Wildlife of Cameroon hawks and eagles. Elephants are also reported in small numbers. The grassy woodlands have baboons and many species of antelope. Prominent reptiles reported include the African rock python ("Python sebae"), the green bush viper ("Atheris squamigera") and the African slender-snouted crocodile ("Mecistops cataphractus"). Marine turtles reported near the coasts of Cameroon in the Atlantic Ocean are the loggerhead ("Caretta caretta"), Atlantic green ("Chelonias mydas"), leatherback ("Dermochelys coriacea"), hawksbill ("Eretmochelys imbricata"), and the olive ridley ("Lepidochelys olivacea"). Cameroon has enacted legislation to protect all these species of turtles. Olive ridley, leatherback, and green turtles are reported to nest on the sandy
Loggerhead kingbird Loggerhead kingbird The loggerhead kingbird ("Tyrannus caudifasciatus") is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and, very rarely, in the United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This large kingbird measures long. It is dark grey above and white below. The head is black while the throat and cheeks are white. Like many kingbird species, the loggerhead possesses an orange or yellow crown patch, but it is well concealed and rarely