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Phrynobatrachus werneri

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA PHRYNOBATRACHIDAE

Scientific Name: Phrynobatrachus werneri
Species Authority: (Nieden, 1910)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Jean-Louis Amiet
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
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Justification:
Listed as Least Concern since, although its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, it is common and adaptable with a presumed large population, and it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is restricted to the mountains of eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon. In Nigeria it is known from the Obudu Plateau, and in Cameroon it occurs in the Bamboutos Mountains, the Bamileke Plateau (at Bangwa), Mount Manenguba, Mount Kupe, and the Rumpi Hills.
Countries:
Native:
Cameroon; Nigeria
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Population [top]

Population: This is a common species within its range.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It lives in and around small streams, roadside ditches, raphia swamps and marshes, surrounded by submontane and montane forest and grassland. It can survive in altered habitats. It breeds in still water and marshes.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): It is an adaptable species, not at serious risk from habitat change.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It might also occur in the Bafut-Ngemba Forest Reserve.
Citation: Jean-Louis Amiet 2004. Phrynobatrachus werneri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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