%0 Journal Article
%T Amphibians and reptiles of the Lac Tele Community reserve, Likouala region, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)
%A Kate Jackson
%A Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou
%A Lise-Bethy Mavoungou
%A Serge Pagou
%J Herpetological Conservation and Biology
%D 2007
%I Herpetological Conservation and Biology
%X .¡ªWe report here the results of the first herpetofaunal survey of the flooded forest of the Likouala Region of theRepublic of Congo (Brazzaville). Collecting was carried out during the rainy seasons of 2005 and 2006, at two sites, one withinthe Lac T¨¦l¨¦ Community Reserve, and another just outside its borders. We compare the herpetofaunal assemblagesencountered at the two sites, document microhabitat use by species, discuss their relative abundance, and compare our results tothose of other herpetological surveys of forested areas of central Africa. We documented 17 amphibian and 26 reptile species.We report a significant range extension for Hemidactylus pseudomuriceus; as well as the first report from the Congo of the frog,Hymenochirus curtipes.Resum¨¦.¡ªCet article rapporte les r¨¦sultats de la premi¨¨re ¨¦tude herp¨¦tologique men¨¦e dans la for¨ºt inond¨¦e de la r¨¦gion de laLikouala en R¨¦publique du Congo (Brazzaville). Nous avons collectionn¨¦s des sp¨¦cimens en 2005 et 2006, durant la saison despluies, en deux endroits : l¡¯un ¨¤ l¡¯int¨¦rieur de la R¨¦serve Communautaire du Lac T¨¦l¨¦, l¡¯autre tout juste hors de ses limites.Nous discutons les r¨¦sultats de notre ¨¦chantillonnage en comparant les communaut¨¦s d¡¯esp¨¨ces trouv¨¦es dans les deux sites¨¦tudi¨¦s, leur micro-habitat et leur densit¨¦ relative. Nous comparons ces r¨¦sultats ¨¤ ceux d¡¯autres ¨¦tudes herp¨¦tologiques enr¨¦gions foresti¨¨res d¡¯Afrique centrale. Nous pr¨¦sentons une liste comment¨¦e de 17 esp¨¨ces de batraciens et de 26 esp¨¨ces dereptiles. Nous y incluons une observation sur la remarquable extension de la zone de r¨¦partition, jusque l¨¤ connue, du geckoHemidactylus pseudomuriceus, et aussi la premi¨¨re observation du Congo de la grenouille, Hymenochirus curtipes.
%K Africa
%K amphibians
%K biodiversity
%K Congo
%K flooded forest
%K reptiles
%U http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_2/Issue_2/Jackson_etal_2007.pdf