The Afro-montain archipelago and the affinities of its herpetofauna: Description of a new species indicating phyletic relationships between Cameroon and eastern Africa (Lacertilia, Scincidae, Trachylepis);L'Archipel Afro-montagnard et les affinités de son herpétofaune: Description d'une espèce nouvelle indiquant des relations phylétiques entre le Cameroun et l'Afrique de l'est (Lacertilia, Scincidae, Genre Trachylepis)

Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-331

  Ineich, Ivan ^a   Chirio, Laurent ^a  

^a Museun Natl d'Hist Naturelle   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Afro montain fauna; Cameroon; Mabuya; Scincidae; Trachylepis nganghae

Indexed keywords

CHAMAELEONIDAE; LACERTILIA; MABUYA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 8444231974     PISSN: 0037962X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. BAUER, A.M. (2003).- On the identity of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus 1758, the type species of the genus Euprepis Wagler 1830, and the generic assignment of Afro-Malagasy skinks. African J. Herpet., 52 (1), 1-7.
2. BLACKBURN, D.G. & VITT, L.J. (1992).- Reproduction and placentation in South American lizards of the genus Mabuya. In Reproductive Biology of South American Vertebrates : Aquatic and Terrestrial, p. 150-164. Hamlett, W. Ed., New York, Springer-Verlag.
3. BLACKBURN, D.G., VITT, L.G. & BEUCHAT, C.A. (1984).- Eutherian-like reproductive specializations in a viviparous reptile. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 81, 4860-4863.
4. BROADLEY, D.G. (1974).- A review of the Mabuya maculilabris group in south-eastern Africa (Sauria : Scincidae) Arnoldia (Rhodesia), 6 (23), 1-10.
5. BROADLEY, D.G. (2000).- A review of the genus Mabuya in southeastern Africa (Sauria: Scincidae). African J. Herpet., 49 (2), 87-110.
6. CHIRIO, L. & INEICH, I. (2000).- Description d'un nouveau Scincidé endémique des montagnes du Cameroun (Lacertilia : Mabuya mekuana). Bull. Soc. zool. fr., 125 (3), 185-196.
7. CROIZAT, L. (1968).- Introduction raisonnée à la biogéographie de l'Afrique. Mems. Soc. Broteriana, 20, 1-451.
8. GREER, A.E. (1977).- The systematics and evolutionary relationship of the scincid lizard genus Lygosoma. J. Nat. Hist., 11 (5), 515-540.
9. GREER, A.E., ARNOLD, C. & ARNOLD, E.N. (2000).- The systematics significance of the number of presacral vertebrae in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Amphibia-Reptilia, 21, 121-126.
10. GREER, A.E. & BROADLEY, D.G. (2000).- Six characters of systematic importance in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Hamadryad, 25 (1), 1-12.
11. HOFER, U., BERSIER, L.F. & BORCARD, D. (1999).- Spatial organization of a herpetofauna on an elevational gradient revealed by null model tests. Ecology, 80, 976-988.
12. HOOGMOED, M. (1974).- Ghanese lizards of the genus Mabuya (Scincidae, Sauria, Reptilia). Zool. Verh., 138, 1-61 + 6 pls.
13. INEICH, I., SCHMITZ, A., CHIRIO, L. & LEBRETON, M. (sous presse).- A new Species of Leptosiaphos (Scincidae) from the Adamaoua Massif, Adamaoua Province, Central-Northern Cameroon. Journal of Herpetology.
14. LAURENT, R.F. (1983).- About the herpetofauna of central African montane forest. Pp. 350-358. In G.J. Rhodin and K. Miyata (Eds.), Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology : Essays in Honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachussetts.
15. LEBRETON, M. (1999).- A working checklist of the herpetofauna of Cameroon, with localities for species occuring in southern Cameroon and a list of herpetofauna for the Dja Faunal Reserve. Netherlands Committee for IUCN, Amsterdam, 1-160.
16. MAUSFELD, P. SCHMITZ, A., BÖHME, W., MISOF, B., VRCIBRADIC, D. & ROCHA, C.F.D. (2002).- Phylogenetic affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, endemic to the Atlantic Ocean archipelago of Fernando do Noronha (Brazil): necessity of partitioning the genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zool. Anz., 241, 281-293.
17. MAUSFELD, P., VENCES, M. SCHMITZ, A. & VEITH, M. (2000).- First data on the molecular phylogeography of scincid lizards of the genus Mabuya. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 17 (1), 11-14.
18. POYNTON, J.C. (1999).- Distribution of amphibians in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and Seychelles, pp. 483-539. In W.E. Duellman (ed.), Patterns of distributions of amphibians : a global perspective, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London.
19. POYNTON, J.C. (2000).- Evidence for an Afrotemperate amphibian fauna. African J. Herpet., 49 (1), 33-41.
20. TRAVASSOS, H. (1946).- Estudio da variaco de Mabuya punctata Gray, 1839. Bol. Mus. Nac. (Zool.), 60, 1-56.
21. VITT, L.J. & BLACKBURN, D.G. (1983).- Reproduction in the lizard Mabuya heathi (Scincidae): a commentary on viviparity in new world Mabuya Can. J. Zool., 61, 2798-2806.
22. VITT, L.J. & BLACKBURN, D.G. (1991).- Ecology and life history of the viviparous lizard Mabuya bistriata (Scincidae) in the Brazilian Amazon. Copeia, 1991, 916-927.