Conraua alleni
Conraua alleni or Allen's slippery frog is a species of frogs in the family Conrauidae found in the Ivory Coast, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, along with a single outlying site in the Sui River Forest Reserve, Ghana. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and rivers.
| Conraua alleni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Conrauidae |
| Genus: | Conraua |
| Species: | C. alleni |
| Binomial name | |
| Conraua alleni | |
It is an aquatic frog that is present in rainforest streams that flow both slowly and fast; the frogs are found in the relatively still areas of the streams.[2]
It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Conraua alleni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T58250A16878028. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- Rödel, Mark-Oliver; Glos, Julian (2019-04-02). "Herpetological surveys in two proposed protected areas in Liberia, West Africa". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 95 (1): 15–35. doi:10.3897/zse.95.31726. ISSN 1860-0743.
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