Cardioglossa venusta Amiet, 1972

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Arthroleptidae > Subfamily: Arthroleptinae > Genus: Cardioglossa > Species: Cardioglossa venusta

Cardioglossa venusta Amiet, 1972, Biol. Gabonica, 8: 209. Holotype: MHNG 1253.89 (formerly JLA 71.872) according to Amiet, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 18; and Schätti, Perret, and Mariaux, 2002, Cat. Comm. Types Amph. Rept. Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve, Vers. 4.0 (Jan. 2002): 7. Type locality: "Fotabong, 950-1000 m", Cameroon.

Astylosternus venustus — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 222, by implication. See comment under Cardioglossa

Common Names

Highland Long-fingered Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 38).

Beautiful Long-fingered Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 242).

Distribution

Southern and western slopes of the Cameroon Highlands, except Mount Cameroon, 950–1350 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Cameroon

Endemic: Cameroon

Comment

See comment under Cardioglossa trifasciata. 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: 149. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 242–243, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.

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