The lizard fauna of Togo, a country situated within a natural gap in the rainforest zone of West Africa, is reviewed and updated. In this article, we summarize all available data on the distribution, ecology, and conservation status of the 43 lizard species of Togo. Species richness is uneven between vegetation zones. The submontane forest (ecological zone IV), despite being the smallest, houses the greatest number of species (n = 27), followed by dry forest (ecological zone II, n = 21). Currently none of the Togolese lizard species appears to be immediately threatened. However, several species are subjected to exploitation for the international pet trade and in-country use (bush-meat, fetish market), and could become threatened in the next decades. The intensity of this trade should be carefully monitored in the years to come.
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26 June 2015
Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation
Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto,
Jean-François Trape,
Komlan M. Afiademanyo,
Mark-Oliver Rödel,
Annemarie Ohler,
Alain Dubois,
Patrick David,
Danny Meirte,
Isabelle Adolé Glitho,
Fabio Petrozzi,
Luca Luiselli
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Zoosystema
Vol. 37 • No. 2
June 2015
Vol. 37 • No. 2
June 2015
conservation
distribution
écologie
ecology
Sauria
Togo
