Nigeria banana frog

Short description: Species of amphibian

Nigeria banana frog

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Anura
Family:  | Hyperoliidae
Genus:  | Afrixalus
Species:  |

A. nigeriensis

Binomial name
Afrixalus nigeriensis

Schiøtz, 1963

The Nigeria banana frog (Afrixalus nigeriensis) is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in southeastern Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and western Nigeria; it appears to be missing from Togo and Benin.[1][2] Its natural habitat is primary rainforests, but it can also be found in a farm bush. The eggs are laid on vegetation, overhanging temporary ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural encroachment, expanding human settlements, and logging.[1] A high prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the fungus causing chytridiomycosis, that has been associated with amphibian declines elsewhere, has been demonstrated in specimens collected from the Okomu National Park in Nigeria.[3]

## Habitat

The Nigeria banana frogs natural habitats are forests and wetlands such as primary rainforests and regenerating secondary forests in elevations up to 1,000 m down to 0 m. Breeding takes place on leaves over temporary ponds once hatched tadpoles will fall into the water and develop.[4]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Afrixalus nigeriensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T56071A16814953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T56071A16814953.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/56071/16814953. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Afrixalus nigeriensis Schiøtz, 1963". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia123/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Afrixalus/Afrixalus-nigeriensis.
3. ↑ Imasuen, AA; Aisen, MSO; Weldon, C; Dalton, DL; Kotze. A; Du Preez, LH (2011). "Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Amphibian Populations of Okomu National Park, Nigeria". Herpetological Review 42 (3): 379–382. http://www-nwu-ac-za.web.nwu.ac.za/sites/www.nwu.ac.za/files/files/p-aacrg/documents/2011/70 Imasuen et al (2011) Occurrence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis - Herp Rev.pdf. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
4. ↑ "Nigeria Banana Frog". 4 May 2016. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/56071/16814953.

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