Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Callulina meteora (Callulina meteora), recorded as Critically Endangered
Callulina meteora (Callulina meteora). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Callulina meteora

Callulina meteora

Callulina meteora, the Nguru warty frog, is a frog in the family Brevicipitidae, endemic to Tanzania.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Callulina meteora
Recorded from
Tanzania
Taxonomy
Amphibia · Anura · Brevicipitidae · Callulina

Appearance

This frog has brightly colored glands and a metallic sheen to its skin.

Range and habitat

Callulina meteora, the Nguru warty frog, is a frog in the family Brevicipitidae, endemic to Tanzania. It lives in the Nguru South Forest Reserve between 1980 and 2100 meters above sea level.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Calling males and egg sites define most frog field work. A species known from one ridge is as narrow as it sounds.

Eggs and damp skin make amphibians quick to vanish from a drained wetland or a forest stripped of litter.

In crisis

Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.

Callulina meteora is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Callulina meteora — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q2934312. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Callulina dawida
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Mazumbai warty frog

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Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

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Javan rhinoceros

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Quick answers

What is Callulina meteora?
Callulina meteora is a frog in the family Brevicipitidae (order Anura).
What is the conservation status of Callulina meteora?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Callulina meteora. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Callulina meteora live?
Callulina meteora, the Nguru warty frog, is a frog in the family Brevicipitidae, endemic to Tanzania.
Why is Callulina meteora in crisis?
Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Callulina meteora?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Callulina meteora a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.