Wolterstorffina parvipalmata (Werner, 1898)
Nectophryne parvipalmata Werner, 1898, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 48: 201. Holotype: ZMB according to Roux, 1906, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1906: 61. Type locality: "Kamerun?".
Wolterstorffina parvipalmata — Mertens, 1939, Abh. Ber. Mus. Nat. Heimatkd. Magdeburg, 7: 123.
English Names
Cameroon Wolterstorff Toads (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 46).
Distribution
Eastern Nigeria on the Obudu Plateau and on the western and southern slopes of the Cameroon Range (including Mt. Cameroon) and Yaoundé Hills in Cameroon.
Comment
Discussed by Perret, 1972, Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 11: 93-119. Schiøtz, 1963, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. Foren., 125: 22-23, provided records for Nigeria. 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: 207.
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