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Résultats préliminaires d'une enquête herpétologique en plantation de cannes à sucre en République Démocratique du Congo
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Malukisa, J. Collet, Marie Bokata, S. Odio, Wobin T. |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | Out of the 3,000 species of snakes described in the world, 163 are currently known from D.R. of Congo. We performed a systematic survey in sugar-cane plantations of the Sugar Company of Kwilu-Ngongo (Bas-Congo), located at 160 km South-West from Kinshasa and exploiting nearly 10,000 ha. The plantation is divided into 3 sectors in the middle of which we deposited barrels filled of formaldehyde. All the employees of the Sugar Company of Kwilu-Ngongo were requested to collect encountered snakes and put them in the nearest barrel. Between August 9 th and September 21 st , 2004, we collected 36 snakes in two different sites, revealing the presence of 3 families and 12 species. The most abundant species in Causus maculatus (47% in the first site - Point 8 - and 29% in the second site - Point 13) The most poisonous and dangerous species were captured only in the first site - point 8, and were Dendroaspis jamesoni and Naja melanoleuca, both young. |
| Starting Page | 310 |
| Ending Page | 311 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 98 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.doc-developpement-durable.org/file/Culture-canne-a-sucre/EtudePresenceSerpentsDansPlantationCanneASucre_RDC.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
