Petropedetes perreti Amiet, 1973
Petropedetes perreti Amiet, 1973, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 13: 463. Holotype: JLA 71.196, by original designation; now MHNG 1253.90 according to Schätti, Perret, and Mariaux, 2002, Cat. Comm. Types Amph. Rept. Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve, Vers. 4.0 (Jan. 2002): 15. Type locality: "Nsoung, 1400-1500 m", Cameroon.
English Names
Perret's Water Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 103).
Distribution
Southern slopes of the Bamiléké Plateau, Mount Manengouba and Mount Nlonako, 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: 470. Barej, Rödel, Gonwouo, Pauwels, Böhme, and Schmitz, 2010, Zootaxa, 2340: 28-30, provided an account.
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