Table 3.
Overview of the Guinea Bissau amphibian and reptile collections of IICT.
| Family | Genus | Species | Localities – Accession number | References | Number of specimens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (* denotes a type specimen) | |||||
| AMPHIBIANS | |||||
| ANURA Duméril, 1806 | |||||
| Pipidae Gray, 1825 | Pseudhymenochirus Chabanaud, 1920 | Pseudhymenochirus merlini Chabanaud, 1920 | Pitche – IICT/A 221-1946 | Manaças (1947) | 1 |
| Xenopus Wagler, 1827 | Xenopus tropicalis (Gray, 1864) | Bissau – IICT/A 106 to 115–1945; Calequisse, Chachungo – IICT/A 143-1945 | Manaças (1947) | 11 | |
| Bufonidae (Gray, 1825) | Sclerophrys Tschudi, 1838 | Sclerophrys regularis (Reuss, 1833) | Bissalanca – IICT/A 15–20/1945; Bissau – IICT/A GB1; Bissorã – IICT/A 171–274/1945; Cacine – IICT/A 72–89/1946, 91–93/1946; Mansoa [or Mansôa] – IICT/A 17/1946; Marques Mano – IICT/A 1–10/1945, 166/1945; Pecixe – IICT/A 145–149/1945, 151–159/1945; Pitche – IICT/A 164–257/1946; Tor – IICT/A 28–31/1945; | Manaças (1949) | 179 |
| Sclerophrys sp. | Bissorã – IICT/A 258–266/1945 | 9 | |||
| Hyperoliidae Laurent, 1943 | Hyperolius Rapp, 1842 | Hyperolius concolor (Hallowell, 1844) | Bissalanca – IICT/A 167/1945; Mansoa [or Mansôa] – IICT/A 25-1946; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/A 160–163/1945, 165/1945, 168–170/1945; Pitche – IICT/A 178-1946 | Manaças (1949) | 11 |
| Hyperolius sp. | between Buba and Corubal river – IICT/A-1990; Caiomete – IICT/A 131–132/1945; Catió – IICT/A GB2; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/A 1–4/1947, 164/1945 | Manaças (1949) | 9 | ||
| Ptychadenidae Dubois, 1987 | Ptychadena Boulenger, 1917 | Ptychadena ansorgii (Boulenger, 1905) | Cacine – IICT/A 342-1946 | 1 | |
| Ptychadena bibroni (Hallowell, 1845) | Bissorã – IICT/A 50–52/1946; Cutiá, Mansoa [or Mansôa] – IICT/A 26–49/1946 | Manaças (1949) | 27 | ||
| Ptychadena mascareniensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | Bissorã – IICT/A 194–195/1945, 284–333/1946, 289–295/1945; Cacine – IICT/A 66–71/1946, 75/1946; Catió – IICT/A 66–71/1946, 102–103/1946, 106–112/1946, 141/1946; Catió, Cufar – IICT/A 151/1946; Cutiá, Mansoa [or Mansôa] – IICT/A 283/1946; Gabu] – IICT/A 97/1945; Madina do Boé – IICT/A 230–243/1945; Mansoa [or Mansôa] – IICT/AIICT/A 8–1946; Prabis – IICT/A 50–54/1945 | Manaças (1949) | 99 | ||
| Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871 | Hoplobatrachus Peters, 1863 | Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858) | Bafatá – IICT/A 100–105/1945; Bissalanca – IICT/A 12–14/1945; Bissau – IICT/A 116–119/1945; Bissorã – IICT/A 191–193/1945, 196–207/1945, 246–250/1945, 254–257/1945, 268–273/1945, 275–288/1945; Calequisse, Chachungo – IICT/A 154–156/1945; Cachungo – IICT/A 120–130/1945, 133–142/1945; Catió – IICT/A 94–98/1946, 104/1946, 116/1946, 120–140/1946, 142–147/1946; 156–169/1946; Catió, Cufar – IICT/A 148–150/1946, 152–155/1946; Farim – IICT/A 68–96/1945; Gabu – IICT/A 98–99/1945; Mansoa [or Mansôa] – IICT/A 1–7/1946, 9–24/1946, 53–65/1946, 258–282/1946, 336–341/1946; Parabis – IICT/A 36–49/1945; Pecixe – IICT/A 150/1945; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/A 11/1945; São Domingos – IICT/A 55–57/1945; Tor – IICT/A 21–27/1945, 32–35/1945 | Manaças (1949) | 252 |
| Ranidae Batsch, 1796 | Amnirana Dubois, 199 | Amnirana galamensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) | Catió – IICT/A 99–101/1946 | Manaças (1949) | 3 |
| GYMNOPHIONA Müller, 1832 | |||||
| Dermophiidae Taylor, 1969 | Geotrypetes Peters, 1880 | Geotrypetes seraphini (Duméril, 1859) | Machado Farm – IICT/A 296–297/1945 | 2 | |
| TOTAL NUMBER OF AMPHIBIAN SPECIMENS | 604 | ||||
| REPTILES | |||||
| CROCODYLIA Gmelin, 1789 | |||||
| Crocodylidae Cuvier, 1808 | Crocodylus Laurenti, 1768 | Crocodylus suchus Geoffroy, 1807 | Bijimita – IICT/R 102–109/1954 | 8 | |
| SQUAMATA Oppel, 1811 | |||||
| Gekkonidae Gray, 1825 | Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 | Hemidactylus angulatus Hallowell, 1854 | Bissalanca – IICT/R 97/1945, 145/1945, 184/1945; Bissau – IICT/R 152/1945, 128–130/1946; Buba – IICT/R GB4; Cacine – IICT/R 17/1946, 19/1946/, 28/1946; Chitole [or Xitole] – IICT/R 12/1946; Mansoa [= Mansôa] – IICT/R 1/1946; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 2–3/1944, 44/1945, 60–61/1945, 257–259/1945, 262/1945, 264/1945, 267/1945, 269/1945, 278/1945; Gabu – IICT/R A–B/1962; São Vicente – IICT/R 1A-1946 | Manaças (1951) | 29 |
| Phyllodactylidae Gamble, Bauer, Greenbaum & Jackman | Tarentola Gray, 1825 | Tarentola ephippiata senegambiae Joger, 1984 | Bafatá – IICT/R 291/1945; Pitche – IICT/R 122/1946 | Manaças (1951) | 2 |
| Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1825 | Cynisca Duméril & Bibron, 1839 | Cynisca feae (Boulenger, 1906) | Bissalanca – IICT/R 64/1945; Bissau – IICT/R 53/1945; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 28–30/1945, 40/1945, 42–43/1945, 46–48/1945, 54/1945, 65–71/1945, 76–77/1945, 76A/1945, 92–96/1945, 138–139/1945 | Manaças (1955) | 29 |
| Varanidae Hardwicke & Gray, 1824 | Varanus Merrem, 1820 | Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc, 1792) | Bissalanca – IICT/R 45/1945, 51/1945, 80/1945; Brene – IICT/R 52/1945; Cachungo – IICT/R 192/1945, 201/1945; Pecixe – IICT/R 219–220/1945; Pitche – IICT/R 112/1945; Tor – IICT/R 118/1945 | Manaças (1955) | 10 |
| Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ilha Formosa – IICT/R 155/1945 | 1 | |||
| Scincidae Cuvier, 1808 | Mochlus Günther, 1864 | Mochlus guineensis Peters, 1879 | Cacine – IICT/R 29/1946 | Manaças (1951) | 1 |
| Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843 | Trachylepis affinis (Gray, 1838) | Bissalanca – IICT/R 183/1945; Bissorã – IICT/R 305–306/1945; Cacine – IICT/R 15–16/1946, 18/1946, 25–27/1946, 30/1946; Calequisse, Chachungo – IICT/R 202/1945; Madina do Boé – IICT/R 77–94/1946; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 4–5/1945, 9/1945, 137/1945, CZ000011298–11300; Pecixe – IICT/R 215–216/1945; Pitche – IICT/R 50/1946, 95–111/1946 | Manaças (1951) | 56 | |
| Trachylepis perroteti (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | Bissorã – IICT/R 309/1945; Cacine – IICT/R 31/1946; Calequisse, Chachungo – IICT/R 193–199/1945, 203/1945; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 32–33/1945, 254–255/1945, 254A–255A/1945, 256/1945, 260/1945, 261/1945, 261A/1945, 265/1945, 265A/1945, 266/1945, Guiné-Bissau [undetermined locality] – IICT/R 46/1964, 46ª/1964 | Manaças (1951) | 25 | ||
| Agamidae Gray, 1827 | Agama Daudin, 1802 | Agama cf. boensis Monard, 1940 | Pitche – IICT/R 44/1946, 76/1946; Guiné-Bissau [undetermined locality] – IICT/R GB6 | Manaças (1951) | 3 |
| Agama picticauda Peters, 1877 | Bafatá – IICT/R 290/1945; Bambadinca – IICT/R 175/1945; Bissau, city center – IICT/R 228/1945, Bissorã – IICT/R 298/1945, 310–311/1945; Cachungo – IICT/R 205–209/1945, 209A/1945, 211–214/1945; Chitole [or Xitole] – IICT/R 8–11/1946; Cutiá, Mansoa [or Mansôa] – IICT/R 4/1946; Gabu – IICT/R 159–166/1945; Ilha Formosa – IICT/R 157–158/1945; Mansoa [or Mansôa] – IICT/R 5/1946; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 11–13/1945, 34–36/1945, 98/1945; Pecixe – IICT/R 185–187/1945, 189/1945, 218/1945, 221–223/1945; Pitche – IICT/R 47–49/1946, 51–65/1946, 67–75/1946, 121/1946; Tor IICT/R 119–121/1945, 140–141/1945 | Manaças (1951) | 79 | ||
| Agama sp. | Guiné-Bissau [undetermined locality] – IICT/R GB7 | 1 | |||
| Chamaeleonidae Gray, 1825 | Chamaeleo Laurenti, 1768 | Chamaeleo gracilis Hallowell, 1842 | Bissorã – IICT/R 209/1945, 301–302/1945, 304/1945, 308/1945; Brene – IICT/R 62/1946; Cacine – IICT/R 14/1946, 20/1946, 32/1946; Catió – IICT/R 39–40/1946; Chitole [or Xitole] – IICT/R 13/1946; Mansoa [or Mansôa] – IICT/R 2/1946; Nhampurbani, Pitche – IICT/R 123/1946; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 31/1945, 72/1945; Parabis – IICT/R 146–151/1945; Tor – IICT/R 123–129/1945, 132–133/1945 | Manaças (1951) | 31 |
| Chamaeleonidae Gray, 1825 | Chamaeleo Laurenti, 1768 | Chamaeleo senegalensis Daudin, 1802 | Bijimita – IICT/R 130/1945; Bissorã – IICT/R 294–295/1945, 297/1945, 299–300/1945; 307/1945; Mansoa [or Mansôa] – IICT/R 3/1946 | 8 | |
| SERPENTES | |||||
| Typhlopidae Merrem, 1820 | Afrotyphlops Broadley & Wallach, 2009 | Afrotyphlops punctatus (Leach, 1819) | Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 1/1939, 5/1947; Guiné-Bissau [undetermined locality] – IICT/R 282/1945 | Manaças (1955) | 3 |
| Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892 | Myriopholi Hedges, Adalsteinsson & Branch, 2009 | Myriopholis narirostris (Peters, 1867) | Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 49/1945 | Manaças (1955) | 1 |
| Pythonidae Fitzinger, 1826 | Python Daudin, 1803 | Python sebae (Gmelin, 1789) | Mandinga – IICT/R GB10 | 1 | |
| Viperidae Oppel, 1811 | Bitis Gray, 1842 | Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820) | Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 283/1945 | 1 | |
| Causus Wagler, 1830 | Causus maculatus (Hallowell, 1842) | Cachungo – IICT/R 240/1945 | 1 | ||
| Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 | Atractaspis Smith, 1849 | Atractaspis aterrima Günther, 1863 | Buba-Tombó – IICT/R GB11; Cacine – IICT/R 35/1946; Machado Farm – IICT/R 11/1947; Guiné-Bissau [undetermined locality] – IICT/R GB12 | 4 | |
| Boaedon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 | Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) | Bijimita – IICT/R 102/1945; Bissalanca – IICT/R 79/1945; Bissau – IICT/R 177/1945; Brene – IICT/R 74/1945; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 1/1944, 26/1945, 50/1945, 74/1945; Machado Farm – IICT/R 12/1987 | Manaças (1955) | 8 | |
| Boaedon sp. | Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 1/1944; Tor – IICT/R 113/1945 | Manaças (1955) | 2 | ||
| Limaformosa Broadley, Tolley, Conradie, Wishart, Trape, Burger, Kusamba, Zassi-Boulou & Greenbaum, 2018 | Limaformosa crossi (Boulenger, 1895) | Tor – IICT/R 112/1945, 243/1945 | 2 | ||
| Lycophidion Fitzinger, 1843 | Lycophidion albomaculatum Steindachner, 1870 | Bissalanca – IICT/R 21/1945, 241/1945, Bissau – IICT/R 229/1945; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 27/1945; Guiné-Bissau [undetermined locality] – IICT/R GB14 | Manaças (1955) | 5 | |
| Lycophidion irroratum (Leach, 1819) | Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 135/1945; Machado Farm – IICT/R 275–276/1945, 280/1945 | Manaças (1955) | 4 | ||
| Psammophis Boie, 1825 | Psammophis elegans (Shaw, 1802) | Bissalanca – IICT/R 22–23/1945, 58/1945; Catió – IICT/R 38/1946; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 14 15/1945; Pecixe – IICT/R 239/1945; Tor – IICT/R 88/1945, 111/1945, 117/1945 | Manaças (1955) | 10 | |
| Psammophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | Bafatá – IICT/R 2/1953; Catió – IICT/R 3871946; Machado Farm – IICT/R 263/1945 | Manaças (1955) | 3 | ||
| Psammophis afroccidentalis Trape, Böhme & Mediannikov, 2019 | Bijmita – IICT/R 101/1945; Bissau – IICT/R 126/1946; Cacine – IICT/R 21–22/1946, 34/1946; Catió – IICT/R 37/1946; Mandinga – IICT/R B9; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 25/1945; Tor – IICT/R 122/1945, 134/1945, 134A/1945, 142–143/1945 | Manaças (1955) | 13 | ||
| Psammophis sp. | Guiné-Bissau [undetermined locality] – IICT/R GB1 | 1 | |||
| Elapidae Boie, 1827 | Naja Laurenti, 1768 | Naja haje (Linnaeus, 1758) | Guiné-Bissau [undetermined locality] – IICT/R 227 | 1 | |
| Colubridae Oppel, 1811 | Crotaphopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 | Crotaphoepltis hotamboeia (Laurenti, 1768) | Bafatá – IICT/R 287/1945; Bijimita – IICT/R78/1945; Bissalanca – IICT/R 103/1945, 24871945, 124/1946; Bissau, city center – IICT/R 10/1945, 182/1945; Machado Farm – IICT/R 277/1945; Guiné-Bissau [undetermined locality] – IICT/R GB13 | Manaças (1955) | 9 |
| Dasypeltis Wagler, 1830 | Dasypeltis confusa Trape & Mané, 2008 | Bissalanca – IICT/R 231/1945 | Manaças (1955) | 1 | |
| Colubridae Oppel, 1811 | Dasypeltis Wagler, 1830 | Dasypeltis gansi Trape & Mané, 2006 | Cachamba – IICT/R GB5 | 1 | |
| Dispholidus Duvernoy, 1832 | Dispholidus typus (Smith, 1828) | Cacine – IICT/R 23/1946 | Manaças (1955) | 1 | |
| Grayia Günther, 1858 | Grayia smithi (Leach, 1818) | Machado Farm – IICT/R 15/1947 | Manaças (1955) | 1 | |
| Philothamnus Smith, 1840 | Philothamnus irregularis (Leach, 1819) | Bijimita – IICT/R 100/1945, 104/1945; 115/1945; Bissalanca – IICT/R 181/1945, 20/1945; Bissau – IICT/R 230/1945; Bissorã – IICT/R 303/1945; Bolama – IICT/R GB3; Marques Mano – IICT/R 136/1945; Tor– IICT/R 89–91/1945, 114/1945; Guiné-Bissau [undetermined locality] – IICT/R 6/1944, 10/1944, GB8 | 16 | ||
| Toxicodryas Hallowell, 1857 | Toxicodryas blandingii (Hallowell, 1844) | Ilha de Bubaque – IICT/R GB2; Bissalanca – IICT/R 242/1945, 244/1945; Marques Mano Farm – IICT/R 16/1945 | Manaças (1955) | 4 | |
| TOTAL NUMBER OF REPTILES SPECIMENS | 376 | ||||