Presentation in Landau about Rwanda

Presentation in Landau about Rwanda

by Alex Negro Reiseberichte Live lectures

On Saturday, 18 April 2026, Prof. Dr Maximilian Dehling will give a richly illustrated talk about his expeditions in Rwanda.

The small Central African country of Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa. Despite its small size and the heavy pressure on its remaining natural areas from a steadily growing population, Rwanda boasts an enormous biodiversity, which is particularly favoured by the country’s numerous different habitat types. Whilst the drier eastern part of the country is characterised by savannah, large contiguous areas of mountain rainforest can still be found in the north-west and south-west of the country, within the Central African Rift Valley. In addition to the famous mountain gorillas, many other regionally endemic animal species, including amphibians and reptiles, are found here. The talk will introduce the main habitats in Rwanda, focusing on the herpetofauna, but will also highlight many other characteristic or distinctive animal species.

Maximilian Dehling Amphibians and reptiles in the rainforests and savannahs of Rwanda [German]
DGHT regional group Kurpfalz
Reptilium Terrarium and Desert Zoo Landau
Werner-Heisenberg-Straße 1
76829 Landau
The lecture begins at 8.00 pm; doors open at 7.00 pm

Photos: Collage by Maximilian Dehling accompanying the lecture

Presentation in Neu-Ulm about Turkey

Presentation in Neu-Ulm about Turkey

by Alex Negro Reiseberichte Live lectures

On Saturday, 16 September 2023, Laura and Bobby Bok will give a talk on herpetological trips to Turkey. The herpetofauna of Anatolia is astonishingly diverse – not without reason it is also called “Asia Minor”. Reptiles from the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the deserts of Arabia meet here. From turtles to the smallest gecko – there is a lot to tell from Anatolia!

Laura und Bobby Bok Türkiye from Trabzon to the Taurus
DGHT city group Ulm
Il Mio Ristorante
Europastraße 15 (Am Mutenhölzle)
89231 Neu-Ulm
Begin at 6.30 p.m.

Presentation in Münster about Cameroon

Presentation in Münster about Cameroon

by Alex Negro Reiseberichte Live lectures

On Friday, 19 May 2023, the renowned herpetologist Prof. Dr Wolfgang Böhme will give a lecture on herpetological expeditions in West Africa. In several research trips, he studied the large-scale habitats of desert, savannah, and rainforest and their respective marginal areas with regard to their amphibians and reptiles, whose current distribution reflects the influence of the major postglacial climate fluctuations. The rediscovery of the desert crocodile in the Mauritanian Sahara, thought to be extinct for decades, is just one of many highlights. In Guinea, the Lama Forest proved to be a snake hotspot: in just two weeks, the travellers were able to find 38 species sympatrically. In the Cameroon mountains, where relics of German colonial history can still be found several times, the previously unknown herpetological Mount Nlonako proved to be the most species-rich amphibian site in Africa at the time. The vertical zoning, combined with numerous watercourses, led to a great diversity of frog fauna, which was inventoried for the first time. With over 90 species, including the charismatic hairy and goliath frogs, Mount Nlonako is one of the richest amphibian hotspots in the Afrotropical region. The various, beautiful Montane Chameleons in Cameroon also proved to be an excellent model group to exemplify the process of speciation.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhme Overland from Germany to Cameroon
DGHT City group Münster
Zoo school of Allwetterzoo
Sentruper Str. 315
48161 Münster
Admission from 6.30 p.m., lecture begins at 7 p.m.