Natural History Observations on a Warty Frog: Callulina dawida (Amphibia: Brevicipitidae) in the Taita Hills, Kenya

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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

International Scholarly Research Notices

Natural History Observations on a Warty Frog: Callulina dawida (Amphibia: Brevicipitidae) in the Taita Hills, Kenya

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