Arthroleptis kutogundua Blackburn, 2012
Overlooked squeaker frog, Overlooked squeaker
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2013; Loader et al., 2025)
Last (and only) record: 1930 (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2013; Loader et al., 2025)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
There have been no recent records of this species despite "numerous surveys" and it is therefore possibly extinct (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2013).
Distribution & Habitat
Ngozi Crater, Poroto Mountains, Mbeya Region, southwestern Tanzania
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the holotype collected in 1930 (Loveridge, 1933; Blackburn, 2012).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Blackburn, D. C. (2012). New species of Arthroleptis (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from Ngozi Crater in the Poroto Mountains of southwestern Tanzania. Journal of Herpetology 46(1): 129-135. [Abstract]
Other references:
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2013). Arthroleptis kutogundua. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 14 July 2013.
Loader, S. P., Mollel, P., Ngalason, W., Christopher, J., Mwamgeni, A., Lyakurwa, J. V., Wilangali, Y. and Liedtke, H. C. (2025). Arthroleptis kutogundua. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T16770720A262940638. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T16770720A262940638.en. Accessed on 07 August 2026.
Loveridge, A. (1933). Reports on the scientific results of an expedition to the southwestern highlands of Tanganyika Territory. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 84: 345-358.
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