A field guide to Kenyan mangroves

Animals of the landward mangroves

see also the trees associated with this part of the forest

Large crabs: Cardisoma carnifex, Neosarmatium meinerti (Both construct large burrows)
Medium crabs: Sesarma (Chiromantes) euilmene, Sesarma (Chiromantes) ortmanni
Small crabs: Uca annulipes, Uca inversa (both are fiddler crabs)
Other animals: Snails: Terebralia palustris, Cerithidea decollata; Bees

 

 

Landward - Mid-forest- Seaside

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Created 28 August 2001

Updated June 24, 2016
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