List of references on the Tanzanian Mountains herpetofauna

(Please send details of missing or new publications to menegon@mtsn.tn.it)

Allen, G.M. & Loveridge, A., 1933. Reports on the scientific results of an expedition to the southwestern highlands of Tanganyika Territory, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool, Harv, 75: 47-140.

Barbour, T. & Loveridge, A., 1928. A comparative study of the herpetological fauna of the Uluguru and Usambara mountains. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. 50: 87-265.

Bauer, A. M. and Menegon M., 2006. A new species of Prehensile-tailed Gecko, Urocotyledon (Squamata Gekkonidae), from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology. 55: 13-22.

Bauer, Aaron M., 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of southern African geckos in the Pachydactylus Group (Squamata: Gekkonidae). African Journal of Herpetology. 54 (2): 105-129. [aaron.bauer@villanova.edu]

Broadley, D.G., 2001. . A review of the genus Thelotornis A. Smith in eastern Africa, with description of a new species from Usambara Mountains (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dispolidhini). African Journal of Herpetology 50, 53-70.

Broadley, D.G. and Howell, K.M., 1991. A checklist and key to the reptiles of Tanzania. Syntarsus 1: 1-70.

Broadley, D.G., Wallach, V., 2000. A new blind snake (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from montane forest of the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology 49, 165-168.

Broadley, D.G., Wallach, V., 2002. . Review of the Dispholidini, with the description of a new genus and species from Tanzania. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Zoology) 68, 57-74.

Broadley, Donald G., Alison S. Whiting and Aaron M. Bauer., 2006. A revision of the East African species of Melanoseps Boulenger (Sauria: Scincidae: Feylininae). African Journal of Herpetology. 55 (2): 95-112.

Burgess N.D., Butynski T.M., Cordeiro N.J., Doggart N., Fjeldsa J., Howell K.M., Kilahama F., Loader S.P., Lovett J.C., Mbilnyi B, Menegon M., Moyer D.C., Nashanda E., Perkin A., Rovero F., Stanley W.T. and Stuart S.N., 2007. The biological importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya. Biological Conservation 134: 209-231.

Channing A., Menegon M., Salvidio S. & Akker S., 2005. A new forest toad from the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania (Bufonidae: Nectophrynoides). African Journal of Herpetology, 54(2): 149-157.

Channing, A., 2001. Amphibians of central and southern Africa. Cornell University Press, NewYork, 470 pp.

Channing, A. & Howell, K.M., 2006. Amphibians of East Africa. Chimaira/Cornell University Press, 432 pp.

Channing, A. & Stanley, W.T., 2002. A new tree toad from the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology, 51, 121-127.

Channing, A., D. C. Moyer and K. M. Howell, 2002. Description of a new torrent frog in the genus Arthroleptides from Tanzania (Ranidae). Alytes 20:13-27.

Channing, A., D. Moyer, and M. Burger, 2002. Cryptic species of sharp-nosed reed frogs in the Hyperolius nasutus complex: advertisement call differences. African Zoology, 37(1): 91 - 99.

Clarke Barry T. and John C. Poynton., 2005. A New Species of Stream Frog, Genus Strongylopus (Anura: Ranidae) from Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, with comments on a 'northern volcano mountains group' within the genus. African Journal of Herpetology. 54 (1):53-60. [btc@nhm.ac.uk]

Doody K., 2005. Udzungwa Mountains Workshop. Report to WWF-TPO. Available at: www.easternarc.or.tz.

Gower D.J., Loader, S.P., Wilkinson, M. and Moncrieff, C., 2004. Niche separation and comparative abundance of B. boulengeri and S. vittatus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) in East Usambara forest, Tanzania. African Journal Herpetology 53 (2): 183-190

Gower D.J., Rasmussen J.B., Loader S.P. and Wilkinson, M., 2004. The burrowing asp Atractaspis aterrima GŸnther as a predator of the caecilian amphibian Scolecomorphus kirkii Boulenger. African Journal of Ecology 42: 83-87. (Online)

Gower, D. J., S. P. Loader, C. B. Moncrieff and M. Wilkinson., 2004. Niche seperation and comparative abundance of Boulengerula boulengeri and Scolecomorphus vittatus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) in an east Usambara Forest, Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology. 53 (2):183-190. [d.gower@nhm.ac.uk]

Howell, K.M., 1993. Chapter 9. The herpetofauna of the eastern forests of Africa.pp. 173-201. In Lovett, J. and Wasser, S.(eds.). The Biogeography and Ecology of the Forests of Eastern Africa.Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Jones, D., Loader, S.P., and Gower, D.J., 2006. Ecological diversity of caecilian amphibian (Gymnophiona) predators an in East African forest, and their impact on soil invertebrates. Journal of Zoology 269: 117-126.

Loader S P, Pisani D, Cotton J A, Gower D J, Day J J, Wilkinson M,, 2007. Relative timescales reveal multiple origins of parallel disjunct distributions of African caecilian amphibians. Biology Letters.

Loader S.P., Channing A., Menegon M. & Davenport T.R.B.,, 2006. A new species of Probreviceps (Amphibia: Anura) from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. Zootaxa, 1237: 45-60.

Loader, S.P, Wilkinson, M, Gower, D.J, and Msuya, C., 2002. A remarkable juvenile Scolecomorphus vittatus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from the Pare Mountains, Tanzania. Journal of Zoology 259: 93-101.

Loader, S.P., Gower, D.J., Clarke, B.T., Howell, K.M., Doggart, N., Ršdel, M.-O., de S‡, R.O., Cohen, B.L. and Wilkinson, M., 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of African Microhylid frogs inferred from DNA sequences of mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal rRNA genes. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 4: 227-235.

Loader, S.P., Mariaux, J. and Poynton, J.C., 2003. Herpetofauna of the Mahenge Mountains, Tanzania: A window on African biogeography. African Zoology 39 (1) 71-76.

Loveridge, A., 1932. New frogs of the genera Arthroleptis and Hyperolius from Tanganyika Territory. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 45: 61-63.

Loveridge, A., 1933. Reports on the Scientific Results of an Expedition to the Southwestern Highlands of Tanganyika Territory, I. Introduction and Zoogeography. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. LXXV:1-43 +plates

Loveridge, A., 1942. a. Scientific results of a fourth expedition to forested areas in East and Central Africa IV, Reptiles. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 91: 237-373, 6 pl.

Loveridge, A., 1925. Notes on East African batrachians, collected 1920-1923, with the descriptions of four new species.

Menegon M. & Salvidio S., 2002. Notes on habitat, egg-laying and first record of the advertising call of Hyperolius kihangensis Schi¿tz & Westergaard, 1999 (Anura, Hyperoliidae). Biota, 3/1-2: 103-108.

Menegon M. & Salvidio S., 2005. Amphibian and Reptile diversity in the southern Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, south-eastern Tanzania. In: Huber B.A., Sinclair B.J. e Lampe K.H. (eds.), African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposiu

Menegon M. & Salvidio S., 2005. Amphibian and Reptile diversity in the southern Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, south-eastern Tanzania. In: Huber B.A., Sinclair B.J. e Lampe K.H. (eds.), African Biodiversity: Molecules, Organisms, Ecosystems. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposiu

Menegon M. & Salvidio S., 2000. The diet of Nectophrynoides viviparus. Herpetological Review, 31(1): 41

Menegon M. & Salvidio S., & C. Tilbury, 2002. A new dwarf forest chameleon from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania, East Africa, (Squamata:Rhampholeon Gu_nther, 1874). J. Herpetol. 36: 51-57.

Menegon M., Rovero F., Kiure J. & Doggart N., 2005. Linking biodiversity survey results with landscape planning in the South Nguru Mountains, Mvomero District, Morogoro. 5th Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute Annual Scientific Conference.

Menegon M., Salvidio S. & Loader S.P.,, 2004. Five new species of Nectophrynoides Noble, 1926, (Amphibia Anura Bufonidae) from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. Tropical Zoology, 17(1): 97-121.

Menegon M., Salvidio S. & Moyer D. C., 2003. Amphibians and Reptiles of Nguu North Forest Reserve, Tanzania, First Contribution. African Herps News, 36(2003): 2-8.

Menegon M., Salvidio S. Ngalason, W. & Loader S.P.,, 2007. A new dwarf forest toad (Amphibia: Bufonidae: Nectophrynoides) from the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania. Zootaxa 1541: 31-40

Menegon, M., S. Salvidio, and D. Moyer., 2006. Reptiles and amphibians from a montane grassland: Gendakwi Valley, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. African Herp News No. 40, pp. 8-14.

Moyer D. and Mulungu E., 2004. Report on a fieldtrip to the central part of the Uzungwa Scarp Catchment Forest. Unpublished report, WCS, 9 pp.

Moyer, D. & Rasmussen, J.B., 2001. A preliminary study of the snakes of the Udzungwa Mountains, Eastern Arc, Tanzania (Abstract). -Biota 2 (Supplements): 37.

Muller, H., Loader, S.P., Ngalason, W. Howell, K.M. and Gower, D.J., 2007. Reproduction in brevicipitid frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitinae) - evidence from Probreviceps m. macrodactylus. Copeia In Press.

Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, 2007. Conservation status, connectivity, and options for improved management of southern Forest Reserves in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania: urgent need for intervention. Unpublished report to Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. Available from F. Rovero (fran

Poynton J. C., Menegon M. & Salvidio S.,, 2005. Bufo uzunguensis of southern Tanzania (Amphibia:Anura): a history of confusion. African Journal of Herpetology, 54(2): 159-170.

Poynton, J.,, 2003. A new giant species of Arthroleptis (Amphibia:Anura) from the Rubeho Mountains, Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology 52, 107-112.

Poynton, J.C.,, 1999. Distribution of amphibians in sub- Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles. In: Duellman, W.D. (Ed.), Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians, a Global Perspective. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, pp. 483-539.

Poynton, J.C., Clarke, B.T., 1999. Two new species of Stephopaedes (Anura:Bufonidae) from Tanzania, with a review of the genus. African Journal of Herpetology 48, 1-14.

Poynton, J.C., Howell, K.M., Clarke, B.T. & Lovett, J.C., 1998. A critically endangered new species of Nectophrynoides (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Kihansi Gorge, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology 47: 59-67

Poynton, J.C., Loader, S.P., Sherratt, E., and Clarke, B.T., 2007. Amphibian diversity in an East African biodiversity hotspot: altitudinal and latitudinal patterns. Biodiversity and Conservation In Press

Poynton, John C., 2004. Stream frogs in Tanzania (Ranidae: Strongylopus): The case of S. merumontanus and S. fuelleborni. African Journal of Herpetology. 53(1):29-34. [poynton@ukonline.co.uk]

Rasmussen, J.B., 2000. Afrikanske slanger (15) - Aparalactus werneri. Nord. Herpet. Foren. 43 : 21-24.

Rasmussen, J.B., 2003. Afrikanske slanger [African snakes] (17) Lycophidion meleagre. Nordisk Herpetologisk Forening 46: 115-118.

Rasmussen, J.B., 2008. (in press) A review of the Slender Stiletto-snake, Atractaspis aterrima GŸnther (Serpentes Atractaspididae). Tropical Zool. 21 pp.

Rasmussen, J.B., 2003. Afrikanske slanger [African snakes] (16) Lycophidion uzungwense. - Nordisk Herpetologisk Forening 46: 49-52.

Rasmussen, J.B., 2000. Giftslanger i Eastern Arc-bjergene i Tanzania. DYR 2000/1 : 2-5.

Rasmussen, J.B., 1998. Afrikanske slanger (14) - Buhoma procterae Nord. Herpet. Foren. 41: 60-64.

Rasmussen, J.B., 1997. Tanzanian records for vine snakes of the genus Thelotornis, with special reference to the Udzungwa Mountains. Afr. J. Herpetol. 46: 137-142.

Rasmussen, J.B., 1997. Afrikanske slanger (12) - Dipsadoboa werneri. Nord. Herpet. Foren. 40: 173-177.

Rasmussen, J.B., 1997. On two little known snakes from the eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. - P. 168 in Rocek, Z. & Hart D. (eds): Herpetology '97. Abstracts of the Third World Congress of Herpetology 2-10 August 1997, Prague, Czech Republic, 252 pp.

Rasmussen, J.B., 1996. Maxillary tooth number in the African Tree-Snakes genus Dipsadoboa. - J. Herpetol. 30: 297-300.

Rasmussen, J.B. & Howell, K.M., 1998. A review of Barbour's Short-headed Viper, Adenorhinos barbouri (Serpentes: Viperidae). Afr. J. Herpetol. 47: 69-75.

Rasmussen, J.B., Howell, K.M. & M. Andersen, 1995. A review of the Usambara forest snake Geodipsas vauerocegae and the Uluguru forest snake G. procterae of Tanzania. - Amphibia- Reptilia 16: 123 136.

Rassmussen, J. B., 2004. A review of Whyte's Water-snake, Lycodonomorphus whytii (Serpentes: Colubridae: Lamprophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology. 53 (2):155-162. [jbrasmussen@zmuc.ku.dk]

Sa R. D., Loader S.P., and Channing A., 2004. A new species of Callulina (Anura: Microhylidae) from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Journal of Herpetology 38 (2): 219-222

Salvidio S., Menegon M., Moyer D.C. & Sindaco R., 2004. A New Species of elongate seps from Udzungwa Grasslands, Southern Tanzania (Reptilia, Gerrhosauridae, Tetradactylus Merrem, 1820). Amphibia Reptilia, 25: 19-27.

Spawls, S., Drewes, R., Howell, & Ashe, J., 2002. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, London. 2nd printing

Wilkinson, Mark, Simon P. Loader, David J. Gower, Jonathan A. Sheps and Bernard L. Cohen, 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of African caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): Insights from mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences. African Journal of Herpetology. 52(2):83-92. [marw@nhm.ac.uk]