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Phlyctimantis verrucosus (Boulenger, 1912)
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A medium sized (Males 46-52 mm, females 51 mm) forest-living Phlyctimantis from the eastern part of the central forest block with a warty dorsum and large discs on toes and fingers.In some literature it is said that P. verrucosus is less webbed that P. boulengeri. This is not confirmed by my material of the two species from Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire respectively.Colour. - Dorsum uniform black or dark grey sometimes with indistinct darker spots. Hidden parts of limbs, especially femur and corresponding part of flanks, barred with black and yellow or black and orange. Ventrum dark brown or grey, mottled whitish. The males have a few scattered small and inconspicuous light asperities on dorsum.
Similar to the call of a Kassina, but with less distinctive tonal quality than that of Kassina or P. boulengeri.
This account was taken from "Treefrogs of Africa" by Arne Schiøtz with kind permission from Edition Chimaira publishers, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
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This species occurs in southern and western Uganda and northern Rwanda, west to eastern and central Democratic Republic of Congo. The western limit of the distribution of this species with respect to Phlyctimantis leonardi is not yet understood, and the map should be regarded as provisional. Its altitudinal range is not known, though it is likely to occur at least between 600 and 2,000 m asl.
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A forest form from eastern R. D. Congo and Uganda.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
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Red List Criteria
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Justification
History
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2004Least Concern (LC)
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Population
Population Trend
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The tadpole has a high fin, but not as high as in Kassina, with a tooth formula of 1/2+2,1 or 1/3.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
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Major Threats
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Conservation Actions
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Phlyctimantis verrucosus is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, and possibly Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[edit]
- Schiøtz, A. & Drewes, R. 2004. Phlyctimantis verrucosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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