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Hoplophryne uluguruensis (African Banana Frog)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Uluguru blue-bellied frog (Hoplophryne uluguruensis) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is endemic to Tanzania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Hoplophryne uluguruensis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Hoplophryne uluguruensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
13
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
61
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 26.85
EDGE Score: 4.71
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litter Size [1]  28
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.984 inches (2.5 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Eastern Arc forests Tanzania, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kilombero Nature Reserve 332384 Tanzania      
Udzungwa Mountains National Park 491740 Tanzania  
Uluguru Forest Reserves   Tanzania      
West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve 475189 Tanzania  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania No
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