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Phrynomantis microps (Accra snake-neck frog)

Synonyms: Phrynomerus bifasciatus microps; Phrynomerus microps

Wikipedia Abstract

Phrynomantis microps, the Accra snake-necked frog, red rubber frog or West African rubber frog, is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, possibly Chad, possibly Gambia, possibly Guinea, possibly Guinea-Bissau, possibly Mauritania, possibly Niger, and possibly Sudan and west Ethiopia - Gambella. P. microps is a medium-sized frog with an elongated and depressed body.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
10
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
36
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 20.56
EDGE Score: 3.07
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  16.7 grams
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Litter Size [1]  715
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.441 inches (6.2 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
East Sudanian savanna Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Guinean forest-savanna mosaic Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Jos Plateau forest-grassland mosaic Nigeria Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
West Sudanian savanna Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Guinean Forests of West Africa Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Togo 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