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- Title
Data on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles from North and West Africa, with emphasis on Acanthodactylus lizards and the Sahara Desert.
- Authors
José C.Brito; Rebelo, Hugo; Crochet, Pierre-André; Geniez, Philippe
- Abstract
The article presents a study that examined the distribution of amphibians and reptiles from North and West Africa with emphasis on Acanthodactylus lizards and the Sahara desert. The study recorded a total of 13 localities for three amphibian species and 213 localities for 52 reptile species which were recorded from September to December 2004. A Global Positioning System (GPS) was used to geoconference the spatial location of specimens. The species include Bufo xeros, Acanthodactylus aureus and Acanthodactylus boskianus.
- Subjects
SAHARA; NORTH Africa; WEST Africa; AMPHIBIAN surveys; REPTILE surveys; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; ACANTHODACTYLUS; BUFO xeros; GLOBAL Positioning System
- Publication
Herpetological Bulletin, 2008, Issue 105, p19
- ISSN
1473-0928
- Publication type
Article