The biogeographical assignment of a west Kenyan rain forest remnant: further evidence from analysis of its reptile fauna.

ABSTRACT: Aim  The Kakamega Forest, western Kenya, has been biogeographically assigned to both lowland and montane forest biomes, or has even been considered to be unique. Most frequently it has been linked with the Guineo-Congolian rain forest block. The present paper aims to test six alternative hypotheses of the zoogeographical relationships between this forest remnant and other African forests using reptiles as a model group. Reptiles are relatively slow dispersers, compared with flying organisms (Aves and Odonata) on which former hypotheses have been based, and may thus result in a more conservative biogeographical analysis. Location  Kakamega Forest, Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa. Methods  The reptile diversity of Kakamega Forest was evaluated by field surveys and data from li

SUBMITTER: Wagner P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7167171 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature