Calabaria reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1851)

Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Morelle, Stephan, Albert, Jean-Louis, Carlino, Piero, Rahola, Nil & Trape, Jean-François, 2019, New reptile records from Lékédi Park and Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 174) 13 (1), pp. 143-161 : 148-149

Calabaria reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1851)

An adult individual was photographed by day on 16 May

2016 by SM in Lékédi Park ( Fig. 13 ). When encountered, it was entering a crack in a brick wall. When handled, it never tried to bite, and displayed several times the species’ typical defensive behaviour, i.e., forming a ball with its body and raising its rounded tail. Another individual was photographed by SM in the park on 13 November 2017; while being photographed, it adopted the same defensive behaviour. New record for the Dept. and for the park (not listed from the Dept. by Pauwels and Vande weghe 2008). This common species was first recorded from Haut-Ogooué Prov. by Pauwels et al. (2007).

Figures

Fig. 13. Adult Calabaria reinhardtii in Lékédi Park, Haut- Ogooué Prov., southeastern Gabon. Photograph by S. Morelle.