Endangered
Hyperolius puncticulatus
Hyperolius puncticulatus
Hyperolius puncticulatus is a reed frog in the family Hyperoliidae (order Anura), recorded as Endangered and tied to Tanzania.
The reed frog
Hyperolius puncticulatus is a reed frog in the family Hyperoliidae (order Anura).
Range and habitat
It is endemic to Unguja (=Zanzibar), Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry forest, moist forest, and bush land. Although quite common species within its small range, it is considered endangered by the IUCN because of habitat loss.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
It breeds in pools, and males can be heard calling from the surrounding vegetation.
In crisis
Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.
Hyperolius puncticulatus is 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 Hyperolius puncticulatus, Wikidata item Q2241180. 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.
