Cameroon clawed frog

Cameroon clawed frog
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

  1. Tinsley, R., et al. 2004. Silurana epitropicalis. 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2 June 2013.
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