Critically Endangered
Nectophrynoides laticeps
Nectophrynoides laticeps
Nectophrynoides laticeps is a toad in the family Bufonidae (order Anura), recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Tanzania.
Appearance
Nectophrynoides laticeps measure 14–24 mm (0.6–0.9 in) in snout–urostyle length, the largest specimen being the female holotype. The dorsal and ventral coloration is variable with a pink tinge.
Range and habitat
It is endemic to the Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania.
It is present in the Mamiwa-Kisara Forest Reserve.
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
CITES lists this taxon on Appendix I. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.
Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.
Nectophrynoides laticeps 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 Nectophrynoides laticeps, Wikidata item Q2711182. 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.
