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Conraua alleni

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Conraua alleni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Conrauidae
Genus: Conraua
Species:
C. alleni
Binomial name
Conraua alleni
(Barbour & Loveridge, 1927)

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.

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

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Conraua alleni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T58250A16878028. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ^ 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.