West African Rubber Frog

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West African Rubber Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Microhylidae Genus: Phrynomantis Species: P. microps
Binomial name
Phrynomantis microps Peters, 1875

The West African Rubber Frog (Phrynomantis microps) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, possibly Chad, possibly Gambia, possibly Guinea, possibly Guinea-Bissau, possibly Mauritania, possibly Niger, and possibly Sudan. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, and pastureland.

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• Rödel, M.-O. & Schiøtz, A. 2004. Phrynomantis microps. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.