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Churamiti maridadi (Tree toad)

Wikipedia Abstract

Churamiti maridadi is a species of toad endemic to Tanzania and only known from its type locality in the Mamiwa-Kisara Forest Reserve in the Ukaguru Mountains. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Churamiti. Only four specimens are known. The scientific name is derived from the Swahili words chura meaning toad or frog, miti meaning tree, and maridadi meaning beautiful, for the descriptive "beautiful tree-toad".
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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Churamiti maridadi

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.087 inches (5.3 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Milindo Forest Reserve 21372 Morogoro, Tanzania  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Ukaguru Mountains Tanzania, United Republic of

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Eastern Afromontane Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe No

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0