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Hyperolius platyceps (Benito River Reed Frog)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Hyperolius platyceps is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
18
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.91
EDGE Score: 1.93

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.457 inches (3.7 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Impenetrable (Bwindi) Forest Reserve National Park II 81404 Uganda  
Kibale National Park II 196202 Uganda
Mamili National Park II 83904 Namibia  
Reserve Forestiere et de Faune du Dja Wildlife Reserve IV 1551322 Cameroon  

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.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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