Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Phrynobatrachidae > Phrynobatrachus > Phrynobatrachus dendrobates

Phrynobatrachus dendrobates (Medje River Frog)

Synonyms: Arthroleptis dendrobates; Natalobatrachus dendrobates

Wikipedia Abstract

Phrynobatrachus dendrobates is a species of frog in the Phrynobatrachidae family.It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and possibly Tanzania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Phrynobatrachus dendrobates

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 12.43
EDGE Score: 2.6

Attributes

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

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
Okapi Wildlife Reserve 3421604 Democratic Republic of the Congo      
Virunga National Park II 1919742 Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo  

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