AmphibiaWeb - Alexteroon jynx
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Alexteroon jynx Amiet, 2000
family: Hyperoliidae
genus: Alexteroon
Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN Red List Status Account Critically Endangered (CR)
CITES No CITES Listing
National Status None
Regional Status None

   

 

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Description
A very small (males 23-24,5 mm.) transluscent green Alexteroon from the dense forest in Western Cameroun.
This recently described species is only known from a single locality . It differ from the very similar A. obstetricans by the smaller size, by its absence of fringes along the limbs and the lack of spinosities in males.
Colour in life.- Dorsum light green, by night entirely so or with small dark spots, by day with small white points. Ventrum transluscent greenish with an opaque white breast.
Voice.- A click similar to that of e.g. Hyperolius concolor

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Cameroon

 

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References

Amiet, J.-L (2000). "Les Alexteroon du Cameroun." Alytes, 17((3-4)), 125-164.



Originally submitted by: Arne Schiøtz (first posted 2001-01-29)

Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2001 Alexteroon jynx <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/5520> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Mar 20, 2023.



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