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. — Large frogs (SVL
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), with elongated, robust, strong body. Snout rounded. Head as broad as long (HW 37-43% SVL; HL 38-44% SVL).Tympanum indistinct. Hind leg moderate (TL 47-51% SVL). Webbing complete, no free phalanges. Fingers and toes terminated by discs. Skin smooth on back and slightly granular on flanks; belly smooth.
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. — This torrenticolous species is endemic to
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hills. For a long time, the only known site was Missahohé, which is the
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and
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reported the species presence in the Danyi region (Danyi Atigba), less than
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north from the previous locality.
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investigated in Danyi-Atigba but did not record populations of the species. They discovered new populations in Yikpa-Dzigbe and reported that the population of Missahohé is severely fragmented.
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and
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Leaché
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Hillers
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of
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mentioned the species from
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, still lumping it with the more western distributed
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(Barbour &amp; Loveridge, 1927)
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is characteristic of the forest zone of
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. It lives mainly around waterfalls. On Missahohé Mountain, individuals find refuge in rock crevices or in galleries dug into the mud. The male is a whistler, perching on rocky substrate at night near the waterfall area.
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. — This species is currently considered as Critically Endangered according to the IUCN Redlist (
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;
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Segniagbeto
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2013
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,
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). The habitats of all
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populations are seriously threatened by logging and agricultural encroachment. The few remaining forests throughout the hilly forest area along the border between
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and
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are being converted into plantations (mostly coffee and cocoa) at increasing rates. In Missahohé forest, the population is fragmented into five small populations because of the agricultural invasion. During recent years, specimens of the species have been subject to the international pet trade, and domestic consumption mainly by Chinese restaurants in the capital Lomé. As previously indicated (
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Segniagbeto
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), it is important that attention be paid to protect the Togolese populations of this species. In
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, local conservation efforts to protect the Ghanaian populations have been made (
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). Central Ghanaian
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populations, which have been previously assigned to this species, have been recently described as a separate species (
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Neira-Salamea
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).
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