Paracassina obscura Boulenger, 1895

Mulatu, Tilahun & Getahun, Abebe, 2018, Diversity of anurans in forest fragments of southwestern Ethiopia: The case of the Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve (YCFBR), Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 158) 12 (2), pp. 30-40 : 34-35

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13227401

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scientific name

Paracassina obscura Boulenger, 1895
status

 

Paracassina obscura Boulenger, 1895 View in CoL

Paracassina obscura View in CoL ( Fig. 5B View Fig ) is one of the least studied species of anura despite being endemic to Ethiopian highlands. Largen (2001) indicated that the species exists to the west of rift valley, unlike its relative P. kounhiensis View in CoL (distributed to eastern rift valley), in the elevational range between 820–3,000 m. During the current survey, the species was observed in the elevational range between 1,400 –1,900 m. The species was observed in home gardens and farm lands. Individuals were heard calling from these habitats during both the day and night time. A bright-yellow patch at the groin which is clearly surrounded by a dark pigment was observed on captured individuals. This character differentiates P. obscura View in CoL from its relative P. kounhiensis View in CoL . During the dry season, no single individual for the species was observed from all sites. During the wet season, the species were abundantly observed in home gardens, forest clearings, swampy areas and abandoned farmlands. It has a species-specific call which is weak and stays for a second. This call is like a sound that comes out from water droppings as Largen (2001) explained.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Hyperoliidae

Genus

Paracassina

Loc

Paracassina obscura Boulenger, 1895

Mulatu, Tilahun & Getahun, Abebe 2018
2018
Loc

Paracassina obscura

Boulenger 1895
1895
Loc

P. obscura

Boulenger 1895
1895
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