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Phrynobatrachus asper Laurent, 1951

Itombwe River frog

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1951 or prior

Rediscovered in 25 May 2009

IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient

 

Distribution

Itombwe Highlands in southern Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Laurent, R. F. (1951). Deux reptiles et onze batraciens nouveaux d'Afrique centrale. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 44: 360-381.

 

Other references:

Greenbaum, Eli and Kusamba, Chifundera. (2012). Conservation Implications Following the Rediscovery of Four Frog Species from the Itombwe Natural Reserve, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Herpetological Review 43(2): 253-259.

Robert Drewes and Martin Pickersgill. (2004). Phrynobatrachus asper. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 23 September 2012.

https://web.archive.org/web/20110723030833/http://eligreenbaum.iss.utep.edu/lost_amphibians.htm

 

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