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Key Places for biodiversity

Learn the wildlife of the Atewa Forests

Ghana

Ahe Atewa Forests is one of E.O. Wilson's Key Places, irreplaceable for life on Earth. 529 species have research-grade observations there on iNaturalist, and KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos.

Atewa Range Forest Reserve

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps12
  2. Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri9
  3. Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia7
  4. West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus6
  5. Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius5
  6. Black Bee-eater Merops gularis5
  7. Little Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata5
  8. Western Nicator Nicator chloris5
  9. Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus5
  10. Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus5

Plants

  1. Aristolochia ringens18
  2. Marantochloa purpurea8
  3. Clerodendrum umbellatum6
  4. Turkey Berry Solanum torvum5
  5. Hairy senna Senna hirsuta5
  6. Eremomastax speciosa4
  7. Common lantana Lantana camara3
  8. Yellow Justicia Justicia flava3
  9. Strophanthus sarmentosus3
  10. Flamboyant Delonix regia2

Insects

  1. Blue Diadem Butterfly Hypolimnas salmacis27
  2. Western Blue Mother-of-Pearl Junonia cytora24
  3. Western Bluewing Sapho ciliata20
  4. Fashion Commodore Precis pelarga20
  5. Angular Glider Harma theobene19
  6. African leaf butterfly Kallimoides rumia19
  7. Soldier Commodore Junonia terea17
  8. True Forester Euphaedra cyparissa17
  9. Forest Glade Nymph Aterica galene16
  10. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia15

Spiders and kin

  1. Nephila constricta6
  2. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata4
  3. Common Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator2
  4. Argiope flavipalpis2
  5. Aranoethra cambridgei1
  6. Featherleg Baboon Spider Stromatopelma calceatum1
  7. Blackspot Vlei Spider Leucauge medjensis1
  8. Kenyan Thyene Jumping Spider Thyene bucculenta1
  9. Platythomisus insignis1

Reptiles

  1. Olive House Snake Boaedon olivaceus3
  2. Spotted Blind Snake Afrotyphlops punctatus3
  3. Blandings Tree Snake Toxicodryas blandingii2
  4. Thirteen-scaled Green Snake Philothamnus carinatus2
  5. Forest Night Adder Causus lichtensteinii2
  6. Variable Marsh Snake Natriciteres variegata1
  7. Green Bush Viper Atheris chlorechis1
  8. Graceful Chameleon Chamaeleo gracilis1
  9. Guinea Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus muriceus1
  10. Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia1

Amphibians

  1. Mottled Squeaker Arthroleptis poecilonotus12
  2. Atewa Slippery Frog Conraua sagyimase6
  3. Bobiri Reed Frog Hyperolius sylvaticus2
  4. Coast River Frog Phrynobatrachus plicatus2
  5. Variable Reed Frog Hyperolius concolor1
  6. Nigeria Banana Frog Afrixalus nigeriensis1
  7. Ghostly Tree Frog Leptopelis spiritusnoctis1
  8. Togo Toad Sclerophrys togoensis1

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. KnowKi is not affiliated with the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.