Callulina

Callulina (commonly known as the warty frogs) is a small genus of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. There are nine species in this genus. They live in Tanzania and Kenya. For a long time, scientists thought that there was only one species in Callulina, a frog that lives in the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania and in southern Kenya. However, they found eight more species.[1] Most of these frogs are in danger of dying out.[2]

Callulina
Callulina dawida.jpg
Taita warty frog (Callulina dawida)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Brevicipitidae
Genus: Callulina
Nieden, 1911
Type species
Callulina kreffti
Nieden, 1911 "1910"
Species

See text.

Species

Amphibian Species of the World says there are nine Callulina species.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R.. 'Callulina Nieden, 1911. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 (2016)American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org> (2014). Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. Loader, S. P.. A new brevicipitid species (Brevicipitidae: Callulina) from the fragmented forests of the Taita Hills, Kenya. Zootaxa 2123 (2009). p. 55–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2123.1.3.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Loader, S. P.. Two new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) from the Nguru Mountains, Tanzania. Zootaxa 2694 (2010). p. 26–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2694.1.2.
  5. de Sá, R. O.. A new species of Callulina (Anura: Microhylidae) from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Journal of Herpetology 38 (2) (2004). p. 219–224. doi:10.1670/209-03A.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Loader, S. P.. Three new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) highlight local endemism and conservation plight of Africa's Eastern Arc forests. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (3) (2010). p. 496–514. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00652.x.
  7. Menegon, M.. A remarkable new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) with massive, boldly coloured limb glands. Zootaxa 3095 (2011). p. 15–26.