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Introduction
Nectophrynoides asperginis Classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Sous-embr. Vertebrata Class Amphibia Subclass Lissamphibia Superorder Salientia Order Anura Suborder Neobatrachia Family Bufonidae Genus Nectophrynoides Binomial name (In taxonomy (botany, zoology, etc.), the binomial name, or binomial, comes from…) Nectophrynoides asperginis
Poynton , Howell , Clarke & Lovett , 1999 IUCN Conservation Status : .
EW: Extinct in the wild
Nectophrynoides asperginis is a species (In life sciences, the species (from the Latin species, “type”) of amphibian in the family Bufonidae.
Distribution
This species was endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains in eastern Tanzania, it was found between 600 and 940 m altitude (Altitude is the vertical elevation of a place or an object in relation to a level. ..) in the Kihansi Gorge. Its range covered an area of less than two hectares.
The species seems to have disappeared in the wild around 2005, due to the construction of a hydroelectric power station.
Captive breeding is underway in Toledo and New York at the Bronx Zoo. The captive colonies were composed of a total (Total is the quality of which is complete, without exception. From an accounting point of view, one…) of 460 individuals on February 12, 2007.
Original publication
Poynton, Howell, Clarke & Lovett, 1999 “1998” : A critically endangered new species of Nectophrynoides (Anura: Bufonidae) from Kihansi Gorge, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology, vol. 47, p. 59-67.
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