Petropedetes perreti Amiet, 1973

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Petropedetidae > Genus: Petropedetes > Species: Petropedetes perreti

Petropedetes perreti Amiet, 1973, Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afr. Noire, Ser. A, 35: 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).

Perret's Torrent Frog (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 320).

Distribution

Southern slopes of the Bamiléké Plateau, Mount Manengouba and Mount Nlonako, Cameroon, 1200 to 1700 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Cameroon

Endemic: 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. Channing, Rödel, and Channing, 2012, Tadpoles of Africa: 270–271, provided information on comparative larval morphology. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 320–321, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map.

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