Conraua alleni
Conraua alleni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Conrauidae |
Genus: | Conraua |
Species: | C. alleni
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Binomial name | |
Conraua alleni |
Conraua alleni or Allen's slippery frog is a species of frogs in the family Conrauidae found in the Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, along with a single outlying site in the Sui River Forest Reserve, Ghana. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and rivers.
It is an aquatic frog that is present in rainforest streams that flow both slowly and fast; the frogs are found in the relatively still areas of the streams.[2]
It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Conraua alleni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T58250A16878028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T58250A16878028.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Rödel, Mark-Oliver; Glos, Julian (2019-04-02). "Herpetological surveys in two proposed protected areas in Liberia, West Africa". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 95 (1): 15–35. doi:10.3897/zse.95.31726. ISSN 1860-0743.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Conraua
- Amphibians described in 1927
- Frogs of Africa
- Amphibians of West Africa
- Taxa named by Thomas Barbour
- Taxa named by Arthur Loveridge
- Amphibian stubs