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Information below is from the Global Amphibian Assessment website, made available here by kind permission of IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Conservation International and NatureServe. |
Geographic Range
Range Comments: This species ranges from Guinea to northern and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In Cameroon it occurs in the south, not extending as far north as the Adamawa Plateau. It occurs on the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea. It occurs up to 1,200m asl in Cameroon.
Biogeographic Realm(s): Afrotropical
Distribution Status:
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Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte D'ivoire (Ivory Coast); Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Nigeria
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Population
This is the most common Arthroleptis species around Yaounde. Twenty can be seen on the forest floor in a single morning. It apparently attains its greatest abundance at 400-1,200m asl.
Habitat and Ecology
It lives among leaf-litter in lowland and montane rainforest. Although it can live in secondary vegetation, it is found principally in primary rainforest, especially at the foot of mountains in Cameroon. It breeds by direct development and is not dependent on water.
Biomes: Terrestrial
Habitats: (See complete standardized list of habitats)
| Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland |
| Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane |
Major Threats
It is presumably declining because of forest loss.
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