Cameroon clawed frog
| Cameroon clawed frog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pipidae |
| Genus: | Silurana |
| Species: | S. epitropicalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Silurana epitropicalis (Fischberg, Colombelli & Picard, 1982) | |
The Cameroon clawed frog (Silurana epitropicalis) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and possibly Sudan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ↑ Tinsley, R., et al. 2004. Silurana epitropicalis. 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2 June 2013.
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