''Werneria iboundji'' is a species of

toad Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands. A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scientif ...

in the family

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. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

and only known from its type locality,

Mont Iboundji Mont Iboundji is a peak located in Gabon. Claims that it is the highest point of the country, with an altitude of , are neither supported by SRTM data nor empirically. Other sources indicate the Mont Bengoué as the most elevated peak in Gabon. ...

. Only two specimens are known, collected from among rocks at the edge of a plunge pool at the base of a large waterfall in lowland forest, at

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. It is threatened by logging, which would likely negatively affect the micro-climate—the species depends on high humidity.

References

iboundji Frogs of Africa Amphibians of Gabon Endemic fauna of Gabon Amphibians described in 2004 Taxa named by Wolfgang Böhme (herpetologist) Taxa named by Olivier Sylvain Gérard Pauwels Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Bufonidae-stub