Opportunistic records of amphibian and reptile across different land-use types in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

Occurrence Observation
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Publication date:
13 January 2025
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Description

A comprehensive dataset of opportunistic surveys of amphibians and reptiles conducted in northern Guinea-Bissau, Oio Province, in the surroundings of Djalicunda. Opportunistic surveys yielded 62 amphibian, three testudines and 90 squamates encounters, corresponding to 10 amphibian taxa, two testudine taxa and 25 squamate taxa.

Data Records

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How to cite

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dos Reis-Silva F, Alves-Martins F, Martinez-Arribas J, Pizzigalli C, Seck S, Rainho A, Rocha R, Palmeirim A F (2025). Opportunistic records of amphibian and reptile across different land-use types in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Version 1.4. CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) Portugal. Occurrence dataset. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=gw_herpetol_occurr_dataset&v=1.4

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) Portugal. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 69f9ff24-1e42-462c-9356-a8ec4bda358e.  CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) Portugal publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Francisco dos Reis-Silva
  • Originator
  • Researcher
Global Change and Conservation Research Group, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
FI
Fernanda Alves-Martins
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Researcher
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto
PT
Javier Martinez-Arribas
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
  • Data technician
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto
PT
Cristian Pizzigalli
  • Originator
  • Researcher
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto
PT
Sambu Seck
  • Originator
  • Researcher
Federação KAFO, Guiné-Bissau CP 1186, Centro Camponês de Djalicunda, sector de Mansaba, região de Oio
GW
Ana Rainho
  • Originator
  • Researcher
Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute. Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
PT
Ricardo Rocha
  • Originator
  • Researcher
Department of Biology, University of Oxford
GB
Ana Filipa Palmeirim
  • Originator
  • Principal Researcher
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto
PT
Javier Martinez Arribas
  • Point Of Contact
  • Data technician
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto
PT

Geographic Coverage

The study took place in northern Guinea-Bissau, Oio Province, in the surroundings of Djalicunda.

Bounding Coordinates South West [12.258, -15.238], North East [12.522, -15.169]

Taxonomic Coverage

N/A

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Testudines, Squamata, Amphibia
Order Anura
Family Lacertidae, Varanidae, Hyperoliidae, Psammophiidae, Bufonidae, Arthroleptidae, Testudinidae, Lamprophiidae, Viperidae, Elapidae, Phyllodactylidae, Pythonidae, Agamidae, Gekkonidae, Ptychadenidae, Scincidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2022-06-15 / 2022-11-06

Project Data

No Description available

Title TROPIBIO - Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Identifier European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 854248

Sampling Methods

Surveys were conducted during two four-week field campaigns in 2022, covering the end of the dry season (June/July) and the end of the wet season (October/November) across the study area.

Study Extent The study was conducted in northern Guinea-Bissau, Oio Province, near Djalicunda. The region features a mosaic landscape of secondary forest remnants, cashew orchards, and rice paddies.

Method step description:

  1. Herpetofauna was identified visually.

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 69f9ff24-1e42-462c-9356-a8ec4bda358e
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=gw_herpetol_occurr_dataset