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Lepidoptera of Tanzania (96 P) Pages in category "Insects of Tanzania" The following 179 pages are in this category, out of 179 total.
East Africa. This category is for articles about insects found in East Africa which, for the purpose of this category, is defined as Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti ...
Insects of Tanzania (1 C, 179 P) U. Insects of Uganda (1 C, 185 P) Pages in category "Insects of Africa" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total.
Nairobi fly is the common name for two species of rove beetle in the genus Paederus, native to East Africa originating from Tanzania. [1] The beetles contain a corrosive substance known as pederin, which can cause chemical burns if it comes into contact with skin. [2] [3] Because of these burns, the Nairobi fly is sometimes referred to as a ...
It is the heaviest venomous snake in Africa and one of the heaviest in the world along with the king cobra and eastern diamondback rattlesnake. [14] The head is large and triangular, while the neck is greatly narrowed, only about one-third the width of the head. [5] A pair of "horns" is present between the raised nostrils—tiny in B. gabonica ...
Map of Zanzibar. The World Wildlife Fund divides the coastal forests into two ecoregions: the Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic, which extends from southern Somalia through coastal Kenya to southern Tanzania, and includes the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, and the Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic, which extends from southern Tanzania along the Mozambique coast ...
Gonimbrasia belina is a species of emperor moth which is native to the warmer parts of southern Africa.Its large edible caterpillar, known as the mopane worm, madora, amacimbi “pigeon moth”, masonja or Seboko sa Mongana, feeds primarily but not exclusively on mopane tree leaves.
The second smallest of Tanzania's national parks is Gombe Stream National Park is located in Kigoma District of Kigoma Region, covering an area of only 52 square kilometres (20 sq mi). [13] Its natural topography consists of steep hill slopes, river valleys, and the sandy northern shores of Lake Tanganyika . [ 13 ]