Callulina
genus of amphibians
Callulina (commonly known as the warty frogs) is a small genus of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. There are nine species in this genus. They live in Tanzania and Kenya. For a long time, scientists thought that there was only one species in Callulina, a frog that lives in the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania and in southern Kenya. However, they found eight more species.[1] Most of these frogs are in danger of dying out.[2]
| Callulina | |
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| Taita warty frog (Callulina dawida) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Brevicipitidae |
| Genus: | Callulina Nieden, 1911 |
| Type species | |
| Callulina kreffti Nieden, 1911 "1910"
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| Species | |
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Species
changeAmphibian Species of the World says there are nine Callulina species.[1]
- Callulina dawida, Taita warty frog Loader, Measey, de Sá, & Malonza, 2009[3]
- Callulina hanseni, Hansen's warty frog Loader, Gower, Müller, & Menegon, 2010[4]
- Callulina kanga, Krefft's secret frog Loader, Gower, Müller, & Menegon, 2010[4]
- Callulina kisiwamsitu, Mazumbai warty frog de Sá, Loader, & Channing, 2004[5]
- Callulina kreffti, Krefft's warty frog Nieden, 1911
- Callulina laphami, Lapham's warty frog Loader, Gower, Ngalason, & Menegon, 2010[6]
- Callulina meteora, Nguru warty frog Menegon, Gower, and Loader, 2011.[7]
- Callulina shengena, Shengena warty frog Loader, Gower, Ngalason, & Menegon, 2010[6]
- Callulina stanleyi, Stanley's warty frog Loader, Gower, Ngalason, & Menegon, 2010[6]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Callulina Nieden, 1911". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ↑ IUCN (2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>". Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ Loader, S. P.; Measey, G. J.; de Sá, R. O.; Malonza, P. K. (2009). "A new brevicipitid species (Brevicipitidae: Callulina) from the fragmented forests of the Taita Hills, Kenya". Zootaxa. 2123: 55–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2123.1.3.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Loader, S. P.; Gower, D. J.; Müller, H.; Menegon, M. (2010). "Two new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) from the Nguru Mountains, Tanzania". Zootaxa. 2694: 26–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2694.1.2.
- ↑ de Sá, R. O.; Loader, S. P.; Channing, A. (2004). "A new species of Callulina (Anura: Microhylidae) from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania". Journal of Herpetology. 38 (2): 219–224. doi:10.1670/209-03A. S2CID 86129626.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Loader, S. P.; Gower, D. J.; Ngalason, W.; Menegon, M. (2010). "Three new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) highlight local endemism and conservation plight of Africa's Eastern Arc forests". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160 (3): 496–514. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00652.x.
- ↑ Menegon, M.; Gower, D. J.; Loader, S. P. (2011). "A remarkable new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) with massive, boldly coloured limb glands". Zootaxa. 3095: 15–26.
