Cameroon Clawed Frog | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Pipidae |
Genus: | Silurana |
Species: | S. epitropicalis |
Binomial name | |
Silurana epitropicalis (Fischberg, Colombelli & Picard, 1982) |
The Cameroon Clawed Frog (Silurana epitropicalis) is a species of frog in the Pipidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and possibly Sudan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, heavily degraded former forest, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.