. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Fig. 12. Rhumpholeon huiilcngcri from Kakamega Forest. Pho- to by Philipp Wagner. of the senior author, C. ellioti was one of the species with the highest observed density. Only two years later it was very difficult to find them (P. Hita-Garcia pers. comm.). This was also corroborated by Spawls et al. (2002) and Schmidt et al. (2000) who also indicate that C. ellioti has large population density dynamics. This chameleon was found in the surrounding areas of Kakamega
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. Fig. 12. Rhumpholeon huiilcngcri from Kakamega Forest. Pho- to by Philipp Wagner. of the senior author, C. ellioti was one of the species with the highest observed density. Only two years later it was very difficult to find them (P. Hita-Garcia pers. comm.). This was also corroborated by Spawls et al. (2002) and Schmidt et al. (2000) who also indicate that C. ellioti has large population density dynamics. This chameleon was found in the surrounding areas of Kakamega and Nandi forests, and also inside the forest, on the shore of the Isiukhu River. Habitats were as follows: grassland, banana and guava plantations, gardens, hedges, bushes, small trees, secondary and riverside forest. Rhampholeon Ai;///f/;^m Steindachner, 1911 1911 Rluiinpliolam houleiigcri Slcinduchncr, Anz. Akud. Wiss., Wien. 4H: 178. Specimens examined. NMK L/249, L/7270, L/2651, ; ZFMK 54021-24, 77456, 81999. Remarks: R. houleiigeri is a typical dweller of the East African rain forests from the eastern parts of the DR Con- go in the west to Kenya in the east. Here it is, apai1 from Kakamega and Nandi forests, also found in the Cheran- gani Mts. (Spawls et al. 2002). Within Kakamega Forest the pygmy chameleon was found in the northern part of the main fragment and in the Kisere fragment. Gekkonidae Oppel, 1811 Cnemaspis africana (Werner, 1895) 1895 Gymnodactylus africanus Wcrnei', Verb, Ges. Wien 45: 190. pi. V. fig. 5. Specimens examined. NMK L/1987; ZFMK 82022. Remarks: This taxon is endemic to eastern Africa and is only distributed in Kenya and Tanzania. Next to Kakamega Forest, the lizard is only known from Taita and Shimba Hills and Athiplain. ZFMK 82022 was collected in a pitfall trap near the Buyangu Hill. This suggests that C. africana is not a strict tree dweller but also inhabits leaf litter during its search for Fig. 13. Cnemaspis elgonensis f
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