Oninjatovo Radonirina, H.; Randriamahatantsoa, B.; Rabibisoa, N.H.C.; Raxworthy, C.J. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Montagne des Français: An Update of the Distribution and Regional Endemicity. Animals2023, 13, 3361.
Oninjatovo Radonirina, H.; Randriamahatantsoa, B.; Rabibisoa, N.H.C.; Raxworthy, C.J. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Montagne des Français: An Update of the Distribution and Regional Endemicity. Animals 2023, 13, 3361.
Oninjatovo Radonirina, H.; Randriamahatantsoa, B.; Rabibisoa, N.H.C.; Raxworthy, C.J. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Montagne des Français: An Update of the Distribution and Regional Endemicity. Animals2023, 13, 3361.
Oninjatovo Radonirina, H.; Randriamahatantsoa, B.; Rabibisoa, N.H.C.; Raxworthy, C.J. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Montagne des Français: An Update of the Distribution and Regional Endemicity. Animals 2023, 13, 3361.
Abstract
The Harmonious Protected Landscape of Ambohitr'Antsingy Montagne des Français is one of the protected area located in the extreme northern of Madagascar. An assessment of the Herpe-tofauna community were made on the eastern and western slopes regarding the forest degrada-tion level, the availability of the streams and the habitat types in the massif during the years of 2014 and 2020. This survey was done in order to updating the herpetofaunal database and re-cording the distribution ranges of the Herpetofauna community in the PA. Three methods were used, including direct observation, systematic microhabitat searching and pitfall-traps with drift fences at three sampling sites during the day and night with headlamp. Twenty species of am-phibians and 50 species of reptiles were recorded. Four species of Amphibians, and 03 species of Reptiles (snake) are potentially new to science and/or newly recorded at Montagne des Français. One snake (Langaha pseudoalluaudi) last inventoried in 2007 has reappeared during this investiga-tion. Here, we present the mapping of all species recorded. This new database can help the manager site to update the management plan to guarantee the herpetofaunal conservation facing habitat change. That is what we think also for all of the current PA in Madagascar.
Keywords
Amphibians; Reptiles; Montagne des Français; update; distribution; regional endemicity
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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