Strongylopus kilimanjaro

Strongylopus kilimanjaro
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Strongylopus
Species: S. kilimanjaro
Binomial name
Strongylopus kilimanjaro
Clarke & Poynton, 2005

Strongylopus kilimanjaro is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family.[2] It is endemic to Tanzania and only known from a narrow alpine range on the middle slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, within the East African montane moorlands ecoregion.[3] It is known only from three specimens collected in 1936. The lack of recent records is probably a reflection of very limited survey effort in the area since then.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Strongylopus kilimanjaro". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Strongylopus kilimanjaro Clarke and Poynton, 2005". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. C. Michael Hogan. (2013). "Ecoregions: East African montane moorlands". Encyclopedia of Earth (ed. M. McGinley). National Academy of Science and the Environment. Retrieved 20 March 2015.


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