Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Bufo bambutensis Amiet, 1972, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 11: 132. Holotype: JAL 71.026, by original designation; now MHNG 1253.92 according to A.G.C. Grandison in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 77; and Schätti, Perret, and Mariaux, 2002, Cat. Comm. Types Amph. Rept. Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve, Vers. 4.0 (Jan. 2002): 6. Type locality: "Mts Bamboutos, env. 2.600 m", Cameroon.

Werneria bambutensis — Amiet, 1976, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 90: 36. Grandison, 1981, Monit. Zool. Ital., N.S., Suppl., 15: 187-215.

English Names

Bamboutos Smalltongue Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 46).

Distribution

Cameroon highlands from Mt. Manengouba to Mt. Okou, in grassland and forest along fast-moving streams, rarely occurring below 2100-2200 m elevation

Comment

Graybeal and Cannatella, 1995, Herpetologica, 51: 122, presented evidence supporting the monophyly of this taxon. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Stephopaedes anotis) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 205. Hirschfeld, Barej, Loader, and Rödel, 2012, Zootaxa, 3172: 65-68. reported on larval morphology.

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