Second record of a Scolecomorphus kirkii Boulenger, 1883 (Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae) for Mozambique

摘要: The herpetofauna of northern Mozambique (Nampula, Niassa, and Cabo Degabo Provinces) remains one the most poorly-known in Africa. This is a consequence physical inaccessibility region as well protracted civil war, which affected study many areas. expected to have large diversity due variety different habitat types available size (area) country. lack scientific studies has led widely disparate inaccurate summaries herpetofaunal While there are no formal publications that explicitly deal with this topic, reputable internet sources indicate 221 reptile (Uetz, 2015) 69 amphibian species (AmphibiaWeb, occur whole