Philochortus rudolfensis Parker, 1932

Kirchhof, Sebastian, Wasonga, Victor, Mazuch, Tomáš, Spawls, Stephen & Malonza, Patrick Kinyatta, 2023, An annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Sibiloi National Park in northern Kenya based on field surveys, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 324) 17 (1 / 2), pp. 1-18 : 9

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1525-9153

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scientific name

Philochortus rudolfensis Parker, 1932
status

 

Philochortus rudolfensis Parker, 1932 View in CoL

Vouchers: NMK-382L/1–2 (field nos. SK16 1048, SK89 2016)

Localities: AB (B)

Remarks: Only a limited number of records exist for this species, and its exact range is therefore unknown – it is currently known from southern Ethiopia and northern and central Kenya, at elevations below 800 m ( Spawls et al. 2018). During our survey, we found two individuals ( Fig. 4N) in a very dry and overgrazed area of the AB bushland on compacted but not rocky substrate in the late mornings of 15 and 16 November 2016. On the same transect, Agama rueppelli , Latastia longicaudata , Rhamphiophis rostrastus , Stenodactylus sthenodactylus , and Trachylepis striata were also recorded.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Lacertidae

Genus

Philochortus

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