. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 40 Wolfgang Bohme et al. Remarks: The "margouillat" of the local people is wide- ly distributed and very common in human habitations (ma- jor cities as well as small villages), forest edges and clear- ings which it penetrates from its primary savanna habi- tats along roads. A. agama is in urgent need of revision and is likely to con- tain more than one species also in West Africa (for East Africa members of the species complex see Bohme et al. 2005). This view is strongly supported by a female described by Klaptocz (1913) possessing more than
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. 40 Wolfgang Bohme et al. Remarks: The "margouillat" of the local people is wide- ly distributed and very common in human habitations (ma- jor cities as well as small villages), forest edges and clear- ings which it penetrates from its primary savanna habi- tats along roads. A. agama is in urgent need of revision and is likely to con- tain more than one species also in West Africa (for East Africa members of the species complex see Bohme et al. 2005). This view is strongly supported by a female described by Klaptocz (1913) possessing more than twice as big scales as compared to other specimens from the same locality. Similarly big-scaled agamas have been pho- tographed also by Dr. Guy Kremer (pers. comm.) in the western parts of Guinea. Attributing available names to the Guinean population(s) (africana Hallowell, bocourti Rochebrune, savattieri Rochebrune) seems premature be- fore completion of a major revision currently carried out by one of us (PW). Chamaeleonidae Chamaeleo gracilis Hallowell, 1844 Material examined: ZFMK 56142, subadult, forest near Malweta, southern Ziama Forest, W. Bohme coll. 6-26 Oct., 1993. Remarks: C. gracilis is the only chameleon in West Africa living also in moist, forested areas where it seems to be rare. Only four other localities have been reported from Guinee forestiere, viz. Mt. Nimba (Angel et al. 1954 a), Mt. Bero (Rodel & Bangoura 2006) and two sites in the western Guinean region of Boke (Hillers et al. 2006). Al- so Klaptocz (1913) got only one specimen in the moist savanna near Dabola (140 km E of Mamou) and called it rare and even unknown to the locals. In contrast, Dr. Guy Kremer (pers. comm., see ZFMK vouchers mentioned above) found it, along with the rarer C. senegalensis, to be more common near Kindia. A further specimen, also from a savanna habitat in PN Haut Niger has also been mentioned above. In the savanna areas of the Simandou range C. senegalensis was the only c
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