other-fauna-of-liwondenationalpark-1984

Study Extent

Liwonde National Park is in the Eastern Region Malawi just south of Lake Malawi near the Mozambique border. It lies largely within the Machinga District, but also is in Mangochi District and on the west it borders with Balaka District. The reserve covers 548 square kilometres of woodlands and dry savannah. A 30km section of the Shire River runs through the park including a section of the shore of Lake Malombe, 20 km south of Lake Malawi . A section was added in 1977 on the northern edge of the park which connects it with Mangochi Mountain Forest Reserve

Sampling

Sampling description is not available

Method steps

1. Data was collected based on sighting of species as the officer was carrying other park duties. This resource was not as a result of a separate effort.

Part of fauna of Liwonde National Park

1. Pelusios sinuatus
   common name: Serrated terrapin rank: family
2. Cycloderma frenatum Peters
   common name: Mud Turtle rank: family
3. Kinixys b. belliana Gray
   common name: Bell's Hinged Tortoise rank: family
4. Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti
   common name: Nile Crocodile rank: family
5. Hemidactylus mabouia
   common name: Common House Gecko rank: family
6. Hemidactylus platycephalus Peters
   common name: Baobab Gecko rank: family
7. Lygodactylus chobiensis Fitzsimmons
   common name: Dwarf Gecko rank: family
8. Chamealeo d. dilepis Leach
   common name: Flap-necked Chameleon rank: family
9. Mabuya quinquentaeniata margaritifer
   common name: Blue-tailed Skink rank: family
10. Mabuya s. striata
    common name: Striped Skink rank: family
11. Mabuya varia
    common name: Variable Skink rank: family
12. Panaspis wahlbergii
    common name: Wahlberg's Snake-eyed Skink rank: family
13. Varanus exanthematicus albigularis
    common name: Savanna Monitor rank: family
14. Varanus n. niloticus
    common name: Nile Monitor rank: family
15. Typhlops o. obtusus
    common name: Shire Burrowing Snake rank: family
16. Python sebae
    common name: African Python rank: family
17. Boaedon f. fuliginosus
    common name: House Snake rank: family
18. Philothamnus semivariegatus
    common name: Spotted Bush Snake rank: family
19. Telescopus s. semiannulatus
    common name: Tiger Snake rank: family
20. Psammophylax tritaeniatus
    common name: White-bellied Grass Snake rank: family
21. Psammophis s. sibilans
    common name: Hissing Sand Snake rank: family
22. Thelotornis capensis
    common name: Vine Snake rank: family
23. Aparallactus capensis
    common name: Cape Centipede-eating Snake rank: family
24. Naja m. mossambica
    common name: Black-necked Spitting Cobra rank: family
25. Naja melanoleuca
    common name: Forest Cobra rank: family
26. Bitis a. arietans
    common name: Puff-adder rank: family
27. Xenopus muelleri
    common name: Mueller's Clawed Frog rank: family
28. Bufo regularis
    common name: Square-marked Toad rank: family
29. Breviceps poweri
    common name: Power's Rain Frog rank: family
30. Phtynomerus b. bifasciatus
    common name: Red-banded Frog rank: family
31. Pyxicephalus adspersus
    common name: Bull Frog rank: family
32. Hylarana galamensis bravana
    common name: Golden-backed Frog rank: family
33. Ptychadena mascariensis
    common name: Mascarene Frog rank: family
34. Ptychadena oxyrhynchus
    common name: Sharp-nosed Ridged frog rank: family
35. Ptychadena superciliaris
    common name: Savana Ridged Frog rank: family
36. Phrynobatrachus natalensis
    common name: Puddle Frog rank: family
37. Phrynobatrachus ukingensis mababiensis
    common name: Common Cricket Frog rank: family
38. Arthroleptus stenodactylus
    common name: Common Squeaker rank: family
39. Hemisus marmoratus
    common name: Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog rank: family
40. Chiromantis xerampelina
    common name: Great Grey Tree Frog rank: family
41. Kassina senegalensis
    common name: Running Frog rank: family
42. Afrixalus f. fornasinii
    common name: Brown-striped Spiny Reed Frog rank: family
43. Hyperolius parallelus albofasciatus
    common name: White-banded Sedge Frog rank: family
44. Hyperolius pusillus
    common name: Water Lily Frog rank: family
45. Hyperolius tuberilinguis
    common name: Yellow-Green Reed Frog rank: family
46. Lybius melanopterus
    common name: Brown-breasted Barbet rank: family
47. Campethera cailliautii
    common name: Little Spotted Woodpecker rank: family
48. Trochocerus cyanomelas
    common name: Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher rank: family

Liwonde national Park is found in Machinga district which is in the eastern region of Malawi