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Reptile / type collection

Tanzania has a rich fauna of reptiles, which comes as no surprise as reptiles generally prosper in warm and dry habitats. But it is remarkable that also the relatively moist and cool habitats of the Eastern Arc have a very high diversity. Strictly Eastern Arc endemic reptiles include ten species of chameleons (seven Chamaeleo and at least five Rhampholeon), three species of worm snakes (Typhlops), and six species of colubrid snakes in four genera. A very conspicuous feature of the Eastern Arc is the chameleons, which here show the highest number of species outside Madagascar. Three new species of pygmy chameleon were recently described from the Pare, Nguru and Mahenge Mountains.

For more information, please contact Professor, Dr. scient., Jon Fjeldså or assistant curator Mogens Andersen.

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Order Family Genus Species Author Specimen
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status 		Sex Country Locality Collector Georeference Current name Material
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Squamata Scicidae Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis Broadley, 1989 R47836 Holotype - Tanzania Mwanihana Forest,
Kalombero Distr.		 N. Scharff 07°50’S
36°50’E		 Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis Material Click for additional information, large images and other data
Squamata Typhlopidae Rhinotyphlops nigrocandidus Broadley & Wallach, 2000 R52223 Holotype Male Tanzania Kilanzi-Kitungulu Forest,
Udzungwa Mts.		 Gravlund & Andersen 08°09’S
36°05’E		 Rhinotyphlops nigrocandidus Material Click for additional information, small and large zoom-in images
Sauria Gekkonidae Cnemaspis uzungwae Perret, 1986 R34610 Holotype Female Tanzania Sanje,
Uzungwa Mts. 		M.Stoltze & N.Scharff 07°47’S
36°54’E		 Cnemaspis uzungwae Material Click for additional information, large images and other data
Ophidia Viperinae Atractaspis irregularis (Reinhardt, 1843) R6885 Holotype - Guinea Coast No locality,
 Chenon No locality Atractaspis irregularis Material Click for additional information, large images and other data
Ophidia Boiginae Micrelaps bicoloratus moyeri Rasmussen, 2002 R631585 Holotype - Tanzania Oldonyo Sambu,
Arusha		 J. Beraducci 03°9'60''S
36°40'24''E		 Micrelaps bicoloratus moyeri Material Click for additional information, large images and other data



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