A comparative study of the herpetological faunae of the Uluguru and Usambara mountains, Tanganyika territory with descriptions of new species / by T. Barbour and A. Loveridge

Termitivore or detritivore? A quantitative investigation into the diet of the East African caecilian Boulengerula taitanus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae)

“…Whilst detailed research on caecilian diet remains rare (Measey et al, 2004), several studies have mentioned the nature of food items in the course of addressing other aspects of caecilian biology. Such investigations have included general descriptions of frequently encountered food items such as earthworms (Nussbaum and Pfrender, 1998), termites (Barbour and Loveridge, 1928) or both (Wake, 1980), and these observations concur with general texts which describe diets of earthworms and termites (Taylor, 1968;Wake, 2002). Another group of literature has concentrated on infrequent and possibly unusual ndings of vertebrate prey, particularly scolecophidian snakes, that also occur in caecilian gut contents (see Presswell et al, 2002, and references therein).…”

A new blind snake (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from montane forests of the Eastern Arc mountains in Tanzania

“…NMZB 7484 is irregu-AFRICAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY 49 (2) 2000 larly blotched in black and white, in subequal proportions, covering a maximum of 15 dorsal scale rows. The only specimen from the Uluguru Mountains (MCZ 23084) was reported to be uniformly blue-black above, except for a minute white spot at the base of each scale (Barbour & Loveridge 1928).…”

“…Habitat.-MCZ 23084 was hoed up in a shamba bordering rain forest (Barbour & Loveridge 1928). The other specimens were probably all taken inside montane forest, ZMUC 52221 was under a log and ZMUC 52222 was in a heap of grass and soil.…”

Supplemental Material for 'The amphibian tree of life. (Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 297)'

“…Apparently based on information provided for Hoplophryne by Barbour and Loveridge (1928) and Noble (1929), Parker (1934) generalized that all members of his Melanobatrachinae lack a free-swimming tadpole, the larvae with ''metamorphosis taking place on land, but not in an egg''. No reproductive or developmental data on Parahoplophryne or Melanobatrachus have been published (Daltry and Martin, 1997).…”