Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Arthroleptidae > Leptopelis > Leptopelis kivuensis

Leptopelis kivuensis (Kisenyi Forest Treefrog)

Synonyms: Leptopelis graueri; Leptopelis rugegensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Kisenyi forest tree frog, Leptopelis kivuensis, is a species of frog in the Arthroleptidae family found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, swamps, and intermittent freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Leptopelis kivuensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
42
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 15.01
EDGE Score: 3.47
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.106 inches (5.35 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
Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic Malawi, Tanzania Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

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

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 Yes

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