Callulina laphami
Lapham's warty frog (Callulina laphami) is a frog. It lives in Tanzania. It lives in the North Park mountains. People have seen it between 1730 and 2000 meters above sea level.[2][3][1][4]
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| Conservation status | |
Critically Endangered (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Genus: | Callulina |
| Species: | C. laphami
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| Binomial name | |
| Callulina laphami (Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Appearance
The adult male frog is about 22.8-29.0 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 33.5-45.4 mm long. This frog is different from other frogs in Callulina because the round eardrum is not easy to see and because its toes are shorter. The skin of the frog's back is dark brown in color. The skin on the frog's sides is light brown in color. The skin of the frog's belly is light in color. There is a line between its eyes. This line is bright red in most frogs but bright green in some frogs.[3]
During the day, this frog sits under logs or rocks near streams. At night, it sits on medium-sized woody plants or tree branches.
Reproduction
The frog lays eggs during the dry season. The mother frog sits on the eggs until they hatch. The eggs hatch into small frogs. They are never tadpoles. The frogs become adults in about eight months.[3]
Threats
This frog is in danger of dying out because human beings change the places where the frogs live. Humans cut trees down to get wood to build with, to make places for animals to eat grass, and to build towns and cities.[3]
Name
Scientists named this frog for Lewis H. Lapham, who helped protect the animals and plants of Tanzania.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Callulina laphami". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T193427A2236006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T193427A2236006.en. 193427. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Callulina laphami Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Kellie Whittaker (October 31, 2010). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Callulina laphami: Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ↑ Loader SP; Gower DJ; Ngalason W; Menegon M (October 26, 2010). "Three new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) highlight local endemism and conservation plight of Africa's Eastern Arc forests". Zool J Linn Soc (Full text). 160 (3): 496–514. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00652.x. Retrieved March 7, 2023.