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Hoinsoude Segniagbeto G., Trape Jean-François, Afiademanyo K. M., Rodel M. O., Ohler A., Dubois A., David P., Meirte D., Glitho I. A., Petrozzi F., Luiselli L. (2015). Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation. Zoosystema, 37 (2), p. 381-402. ISSN 1280-9551.

Titre du document
Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation
Année de publication
2015
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000357422700007
Auteurs
Hoinsoude Segniagbeto G., Trape Jean-François, Afiademanyo K. M., Rodel M. O., Ohler A., Dubois A., David P., Meirte D., Glitho I. A., Petrozzi F., Luiselli L.
Source
Zoosystema, 2015, 37 (2), p. 381-402 ISSN 1280-9551
The lizard fauna of Togo, a country situated within a natural gap in the rainforest zone of West Africa, is reviewed and updated. In this article, we summarize all available data on the distribution, ecology, and conservation status of the 43 lizard species of Togo. Species richness is uneven between vegetation zones. The submontane forest (ecological zone IV), despite being the smallest, houses the greatest number of species (n = 27), followed by dry forest (ecological zone II, n = 21). Currently none of the Togolese lizard species appears to be immediately threatened. However, several species are subjected to exploitation for the international pet trade and in-country use (bush-meat, fetish market), and could become threatened in the next decades. The intensity of this trade should be carefully monitored in the years to come.
Plan de classement
Sciences du monde animal [080]
Description Géographique
TOGO
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010064797]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010064797
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