A. sankaranica, A. weidholzi, and three new species. We design a lectotype for A. agama
(Linnaeus, 1758) and attribute to A. wagneri, sp. nov., the populations from northern and …

The origin of Saharan biodiversity is poorly understood, in part because the geological and
paleoclimatic events that presumably shaped species diversity are still controversial, but …

The genus Calotes Cuvier, 1816 “1817” currently contains 25 species, which are widely
distributed in Asia and have been introduced in Africa and America. The genus includes …

We present a comprehensive catalogue of the reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, consisting of
118 species belonging to 67 genera and 22 families. There are two species of Crocodylia …

The global environmental crisis has reinforced the importance of improving the
documentation of the geographical distributions of extant species. With this aim, species …

To what extent deep-time dispersal limitation shapes present-day biodiversity at broad
spatial scales remains elusive. Here, we compiled a continental dataset on the distributions …

The savannah and tropical forest biomes of Africa have a long history of expansion and
contraction, and the recent and rapid spread of dry savannah habitats has influenced the …

We performed surveys at several lower elevation sites surrounding Mt. Kupe, a mountain at
the southern edge of the Cameroonian Highlands. This work resulted in the sampling of 48 …

We report the first observation of Lygodactylus conraui (Gekkonidae) in Gabon. We present
new Gabonese locality records for Kinixys erosa (Testudinidae), Agama agama and A …

The phylogeny of the mite genus Pterygosoma Peters, 1849 (Acariformes:
Pterygosomatidae), permanent parasites of lizards of the families Agamidae …