Callulina stanleyi

species of amphibian

Stanley's warty frog (Callulina stanleyi) is a frog. It lives in Tanzania. It lives in the South Pare mountains. People have seen it between 1920 and 2100 meters above sea level.[2][3][1] [4]

Callulina stanleyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Callulina
Species:
C. stanleyi
Binomial name
Callulina stanleyi
(Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010)
Synonyms[2]
  • Callulina stanleyi Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010

The adult frog is about 42.5 mm long from nose to rear end. It is brown in color with a pattern. There are white warts on both sides of the body.[3]

This frog climbs trees. At night, it sits on branches or on dead wood.[3]

Reproduction

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The frog lays eggs during the dry season. The mother frog sits on the eggs until they hatch. The eggs hatch into small frogs. They are never tadpoles. The frogs become adults in about eight months.[3]

Threats

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This frog is in danger of dying out because human beings change the places where the frogs live. Humans cut trees down to get wood to build with, to make places for animals to eat grass, and to build towns and cities.[3]

Scientists named this frog for William T. Stanley of the Chicago Field Museum. Stanley has studied living things in the Pare Mountains.[4]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Callulina stanleyi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T193429A176116120. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T193429A176116120.en. 61847. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Callulina stanleyi Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Elise Israel; Alice Kim; Raquel Ponce (August 12, 2021). Ann T. Chang (ed.). "Callulina stanleyi: Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Loader SP; Gower DJ; Ngalason W; Menegon M (October 26, 2010). "Three new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) highlight local endemism and conservation plight of Africa's Eastern Arc forests". Zool J Linn Soc (Full text). 160 (3): 496–514. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00652.x. Retrieved March 7, 2023.