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Werneria preussi

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Werneria

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Bufonidae

Scientific name
  
Werneria preussi

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Frog, Amphibians, True toad

Werneria preussi is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in southwestern Cameroon and—highly disjunctly and based on a more than 100 years old record—in Togo. Some sources also mention Equatorial Guinea.

Its natural habitats are rocky streams and waterfalls in submontane forests, but it also occurs in degraded secondary habitats. It lives exclusively in and around water and breeds in streams. It is locally common but probably threatened by loss of its forest caused by agricultural encroachment and human settlement.

References

Werneria preussi Wikipedia


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