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Cameroon Wolterstorff Toad
Wolterstorffina parvipalmata (Werner, 1898)
Also calledropuchnička nigerijská (ces) · Жаба Вольтерсторффа (rus)
The Cameroon Wolterstorff toad or montane forest tree toad (Wolterstorffina parvipalmata) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found on the western and southern slopes of the Cameroon Range (including Mount Cameroon) and Yaoundé Hills in Cameroon, and on the Obudu Plateau in eastern Nigeria.
Its natural habitat is closed-canopy montane forest near streams and small waterfalls. It is threatened by habitat loss. Scientists observed it between 800 and 2000 meters above sea level. It occurs in the Cross River National Park.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
morphology
The following is translated from the original description by Werner, 1898: Differs from Nectophryne afra Peters, 1875 by the short, albeit significantly webbed fingers. Snout truncated obliquely backward and downward, up in the middle with a longitudinal furrow, 1 1 / 3 eye diameter in length. Snout edge curved significantly, but not sharp, but rounded, almost bulging stepping forward. Nostrils very close to the tip of the snout. Loreal region (Zügelgegend) is quite steeply sloped. Tympanum hidden. Interorbital space twice as wide as the upper eyelid. First finger extending barely beyond the metacarpal joint of the second; webbing between the first and second fingers 1/2, otherwise only 1/4. Fingers 2-4 long, slender, flat, the ends do not expand, but the whole finger evenly surrounded with a border. Front and hind legs long, the latter slender, tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the back edge of the eye and the tarsometatarsal joint reaching the tip of the snout. The first through third digits webbed to the last phalanx, the fifth digit webbed to the penultimate phalanx, the fourth digit webbed to the third last phalanx. Two very faint metatarsal tubercles. Dorsum of head wi
African Amphibians
discussion
COMMENTS. — This species was found for the first time in the country by the Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program at the surroundings of Moka cascades viewing site (along Illadji River, Bioko). See addendum in Material and Methods. Liedke et al. (2016) sequenced a specimen collected on Bioko in 2015 by R. C. Bell and deposited in the CUMV (Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates) collections. SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — We did not find any specimen of this taxon in the collections examined by us in this study.
Synopsis of the Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea based upon the Authors’ Field Work and Spanish Natural History Collections
distribution
DISTRIBUTION. — It is distributed from eastern Nigeria to Cameroon. There is a single published record of this species in Equatorial Guinea (see supplementary material in Liedke et al. [2016]), where it has been found on Bioko (Map 27 A).
Synopsis of the Amphibians of Equatorial Guinea based upon the Authors’ Field Work and Spanish Natural History Collections
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2422250.