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Cardioglossa venusta Amiet, 1972
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.
English 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.
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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