Centre de ressources numériques
Previous studies in the region of the Goro Plateau (Sadlier & Shea 2004; Sadlier 2006; Sadlier & Swan, 2009b) have identified humid forest as the habitat with the greatest diversity of lizard species. In the region a group of 19 species of lizard have now been recorded from the humid forest that covers the Special Reserves Forêt Nord, Pic du Grand Kaori and Pic du Pin and proposed Kwè Nord Range Preserve. A lower, but still significantly diverse lizard fauna is also found in the tall canopied maquis habitat (paraforestier and preforestier) of the region (Sadlier & Swan, 2009a; Sadlier & Swan, 2010; Sadlier & Swan, 2011).
This study was undertaken to determine the species diversity of lizards in humid forest habitat of the proposed Wadjana Preserve.