International Scholarly Research Notices / 2012 / Article / Tab 3 / Research Article
Natural History Observations on a Warty Frog: Callulina dawida (Amphibia: Brevicipitidae) in the Taita Hills, Kenya Table 3 Distribution of Taita warty frog (Callulina dawida ) recorded in different forest fragments showing life snout-vent length (SVL) and body weight (Wt), age group, recording date, recording method, and comments. Indigenous forests sizes in parentheses is as follows: Ngangao (92 ha), Chawia (50 ha), Mwachora (4 ha), Ndiwenyi (3 ha), Fururu (12 ha), Boma (0.25 ha), Makandenyi patch (negligible), Kiangungu patch (negligible), Vuria (1 ha), and Mbololo (220 ha). The 18 preserved specimens are shown with NMK catalogue numbers.
Specimen SVL (mm) Wt (g) Age group Site Date Method Comments 1 45 7.1 Female Fururu 16/12/2004 Visual encounter survey Preserved: NMK-A4266 2 36 3.7 Female Kiangungu 16/12/2004 Visual encounter survey Preserved: NMK-A4267 3 30 2.5 Male Ngangao 28/12/2004 Visual encounter survey Preserved: NMK-A4268/1 4 29 1.8 Subadult Ngangao 28/12/2004 Visual encounter survey Preserved: NMK-A4268/2 5 40.68 — Female Ngangao 20/04/2005 Pitfall trap Preserved: NMK-A4343 6 43.11 8.26 Female Chawia 25/04/2005 Time-limited search Preserved: NMK-A4344/1 7 30 2.59 Male Chawia 26/04/2005 Leaf litter search Preserved: NMK-A4344/2 8 15 — Juvenile Mbololo 29/03/2006 Pitfall trap Preserved: NMK-A4574 9 19 0.6 Juvenile Mbololo 03/04/2006 Night transect walk Preserved: NMK-A4582/1 10 20 0.79 Subadult Mbololo 03/04/2006 Night transect walk Preserved: NMK-A4582/2 11 19 0.63 Juvenile Mbololo 03/04/2006 Night transect walk Preserved: NMK-A4582/3 12 31 — Male Ngangao 07/04/2006 Time-limited search Released 13 35 — Female Ngangao 21/12/2005 Pitfall trap Preserved: NMK-A4492 14 10 — Juvenile Ngangao 06/01/2006 Pitfall trap Released 15 10 — Juvenile Ngangao 17/01/2006 Pitfall trap Released 16 45 — Female Ngangao 24/01/2006 Visual encounter survey Released 17 40 — Female Ngangao 10/02/2006 Pitfall trap Released 18 14 — Juvenile Ngangao 21/02/2006 Pitfall trap Preserved: NMK-A4594 19 11 — Juvenile Ngangao 21/02/2006 Pitfall trap Released 20 15 — Juvenile Ngangao 22/02/2006 Pitfall trap Released 21 12 — Juvenile Ngangao 22/02/2006 Pitfall trap Released 22 34 — Male Ngangao 20/03/2006 Pitfall trap Preserved: NMK-A4590 23 40 — Female Ngangao 20/03/2006 Funnel trap against drift fence Released 24 — — Adult Ngangao 20/03/2006 Visual encounter survey Disappeared before capture 25 29 2 Subadult Vuria 16/04/2006 Visual encounter survey Released 26 12 — Juvenile Mwachora 05/01/2006 Pitfall trap Released 27 14 — Juvenile Mwachora 06/01/2006 Pitfall trap Released 28 15 — Juvenile Mwachora 17/01/2006 Pitfall trap Released 29 21 — Subadult Mwachora 14/03/2006 Pitfall trap Preserved: NMK-A4624 30 9 — Juvenile Fururu 06/12/2005 Visual encounter survey Preserved: NMK-A4416 31 50 — Female Chawia 07/02/2006 Leaf litter search Released 32 38 — Female Chawia 22/02/2006 Leaf litter search Released 33 21 — Subadult Chawia 08/03/2006 Leaf litter search Released 34 46 — Female Boma 10/05/2006 Time-limited search Preserved: NMK-A4645 35 45 — Female Mbololo 05/05/2006 Pitfall trap Preserved: NMK-A4684 36 25 — Subadult Mbololo 30/05/2006 Time-limited search Released 37 33 — Male Boma 03/07/2006 Time-limited search Released 38 51 — Female Boma 03/07/2006 Time-limited search Released 39 — — adult Ngangao 26/06/2006 Time-limited search Released 40 20 — Subadult Ngangao 30/05/2006 Pitfall trap Released 41 — — Adult Makandenyi March 2006 Visual encounter survey Released 42 30 — Male Chawia 08/08/2006 Pitfall trap Released 43 33 — Male Ngangao 14/08/2006 Time-limited search Released 44 34 — Male Chawia 20/09/2006 Pitfall trap Released 45 30 — Male Chawia 20/09/2006 Pitfall trap Released 46 20 — Subadult Ngangao 25/09/2006 Patch sampling Recaptured on 01/04/2007; SVL 42 mm 47 44 7 Female Ngangao 27/09/2006 Patch sampling Released 48 22 1.25 Subadult Ngangao October 2006 Patch sampling Released 49 21 1.25 Subadult Ngangao October 2006 Patch sampling Released 50 35 — Female Chawia 11/10/2006 Patch sampling Released 51 27 — Subadult Chawia 28/10/2006 Pitfall trap Released 52 32 — Male Chawia 29/10/2006 Pitfall trap Released 53 43 6.5 Female Ngangao 02/11/2006 Time-limited search Released 54 35 3 Female Ngangao 2/11/2006 Time-limited search Recaptured on 02/05/2007; SVL 48 mm, wt 9 g 55 30 2 Male Ngangao 02/11/2006 Night transect walk Released 56 45 6 Female Ngangao 03/11/2006 Time-limited search Released 57 30 — Male Mbololo 05/12/2006 Night transect walk Released 58 35 — Female Mbololo 05/12/2006 Night transect walk Released 59 46 — Female Mbololo 06/12/2006 Time-limited search Released 60 55 — Female Mbololo 08/12/2006 Time-limited search Released 61 43 — Female Ndiwenyi 03/04/2007 Time-limited search Released 62 40 — Female Fururu 05/04/2007 Time-limited search Released 63 29 — Subadult Ndiwenyi 05/04/2007 Time-limited search Released 64 46 — Female Vuria 11/05/2007 Time-limited search Released 65 45 — Female Ndiwenyi 28/05/2007 Time-limited search Released 66 48 — Female Ngangao 02/05/2007 Time-limited search Released 67 43 12 Female Mwachora 04/05/2007 Time-limited search Released 68 48 9.5 Female Mbololo 17/05/2007 Time-limited search Recaptured on 09/12/2007, SVL 48 mm 69 48 11 Female Ngangao 09/06/2007 Time-limited search Released 70 40 6.5 Female Ngangao 09/06/2008 Time-limited search Released 71 26 2 Subadult Ngangao 09/06/2009 Time-limited search Released 72 47 — Female Vuria 23/06/2007 Time-limited search Released 73 50 — Female Vuria 24/06/2007 Time-limited search Released 74 30 — Male Vuria 24/06/2007 Time-limited search Released 75 47 — Female Vuria 25/06/2007 Time-limited search Released 76 55 — Female Vuria 25/06/2007 Time-limited search Released 77 52 — Female Vuria 25/06/2007 Time-limited search Released 78 33 — Male Vuria 25/06/2007 Time-limited search Released 79 50 — Female Vuria 26/06/2007 Time-limited search Released 80 30 — Male Vuria 26/06/2007 Time-limited search Released 81 12 — Juvenile Vuria 26/06/2007 Time-limited search Released 82 30 — Male Mwachora 14/08/2007 Time-limited search Released 83 45 7.5 Female Fururu 12/11/2007 Time-limited search Released: female sitting on 30–40 egg clutch 84 48 9 Female Ngangao 08/10/2007 Time-limited search Released 85 45 8 Female Ngangao 28/10/2008 Time-limited search Released 86 45 6 Female Chawia 30/10/2007 Time-limited search Released 87 47 8.5 Female Chawia 03/12/2007 Time-limited search Released 88 47 12 Female Ngangao 05/12/2007 Time-limited search Released 89 40 7.5 Female Ngangao 05/12/2007 Time-limited search Released 90 50 7 Female Mwachora 17/12/2007 Time-limited search Released 91 20 2 Subadult Ngangao 6/01/2008 Time-limited search Released 92 46 — Female Mbololo 18/02/2008 Time-limited search Released 93 45 — Female Mbololo 22/02/2008 Time-limited search Released 94 40 — Female Mbololo 25/02/2008 Time-limited search Released 95 49 8.5 Female Mwachora 26/02/2008 Time-limited search Released 96 50 8 Female Mwachora 14/03/2008 Time-limited search Released 97 42 — Female Vuria 20/03/2008 Time-limited search Released 98 45 — Female Vuria 20/03/2008 Time-limited search Released 99 22 — Subadult Vuria 20/03/2008 Time-limited search Released 100 40 — Female Vuria 21/03/2008 Time-limited search Released 101 55 — Female Vuria 23/03/2008 Time-limited search Released
