Reptiles - CoEB Natural History Museum (UR-NHM-Re)

Reptilian specimen collecting fieldwork and training was conducted from 23 August - 4 September, 2021. Several sites were visited and sampled within the Nyungwe National Forest including: the Kamiranzovu wetland; Swamp between Karamba and Kamiranzovu swamps southern edge; Bigugu Trail, and Kamiranzovu Trail, Isumo waterfall Trail, and Kitabi Creek. Specimens were collected in duplicate sets when possible to be deposited in Sekenberg Museum of Zoology, Germany. Specimens deposited in the CoEB Natural History Museum are planned to be digitized and published online.

Funding provided by the Volkswagen Foundation

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Curator and Research Associate: Mapendo Mindje, majulesdor@gmail.com , +250783513176

Herpetofauna, Parc National des Volcans, North Province, Republic of Rwanda: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49588657_Herpetofauna_Parc_National_des_Volcans_North_Province_Republic_of_Rwanda

Dehling, J . M. (2012.) An African glass frog: A new Hyperolius species (Anura Hyperoliidae) from Nyungwe National Park, southern Rwanda. Zootaxa, 3391, 52;64.: https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2012/3391.html

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: 06458528-ae80-4b74-a5c8-e993b787fdaa

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike)

Rights Holder: University of Rwanda

Cite this collection:

Reptiles - CoEB Natural History Museum. Occurrence dataset (ID: 06458528-ae80-4b74-a5c8-e993b787fdaa) accessed via the Rwanda Biodiversity Specimen Portal, rwandabiodiversity.net, 2025-01-13).

Address:

Center of Excellence in Biodiversity & Natl Res Management (CoEB)

University of Rwanda

P. O. Box 117

Huye, Southern Province

Rwanda

25 078 857-6052

https://coebiodiversity.ur.ac.rw/

Collection Statistics

127 specimen records
127 (100%) georeferenced
58 (46%) identified to species
11 families
21 genera
21 species
21 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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