Wolterstorffina parvipalmata
| Wolterstorffina parvipalmata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Wolterstorffina |
| Species: | W. parvipalmata
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| Binomial name | |
| Wolterstorffina parvipalmata (Werner, 1898)
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The Cameroon Wolterstorff toad or montane forest tree toad (Wolterstorffina parvipalmata) is a toad. It lives in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Equatorial Guinea.[2][3][1]
Home
This toad lives near streams and waterfalls high in the hills and mountains. Scientists saw it between 800 and 2000 meters above sea level.[1]
Scientists have seen this toad in some protected places. They saw it in Cross River National Park and they saw it near Reserve Scientifique de la Caldera.[1]
Young
Scientists think the frog has young in streams.[1]
Danger
Scientists say this toad is in big danger of dying out. Human beings change the places where the toad lives. Chemicals from farms can kill the toad too. Human beings also killed too many trees in some places, especially to get the bark from the Prunus africanus tree, which pharmaceutical companies use to make medicine. Scientists think the disease chytridiomycosis could have killed many of these toads, even though they have not found the fungus that causes it on the toads.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Cameroon Wolterstorff Toad: Wolterstorffina parvipalmata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T54899A16925972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T54899A16925972.en. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Wolterstorffina parvipalmata (Werner, 1898)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Wolterstorffina parvipalmata (Werner, 1898)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved May 2, 2025.