Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861

Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Morelle, Stephan, Albert, Jean-Louis, Carlino, Piero, Rahola, Nil & Trape, Jean-François, 2019, New reptile records from Lékédi Park and Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 174) 13 (1), pp. 143-161 : 145

Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861

On 13 November 2017 at 17h00 SM photographed an adult individual in a ditch in Lékédi Park ( Fig. 4 ). New record for the Dept. and for the park (not listed from this Dept. by Pauwels and Vande weghe 2008; Pauwels 2016). The Dwarf crocodile is often sold as food, but it still ubiquitous in Gabon, even in degraded areas; it has been recorded from nearly all protected areas in the country (Pauwels 2016) .

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Fig. 4. Adult Osteolaemus tetraspis in Lékédi Park, Haut-Ogooué Prov., southeastern Gabon. Photograph by S. Morelle