The amphibians of Mount Oku, Cameroon: an updated species inventory and conservation review

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F17%3A00468624" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/17:00468624 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00023272:_____/17:10133666

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.643.9422" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.643.9422</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.643.9422" target="_blank" >10.3897/zookeys.643.9422</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The amphibians of Mount Oku, Cameroon: an updated species inventory and conservation review

Original language description

Amphibians are a disproportionately threatened group of vertebrates, the status of which in Sub-Saharan Africa is still uncertain, with heterogeneous fauna punctuated by mountains. Mount Oku, Cameroon is one such mountain, which holds many endemic and restricted-range species. The history of amphibian research on Mt Oku, current knowledge on biogeography and conservation biology is reviewed, including recent findings. This updated inventory adds 25 further species, with 50 species of amphibian so far recorded to the Oku Massif (c. 900 to 3,011 m). This includes 5 endemic to Mt Oku, 7 endemic to the Bamenda Highlands, 18 restricted to the highlands of Cameroon and Nigeria, and 20 with broader ranges across Africa. This includes a new mountain locality for the Critically Endangered Leptodactylodon axillaris. Among others, the first record of Phrynobatrachus schioetzi and Ptychadena taenioscelis from Cameroon are presented. The uncertainty of habitat affinities and elevational ranges are discussed. The proportion of threatened species on Mt Oku is 44.2%, but projected to increase to 47.9% due to new species descriptions and recent dramatic declines. The natural habitats of Mt Oku are irreplaceable refuges for its endemic and restricted-range amphibian populations under severe pressure elsewhere in their range. Threats to this important amphibian fauna are increasing, including agricultural encroachment, expanding aquaculture, livestock grazing, pollution, invasive species, forest loss and degradation. Past, present and desired conservation interventions to address these threats are discussed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GJ15-13415Y" target="_blank" >GJ15-13415Y: Amphibian species diversification across sky-island and lowland rainforests in a spatial and ecological context: genome-wide and continental transect</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ZooKeys

ISSN

1313-2989

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

643

Issue of the periodical within the volume

643

Country of publishing house

BG - BULGARIA

Number of pages

31

Pages from-to

109-139

UT code for WoS article

000391688700008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85009257782