Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Amphibia Anura Hyperoliidae Acanthixalus Acanthixalus spinosus

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Geographic Range

This species ranges from southeastern Nigeria and southern Cameroon east to northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Kivu), and south to extreme western Democratic Republic of Congo (Mayombe). It has been recorded from Gabon, and presumed to occur in southwestern Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, and the Cabinda Enclave of Angola. The species' distribution on the map includes areas the species is presumed to occur.

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Population

This is a hard species to find, and so its abundance is unclear.

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Habitat

It lives in lowland rainforest. The frogs are arboreal and aquatic spending most of their time, and breeding, in the small bodies of water that accumulate in cavities of living and dead trees. It can survive in heavily degraded forest, providing that large trees survive.

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Use Trade

There are no reports of this species being utilized.

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Threats

Despite its tolerance of habitat modification, it depends on large trees with holes that collect rainwater, and is presumably affected by ongoing forest loss.

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Specific Threats

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    Conservation Actions

    It presumably occurs in a number of protected areas.

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    Specific Actions

    • 2.1 Site/area management

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    Red List Rationale

    Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification and its presumed large population.

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    Bibliography

    • Amiet, J.-L. 1986. La Batrachofaune sylvicole d'un secteur forestier du Cameroun: la région de Yaounde. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle: 29-42.
    • Burger, M., Branch, W.R. and Channing, A. 2004. Amphibians and reptiles of Monts Doudou, Gabon: species turnover along an elevational gradient. California Academy of Sciences Memoir: 145-186.
    • Lamotte, M., Perret, J.-L. and Dzieduszycka, S. 1959. Contribution a l'etude des batraciens de l'ouest Africain. IX. Les formes larvaires de Petropedetes palmipes, Conraua goliath et Acanthixalus spinosus. Bulletin de l'Institution Fondamental d'Afrique Noire: 762-776.
    • Largen, M.J. and Dowsett-Lemaire, F. 1991. Amphibians (Anura) from the Kouilou River basin, Republique du Congo. Tauraco Research Report: 145-168.
    • Perret, J.-L. 1961. La biologie d'Acanthixalus spinosus (Amphibia Salienta). Rech. Etud. Cameroun: 90-101.
    • Perret, J.-L. 1966. Les Amphibiens du Cameroun. Zoologische Jahrbuecher fuer Systematik: 289-464.
    • Rödel, M.-O., Kosuch, J., Veith, M. and Ernst, R. 2003. First record of the genus Acanthixalus Laurent, 1944 from the Upper Guinean Rain Forest, West Africa, with a description of a new species. Journal of Herpetology: 43-52.
    • Schiøtz, A. 1999. Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.

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