''Sclerophrys djohongensis'' is a species of

toad Toad (also known as a hoptoad) is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands. In popular culture (folk taxonomy ...

in the family

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. It is

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to the

Adamawa Plateau The Adamawa Plateau () is a plateau region in west-central Africa stretching from south-eastern Nigeria through north-central Cameroon ( Adamawa and North Provinces) to the Central African Republic. The part of the plateau that lies in Nigeria i ...

in north-central

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. It was originally described as a

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of ''Bufo funereus'' (now ''

Sclerophrys funerea ''Sclerophrys funerea'' is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in west-central Africa, from Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Angola eastward through the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. Its com ...

''). It might even be a junior synonym of '' Sclerophrys villiersi''. The species' natural

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s are gallery forests in montane grassland and wooded

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landscapes. A rarely recorded species, it probably suffers from

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caused by agriculture,

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by livestock, wood extraction, fire, and human settlements.

References

djohongensis Frogs of Africa Amphibians of Cameroon Endemic fauna of Cameroon Amphibians described in 1977 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Bufonidae-stub