridge, 1935 - Kaimosi
 - insects day active Kenya
4   Squamata Atractaspididae Polemon christyi (Boulenger, 1903) - Kakamega Forest in general
 - lizards unknown central to eastern Africa
5   Squamata Chamaeleonidae Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) gracilis Hallowell, 1854 - Nandis
 - insects day active West- to East Africa
6   Squamata Chamaeleonidae Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) hoehnelii Steindachner, 1891 - vicinity of Kakamega Forest
 - insects day active East Africa
7   Squamata Chamaeleonidae Chamaeleo (Chamaeleo) laevigatus Gray, 1863 - vicinity of Kakamega Forest
 - insects day active central to eastern Africa
8   Squamata Chamaeleonidae Chamaeleo (Trioceros) ellioti Günther, 1895 - Buyangu Village
- Buyangu forest
- Salazar Circuit
- Isiukhu River
- Liranda Hill
- Kaimosi
- Nandis
- Malava
- Buyangu clearing
 - insects day active central to eastern Africa
9 1 Squamata Chamaeleonidae Rhampholeon boulengeri Steindachner, 1911 - Buyangu forest
- Kisere
 - insects day active central to eastern Africa
10   Squamata Colubridae Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768) - Kakamega Forest in general
 - amphibians night active central to eastern Africa
11   Squamata Colubridae Dasypeltis atra Sternfeld, 1912 - Buyangu forest
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - birds night active central to eastern Africa
12   Squamata Colubridae Dasypeltis scabra (Linnaeus, 1758) - Kaimosi
 - birds night active Sub-Saharan Africa
13   Squamata Colubridae Dispholidus typus kivuensis Laurent, 1955 - unknown
 - amphibians
- rodents
- birds
- lizards
 day active Sub-Saharan Africa
14   Squamata Colubridae Hapsidophrys lineatus Fischer, 1856 - Buyangu forest
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - amphibians unknown West- to East Africa
15   Squamata Colubridae Lamprophis fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) - unknown
 - rodents night active West- to East Africa
16   Squamata Colubridae Lycophidion capense jacksoni Boulenger, 1893 - Kaimosi
 - lizards
- snakes
 night active central to eastern Africa
17   Squamata Colubridae Lycophidion depressirostre Laurent, 1968 - Kaimosi
 - lizards
- snakes
 night active East Africa
18   Squamata Colubridae Lycophidion ornatum Parker, 1936 - Buyangu forest
 - lizards night active central to eastern Africa
19   Squamata Colubridae Mehelya capensis savorgnani (Mocquard, 1887) - Kakamega Forest in general
 - lizards
- snakes
 night active unknown
20   Squamata Colubridae Natriciteres olivacea (Peters, 1854) - Isiukhu River
 - amphibians
- fishes
 variable, diurnal West- to East Africa
21   Squamata Colubridae Philothamnus battersbyi Loveridge, 1951 - Buyangu Village
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - amphibians
- fishes
 day active East Africa
22   Squamata Colubridae Philothamnus carinatus (Andersson, 1901) - Kaimosi
 - amphibians unknown West- to East Africa
23   Squamata Colubridae Philothamnus heterolepidotus (Günther, 1863) - Yala River
 - amphibians day active West- to East Africa
24   Squamata Colubridae Philothamnus hoplogaster (Günther, 1863) - Buyangu Village
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - amphibians
- fishes
 day active East- to South Africa
25   Squamata Colubridae Philothamnus nitidus loveridgei Laurenti, 1960 - Kakamega Forest in general
- Yala River
 - amphibians day active central to eastern Africa
26   Squamata Colubridae Psammophis mossambicus Peters, 1882 - Buyangu Village
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - snakes
- lizards
- amphibians
- birds
- rodents
 day active East- to South Africa
27   Squamata Colubridae Psammophis phillipsi (Hallowell, 1844) - Buyangu forest
 - mammals
- lizards
- amphibians
- birds
 day active West- to East Africa
28   Squamata Colubridae Psammophis rukwae Broadley, 1966 - Kaimosi
- reported by Spawls et al. 2002
 - lizards
- snakes
 day active West- to East Africa
29   Squamata Colubridae Thrasops (Rhamnophis) aethiopissa elgonensis (Loveridge, 1829) - Buyangu forest
 - amphibians unknown East Africa
30   Squamata Colubridae Thrasops jacksonii Günther, 1895 - Buyangu forest
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - mammals
- lizards
- birds
- amphibians
 variable, diurnal central to eastern Africa
31   Squamata Colubridae Toxicodryas blandingii (Hallowell, 1844) - Kakamega Forest in general
 - birds
- lizards
- amphibians
- mammals
 variable, diurnal West- to East Africa
32   Squamata Colubridae Toxicodryas pulverulenta (Fischer, 1856) - Kaimosi
 - rodents
- lizards
 night active West- to East Africa
33   Squamata Cordylidae Cordylus anguina tenuior (Günther, 1895) - Kakamega Forest in general
 - insects day active middle of Africa
34   Squamata Elapidae Dendroaspis jamesoni kaimosae Loveridge, 1936 - Buyangu forest
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - rodents
- birds
 night active central to eastern Africa
35   Squamata Elapidae Elapsoidea loveridgei multicincta (Laurenti, 1956) - Buyangu forest
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - snakes
- lizards
- amphibians
- rodents
 night active central to eastern Africa
36   Squamata Elapidae Naja melanoleuca Hallowell, 1857 - Malava
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - amphibians
- fishes
- snakes
- lizards
- mammals
- birds
 variable, diurnal Sub-Saharan Africa
37   Squamata Elapidae Pseudohaje goldii (Boulenger, 1895) - Kakamega Forest in general
 - amphibians
- fishes
 night active West- to East Africa
38   Squamata Gekkonidae Cnemaspis (Ancylodactylus) africana (Werner, 1895) - Buyangu forest
 - insects night active East Africa
39   Squamata Gekkonidae Cnemaspis (Ancylodactylus) elgonensis Lovridge, 1935 - Buyangu forest
 - insects night active East Africa
40   Squamata Gekkonidae Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnes, 1818) - Buyangu Village
 - insects night active Sub-Saharan Africa
41   Squamata Gekkonidae Lygodactylus gutturalis (Bocage, 1873) - Buyangu forest
- Udo´s Campside
 - insects variable, diurnal East Africa
42   Squamata Lacertidae Adolfus africanus (Boulenger, 1906) - Buyangu forest
 - insects day active central to eastern Africa
43 1 Squamata Lacertidae Adolfus jacksoni (Boulenger, 1899) - Buyangu Village
- Udo´s Campside
 - insects day active central to eastern Africa
44   Squamata Scincidae Afroablepharus wahlbergi (Smith, 1849) - Kaimosi
 - insects day active East- to South Africa
45   Squamata Scincidae Eumecia anchietae Bocage, 1870 - Buyangu Village
- Salazar Circuit
 - insects day active East Africa
46   Squamata Scincidae Feylinia currori Gray, 1845 - Buyangu forest
 - insects day active middle of Africa
47   Squamata Scincidae Lygosoma fernandi (Burton, 1836) - Buyangu forest
 - insects unknown central to eastern Africa
48   Squamata Scincidae Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845) - Kaimosi
 - insects day active Sub-Saharan Africa
49   Squamata Scincidae Trachylepis megalura (Peters, 1878) - Liranda Hill
- Kaimosi
 - insects day active central to southern Africa
50   Squamata Scincidae Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein, 1823) - Buyangu clearing
 - insects day active northern Africa
51 1 Squamata Scincidae Trachylepis striata (Peters, 1844) - Buyangu Village
- Udo´s Campside
 - insects day active middle of Africa
52   Squamata Typhlopidae Typhlops angolensis (Bocage, 1866) - Kaimosi
 - insects night active central to eastern Africa
53   Squamata Typhlopidae Typhlops lineolatus Jan, 1864 - Buyangu forest
- Udo´s Campside
 - insects night active middle of Africa
54 1 Squamata Varanidae Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766) - reported by Loveridge
 - mammals
- gastropods
- fishes
- amphibians
- birds
- insects
 day active Sub-Saharan Africa
55   Squamata Viperidae Atheris hispida Laurent, 1955 - Buyangu forest
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - gastropods
- amphibians
- rodents
 night active central to eastern Africa
56 1 Squamata Viperidae Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1854) - Buyangu forest
- Isiukhu River
- Kaimosi
- Buyangu clearing
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - lizards
- snakes
- amphibians
- mammals
 night active West- to East Africa
57   Squamata Viperidae Bitis gabonica (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) - Kakamega Forest in general
 - mammals night active central to eastern Africa
58   Squamata Viperidae Bitis nasicornis (Shaw, 1802) - Salazar Circuit
- Isiukhu River
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - mammals night active central to eastern Africa
59   Squamata Viperidae Causus lichtensteini (Jan, 1859) - Udo´s Campside
- Kakamega Forest in general
 - amphibians variable, diurnal West- to East Africa
60   Squamata Viperidae Causus resimus (Peters, 1862) - Kaimosi
 - amphibians variable, diurnal West- to East Africa
61   Testudines Pelomedusidae Pelomedusa subrufa (Bonnaterre, 1789) - Buyangu forest
 - insects
- amphibians
- birds
 day active Sub-Saharan Africa
 (please check one or more of the entries listed above to see the details)


Literature sources:
  1. Böhme, W.; Wagner, P.; Malonza, P.; Lötters, S. & Köhler, J. (2005). A new species of the Agama agama group (Squamata: Agamidae) from western Kenya, East Africa, with comments on Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 12(2): 143-150.
  2. Chippaux, J.-P. 2001. Les serpents d´Afrique occidentale et centrale. Èditions de l´IRD, Paris. 292 pp.
  3. Lötters, S.; Wagner, P.; Bwong, B. A.; Schick, S.; Malonza, K. P.; Muchai, V.; Wasonga, D. V.; Veith, M. (2007). A fieldguide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Kakamega Forest / Amfibia na reptilia wanaopatikana msitu wa Kakamega. National Museums of Kenya and University of Mainz, Nairobi and Mainz, 112 pp. ISBN 978-3-00-021841-5
  4. Spawls, S., K. Howell, R. C. Drewes, J. Ashe (2002). A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, London, 543 pp.
  5. Wagner, P. & W. Böhme (2007). Herpetofauna Kakamegensis – The amphibians and reptiles of Kakamega Forest, western Kenya. Bonner Zool. Beitr., 55(2): 123-150.
  6. Wagner, P.; Köhler, J.; Schmitz, A.; Böhme, W. (2008). The biogeographical assignment of a west Kenyan rain forest remnant: further evidence from analysis of its reptile fauna. Journal of Biogeography (2008) 35, 1349–1361.
Contact:
E-Mail to Philipp Wagner: philipp.wagner.zfmk@uni-bonn.de
E-Mail to Dr. Stefan Lötters: loetters@uni-trier.de