@article {263,
	title = {What do we know about the amphibians from the Kenyan central and western highlands? A faunistic and taxonomic review},
	journal = {Salamandra},
	volume = {42},
	number = {2-3},
	year = {2006},
	month = {Aug 20 2006},
	pages = {165-179},
	abstract = {We reviewed the pertinent faunistic and taxonomic knowledge available from literature and scientific collections OD the amphibians from the central and western highlands of Kenya. Fifty-four anuran species in 19 genera and 12 families were recognized. Higher taxa are those also found in adjacent African regions. Exceptions are some genera otherwise known from extreme East Africa which, along with the order Gymnophiona, are absent from the central and western highlands of Kenya. The species Ptychadena schillukorum, P taenioscelis and Afrixalus osorioi are reported for the first time from Kenyan territory. The taxonomy of several species is poorly resolved, underlining the need for more alpha-taxonomic effort. This should include the application of modern methods, as molecular markers to uncover cryptic species diversity. We calculated 9.04 +/- 6.11 (1-30) localities per species (n = 54) and 3.98 +/- 2.88 (1-25) species per locality (n = 127), showing that sampling for both species and localities is of different quality and apparently far from complete. Sampling bias due to accessibility may play a role, and more comprehensive field surveys are suggested. It may be considered that certain amphibians reach their geographic range limits just at the periphery of the Kenyan central and western highlands (e.g. "Congolian" forest taxa) or are restricted to a small distribution within that region.},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://PREV200600620095},
	author = {L{\"o}tters, Stefan and Rotich, Damaris and Koester, Timo E. and Kosuch, Joachim and Muchai, Vincent and Scheelke, Karin and Schick, Susanne and Teege, Patrick and Wasonga, D. Victor and Veith, Michael}
}
@article {396,
	title = {Description of the tadpole of Mertensophryne lonnbergi (Anura : Bufonidae) from the highlands of Kenya},
	journal = {Salamandra},
	volume = {43},
	number = {4},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Nov 20 2007},
	pages = {239-244},
	abstract = {The tadpole of Mertensophryne lonnbergi is described from the Aberdare Mountains in Kenya. Although it resembles other African bufonid tadpoles in shape, size and color, it can be distinguished from them by the absence of a gap in the posterior oral papillae, a feature also shared by Mertensophryne anotis and M. micranotis. While the other known tadpoles in this genus (M. anotis, M. taitana, M. micranotis) all share a {\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} crowrn {\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}, a ring of tissue surrounding the eyes and nostrils with a presumed respiratory function, M. lonnbergi has a faint trace of a crown, and skin folds forming transverse ripples behind the eyes, which may also serve to increase the respiratory surface.},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://PREV200800106902},
	author = {Wasonga, D. Victor and Channing, Alan}
}
@article {395,
	title = {Amphibian abundance and diversity in Meru National Park, Kenya},
	journal = {African Journal of Ecology},
	volume = {45},
	number = {1},
	year = {2007},
	month = {Mar 2007},
	pages = {55-61},
	abstract = {{The diversity and abundance of amphibians were investigated in Meru National Park, Kenya, using transect sampling, drift-fence and pitfall trapping and opportunistic collecting. A total of 430 individuals under seven genera (Amietophrynus, Hemisus, Hyperolius, Phrynobatrachus, Phrynomantis, Ptychadena, Xenopus) comprising eleven species were sampled in three different habitats (apart from this, two additional species are known from Meru National Park): Acacia-wooded grassland; Combretum-wooded grassland; Acacia-Commiphora bushland. The sex ratio for almost all species was balanced (chi-square, chi(2); P > 0.5) and was not affected by habitat type (ANOVA: F = 8.3026},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://PREV200700195265},
	author = {Wasonga, D. Victor and Bekele, Afework and L{\"o}tters, Stefan and Balakrishnan, Mundanthra}
}
