Endangered
Jozani River Frog
Phrynobatrachus ungujae
Jozani River Frog is a frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae (order Anura) — Phrynobatrachus ungujae, recorded as Endangered and tied to Tanzania.
The frog
Frogs and toads typically begin as aquatic tadpoles, though some families lay eggs on land and hatch as froglets. Skin and eggs both need moisture.
Amphibians need damp skin or water at some point in the life cycle. Habitat loss and chytrid fungus sit behind many of the badges in this class.
Range and habitat
This species is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its range covers the island of Unguja in the Zanzibar archipelago in Tanzania and the Arabuko-Sokoke coastal forest in Kenya. It is presumed to inhabit other forests on the east African coast.
GBIF currently lists 40 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.
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.
Jozani River Frog 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 Spanish Wikipedia article on Phrynobatrachus ungujae, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q4675782 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.
