Alexteroon obstetricans

Alexteroon obstetricans is a species of frogs in the family Hyperoliidae.[1][2][3] It is known from southern and southwestern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon, and it is likely to occur in adjacent Republic of the Congo.[1][2] Common name frilled egg-guarding frog has been proposed for it.[2]

Alexteroon obstetricans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Alexteroon
Species:
A. obstetricans
Binomial name
Alexteroon obstetricans
(Ahl, 1931)
Synonyms[2]

Hyperolius obstetricans Ahl, 1931

Alexteroon obstetricans occurs in forests at elevations below 800 m (2,600 ft) in association with narrow streams under continuous canopy. Its favoured streams have well-aerated, flowing, but not torrential water. The eggs are laid in small clumps on leaves above streams, into which the tadpoles fall and develop further. It is a common but patchily distributed species that is often absent from apparently suitable habitat. It is probably threatened by loss of closed-canopy forests. It is present in the Moukalaba-Doudou National Park and probably in some other protected areas too.[1]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Alexteroon obstetricans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T56089A18371179. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T56089A18371179.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Alexteroon obstetricans (Ahl, 1931)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. "Alexteroon obstetricans". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.


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