Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Leptodactylodon ornatus Amiet, 1971 "1970", Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 5: 59. Holotype: MHNG 2031.10 according to according to J.-L. Amiet in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 23, and Schätti, Perret, and Mariaux, 2002, Cat. Comm. Types Amph. Rept. Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve, Vers. 4.0 (Jan. 2002): 13. Type locality: "Mt Nlonako, près [ESE] de Nkongsamba, récolté entre 800 et 1.000 m d'altitude", Cameroon.

Leptodactylus ornatus permaculatus Amiet, 1971, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 7-8: 142. Holotype: MHNG 2031.3 (formerly JLA 71.462) according to Schätti, Perret, and Mariaux, 2002, Cat. Comm. Types Amph. Rept. Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve, Vers. 4.0 (Jan. 2002): 13. Type locality: "Fotabong, 1.000-1.100 m", Cameroon.

Leptodactylus ornatus ornatus — Amiet, 1971, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 7-8: 142.

English Names

Ornate Egg Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 38).

Distribution

Hilly country near the southern and western slopes of the Bamileke Plateau and Mont Manengouba, Cameroon.

Comment

See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 153.

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