Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Arthroleptidae > Leptopelis > Leptopelis christyi

Leptopelis christyi (Christy's Forest Treefrog)

Synonyms: Hylambates christyi; Leptopelis budduensis; Leptopelis notatus christyi

Wikipedia Abstract

Christy's tree frog, Leptopelis christyi, is a species of frog in the Arthroleptidae family found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Tanzania, and Uganda, and possibly Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, and the Sudan.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savannaa, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forests.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 15.01
EDGE Score: 2.77
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.441 inches (6.2 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Albertine Rift montane forests Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,Tanzania Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Northeastern Congolian lowland forests Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kibale National Park II 196202 Uganda

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