Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica X

Abstract

The book Reptiles du Gabon [Reptiles of Gabon] by Pauwels and Vande weghe (2008) provided an update on knowledge of the reptiles of the country, and stressed that much remained to be learned about the distribution, ecology and conservation status of most species. The series Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica was initiated in 2008 precisely to fill these gaps progressively, and to keep track of the literature bringing taxonomic changes and other new information for Gabon reptiles. The new observations presented here were opportunistically made during field work for the conservation NGOs Organisation Ecotouristique du Lac Oguemoué (OELO) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Gabon, or during recreational tourist activities. The observations made by JM took place during a photographic documentary on the work of anti-poaching patrols in northeastern Gabon (see https://jamesmorgan.co.uk/photo/gabon/). Those by JBD were done in the course of a bicycle journey from Switzerland to South Africa through 24 countries (see https://freewheely.com/).