Sample name: Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve (riparian forest mosaic, rainy season)

Reference: Y. Musah, D. K. Attuquayefio, B. Y. Ofori, and E. H. Owusu. 2015. Herpetofauna under threat: A study of Kogyae Strict Nature Reserve, Ghana. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 7(11):420-428 [ER 2784]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: agriculture,hunting,selective logging

Habitat comments: the reserve "is located in the forest-savanna transition zone" and there are "logging and hunting activities as well as an increasing number of farms encroaching from the south and east... Sampling was undertaken in two distinct habitats types, riparian forest mosaic (RFM) at Oku Nkwanta and savanna woodland (SW) with some rocky outcrops at Dagomba village towards Asasebonso"

Life forms: lizards,snakes,frogs

Sampling methods: no design,auditory,hand capture,visual

Sample size: 66 captures or sightings

Years: 2012

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Sampling comments: "Visual encounter surveys (Rödel and Ernst, 2004) and refuge examination were undertaken... A running animal was chased and pinned down gently with a stick or a snake hook, then hand-picked... Animals were recorded based on sightings, captures, calls/sounds and interviews... animals were not marked... The survey sites were visited twice, once in the dry season (5 to 9th January, 2012) and once in the rainy season (16 to 21st June, 2012). There were 11 survey days in total, five days in the dry season and six days in the rainy season"

Sample number: 3006

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-06-06 19:58:44

Modified: 2018-06-06 09:58:44