Cardioglossa trifasciata

Appearance

Males measure 24–31 mm (0.9–1.2 in) and females 30–41 mm (1.2–1.6 in) in snout–vent length. Dorsal markings typical for the genus Cardioglossa are present, whereas the white line running under the tympanum is absent.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to western Cameroon and only known from the southern slopes of Mount Manengouba.

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

Cardioglossa trifasciata occurs in dense secondary bush and montane forest at elevations of 1,750–2,000 m (5,740–6,560 ft) above sea level. It has not been recorded from primary forest because no such habitat remains. Individuals have been found in and around a small stream, hiding under large rocks and small stones. The species is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural encroachment (among them plantations of tree crops), expanding human settlements, and extraction of wood for firewood and building materials.

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

Cardioglossa trifasciata 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 Cardioglossa trifasciata, Wikidata item Q2236542. 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.