''Werneria preussi'' 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.
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in the family
Bufonidae {{Cat main, Toad
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. It is found in southwestern
Cameroon
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and—highly disjunctly and based on a more than 100 years old record—in
Togo
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.
[ Some sources also mention ]Equatorial Guinea
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Its natural ]habitat
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s are rocky streams and waterfalls in submontane forests, but it also occurs in degraded secondary habitats. It lives exclusively in and around water and breeds in streams. It is locally common but probably threatened by loss
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of its forest caused by agricultural encroachment and human settlement.
References
preussi
Amphibians of Cameroon
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Amphibians described in 1893
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