Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963
Cave squeaker
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1962
Rediscovered in December 2016
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Zimbabwe
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Poynton, J. C. (1963). Descriptions of southern African amphibians. Annals of the Natal Museum 15: 319-332.
Other references:
Becker, Francois S. and Hopkins, Robert W. (2017). The rediscovery of a lost frog: Arthroleptis troglodytes Poynton, 1963. African Zoology 52(3): [pagination?].
Channing, A. (2001). Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2014). Arthroleptis troglodytes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 09 May 2015.
Lambiris, A. J. L. (1989). The frogs of Zimbabwe. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, Monografia [1989]: 1-247.
Mayer, Lindsay Renick. (2017). Love at First Squeak: Scientists Re-Discover Tiny Lost Frog Species in Zimbabwe. FrogLog 118: 15-16.
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. (2015). Annual report 2015. Available from: http://www.speciesconservation.org/media/mbz-species-conservation-fund-50.pdf [Accessed 14 January 2017]
Poynton, J. C. (1964). The amphibia of southern Africa: a faunal study. Annals of the Natal Museum 17: 1-334.
Poynton, J. C. (2003). Arthroleptis troglodytes and the content of Schoutedenella (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae). African Journal of Herpetology 52: 49-51.
Poynton, J. C. and Broadley, D. G. (1985). Amphibia Zambesiaca. 1. Scolecomorphidae, Pipidae, Microhylidae, Hemisidae, Arthroleptidae. Annals of the Natal Museum: 503-553.
http://www.zimparks.org/index.php/media-cetre-pr/news/274-research-on-the-missing-endemic-frogs