About Ictinogomphus ferox (Rambur, 1842)
Ictinogomphus ferox, commonly known as the common tiger or common tigertail, is a dragonfly species belonging to the family Gomphidae. This species has been recorded in Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its presence is considered possible but unconfirmed in Burundi and Ethiopia. Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs.
