Astylosternus montanus Amiet, 1978

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Arthroleptidae > Subfamily: Astylosterninae > Genus: Astylosternus > Species: Astylosternus montanus

Common Names

Mountain Night Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 37).

Distribution

Cameroon Range and along the northern and southern edges of the Adamaoua Plateau, in the submontane zone; Obudu Plateau of eastern Nigeria

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Cameroon, Nigeria

Comment

In the Astylosternus diadematus group of Amiet, 1978 "1977", Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 23–24: 99-227. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 610. Griesbaum, Hirschfeld, Barej, Schmitz, Rohrmoser, Dahmen, Mühlberger, Liedtke, Gonwouo, Doumbia, and Rödel, 2019, Zoosyst. Evol., 95: 133–160, described larval morphology. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 234–235, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. 

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