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Cardioglossa melanogaster Amiet, 1972
Cardioglossa melanogaster Amiet, 1972, Biol. Gabonica, 8: 212. Holotype: MHNG 1253.86 (formerly JLA 71.765) according to Amiet, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 17; and Schätti, Perret, and Mariaux, 2002, Cat. Comm. Types Amph. Rept. Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve, Vers. 4.0 (Jan. 2002): 7. Type locality: "Mwakoumel, env. 1250 m", Cameroon.
Astylosternus melanogaster — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 222, by implication. See comment under Cardioglossa.
Common Names
Amiet's Long-fingered Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 37).
Dark-bellied Long-fingered Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 240).
Distribution
Obudu Pleateau of Nigeria; in Cameroon in disjunct populations on the southern and western slopes of the Cameroon Range (except Mount Cameroon), 1100-1200 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Cameroon, Nigeria
Comment
See comment under Cardioglossa schioetzi. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 148. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 96–97, reported on comparative tadpole morphology. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 240–241, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.
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