Callulina shengena

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Callulina shengena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Callulina
Species:
C. shengena
Binomial name
Callulina shengena
(Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010)
Synonyms[2]
  • Callulina shengena Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010

The Shengana warty frog (Callulina shengena) is a frog. It lives in Tanzania. It lives in the South Pare mountains. People have seen it between 1920 and 2100 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

The adult male frog is about 22.1–32.0 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 39.9–43.2 mm long. This frog is different from other frogs in Callulina because the eardrum is not easy to see and because the tips of its toes are shorter. This frog is usually dark pink to light pink in color, but some frogs are brown in color.[4]

Scientists named this frog after a part of the Pare mountains.[4]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2012). "Callulina shengena". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T193428A2236156. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T193428A2236156.en. 193428. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Callulina dawida Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  3. "Callulina shengena: Loader, Gower, Ngalason, and Menegon, 2010". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Loader SP; Gower DJ; Ngalason W; Menegon M (October 26, 2010). "Three new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) highlight local endemism and conservation plight of Africa's Eastern Arc forests". Zool J Linn Soc (Full text). 160 (3): 496–514. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00652.x. Retrieved March 7, 2023.