Astylosternus laurenti Amiet, 1978

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Arthroleptidae > Subfamily: Astylosterninae > Genus: Astylosternus > Species: Astylosternus laurenti

Astylosternus laurenti Amiet, 1978 "1977", Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 23–24: 125. Holotype: MHNG 1562.76 (formerly JLA 74.234) according to Amiet, 1985, in Frost (ed.), Amph. Species World: 21, and Schätti, Perret, and Mariaux, 2002, Cat. Comm. Types Amph. Rept. Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneve, Vers. 4.0 (Jan. 2002): 5. Type locality: "Ekomtolo", Cameroon.

English Names

Laurent's Night Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 37).

Distribution

Ikenge Research Station in Korup National Park to the south of the Rumpi Hills, Mount Manenguba and the Bamileke Plateau, Cameroon, 400-850 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Cameroon

Endemic: Cameroon

Comment

In the Astylosternus perreti group of Amiet, 1978 "1977", Ann. Fac. Sci. Cameroun, 23–24: 99-227. 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: 150. Griesbaum, Hirschfeld, Barej, Schmitz, Rohrmoser, Dahmen, Mühlberger, Liedtke, Gonwouo, Doumbia, and Rödel, 2019, Zoosyst. Evol., 95: 133–160, described larval morphology. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 234–235, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.

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