Cardioglossa Explained

Cardioglossa is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae known as long-fingered frogs.^[1] They are native to western and central Africa, with the greatest species richness in Cameroon.^{[2] [3]} They are found near streams in lowland and mountain forests, but also occur in other highland habitats near streams at up to 2700m (8,900feet) in altitude.^{[2] [3]} These are small frogs with a snout-to-vent length of 2to(-). Some of the more localized species are threatened.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Species

There are 19 species of Cardioglossa:^{[1] [5]}

• Cardioglossa alsco — Alsco long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa annulata — Annulated long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa congolia — Congolian long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa cyaneospila — Mukuzira long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa elegans — Elegant long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa escalerae — Equatorial Guinea long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa gracilis — Rio Benito long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa gratiosa — Ongot long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa inornata
• Cardioglossa leucomystax — Silver long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa melanogaster — Amiet's long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa manengouba ^[6]
• Cardioglossa nigromaculata,) — Blackspotted long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa occidentalis — Western long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa oreas — Mount Okou long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa pulchra — Black long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa schioetzi — Acha Tugi long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa trifasciata — Nsoung long-fingered frog
• Cardioglossa venusta — Highland long-fingered frog

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cardioglossa Boulenger, 1900 . Frost, Darrel R. . 2015 . Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 . American Museum of Natural History . 11 January 2016.
2. Herrmann, H.-W. . P. A. Herrmann . A. Schmitz . W. Böhme . 2004 . A new frog species of the genus Cardioglossa from the Tchabal Mbabo Mtns, Cameroon . Herpetozoa . 17 . 3/4 . 119–125 .
3. Hirschfeld, Mareike . Michael F. Barej . NL Gonwouo . Mark-Oliver Rödel . 2012 . Tadpole descriptions of three Cardioglossa species from southwestern Cameroon (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae) . Salamandra . 48 . 3 . 147–156 .
4. Blackburn. David C. . Kosuch. Joachim . Schmitz. Andreas . Burger. Marius . Wagner. Philipp . Gonwouo. L. Nono . Hillers. Annika . Rödel. Mark-Oliver . 2008 . A new species of Cardioglossa (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the Upper Guinean forests of West Africa . Copeia . 2008 . 3 . 603–612 . 10.1643/CH-06-233. 53471472 .
5. Web site: Arthroleptidae . 2016 . AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application] . Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb . 11 January 2016.
6. Blackburn . David C. . A new species of Cardioglossa (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae) endemic to Mount Manengouba in the Republic of Cameroon, with an analysis of morphological diversity in the genus . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 2008 . 154 . 3 . 611–630 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00397.x. free .