Afrixalus clarkei, Largen, 1974

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Clarke’s Banana Frog ( Afrixalus clarkei ).

This species was previously reported from UNESCO-MAB Kaffa Biosphere Reserve and Godare. Now it is also reported from Sheka Forest and has served as one of the triggering factors for a designation of this Forest as a Biosphere Reserve. Its habitats include forest edges, herbaceous vegetations surrounding pools inside forest, coffee plantation and modified forest habitats.

This endemic species has an IUCN conservation category of Endangered (cf. below).

Common name: Clarke’s Banana Frog Status: EN.

Compiled from data in Table 6 .

1 ex.; Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Region, Sheka; 2021-01-01 - 2021-12-31; ( Table 6 ) • 1 ex.; Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Region, Sheka; 2021-01-01 - 2021-12-31; ( Table 6 ) • 1 ex.; Ethiopia, South West Ethiopia Region, Sheka; 2021-01-01 - 2021-12-31; ( Table 6 ) .