''Callulina'' (commonly known as the warty frogs) is a small genus of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

s in the family

Brevicipitidae Brevicipitidae or rain frogs is a small family of frogs found in eastern and southern Africa. As of 2020 contains 37 species in 5 genera. eb application 2013. Berkeley, CaliforniaBrevicipitidae AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. ...

with nine members in

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and

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. Originally ''Callulina'' was thought to be monotypic and widely distributed through

Eastern Arc Mountains The Eastern Arc Mountains is a chain of mountains found in Kenya and Tanzania. The chain runs from northeast to southwest, with the Taita Hills being in Kenya and the other ranges being in Tanzania. They are delimited on the southwest by the fau ...

in Tanzania and in southern Kenya. However, within the last decade eight new species has been identified, the majority of which are considered critically endangered by the

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(IUCN).

Species

Amphibian Species of the World ''Amphibian Species of the World 6.1: An Online Reference'' (ASW) is a herpetology database. It lists the names of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians, which scientists first described each species and what year, and the animal's known range. ...

lists nine ''Callulina'' species, most of which has been discovered within the last decade. * ''

Callulina dawida ''Callulina dawida'', also known as Taita warty frog, is a species of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. It is endemic to Kenya, where it is only found in severely fragmented montane forests in Taita Hills in the south-eastern part of the count ...

,'' Taita warty frog * ''

Callulina hanseni ''Callulina'' (commonly known as the warty frogs) is a small genus of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae with nine members in Tanzania and Kenya. Originally ''Callulina'' was thought to be monotypic and widely distributed through Eastern Arc Mou ...

'', Hansen's warty frog * '' Callulina kanga'', Krefft's secret frog * ''

Callulina kisiwamsitu The Mazumbai warty frog (''Callulina kisiwamsitu'') is a species of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. It is endemic to forests of the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania where it is threatened by habitat loss. It is part of a species complex a ...

'', Mazumbai warty frog * '' Callulina kreffti'', Krefft's warty frog * ''

Callulina laphami ''Callulina laphami'' is a species of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. It was discovered in 2010 during a survey of rainforests in the northern part of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. It is present at a single location in the Kindoroko ...

'', Lapham's warty frog * '' Callulina meteora'', Nguru warty frog * ''

Callulina shengena ''Callulina shengena'' is a species of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. It was discovered in 2010 during a survey of rainforests in the northern part of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. It is present at two locations in Chome Forest Re ...

'', Shengena warty frog * ''

Callulina stanleyi ''Callulina stanleyi'' is a species of frogs in the family Brevicipitidae. It was discovered in 2010 during a survey of rainforests in the northern part of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. It was named in honour of the American zoologist, ...

'', Stanley's warty frog

References

Brevicipitidae Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa Taxa named by Fritz Nieden Amphibian genera {{neobatrachia-stub