Togo Slippery Frog

However the future for this species of togo slippery frog looks promising with the whitley fund for nature giving six finalists awards in one of the world s top conversation awards amounts of between 50 000 to 80 000 to help conservationists around the world including those working on saving the togo slippery frog from the brink of extinction. But every living creature has a purpose. The togo slippery frog is found solely along the border of ghana and togo in the lush highlands of the togo volta region.

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A beauty that i now strive to recreate in my. The togo slippery frog is currently listed as critically endangered however the survival of these rare frogs is looking extremely bleak. Togo slippery frogs conraua derooi belong to an ancient family that diverged from their fellow amphibians approximately 70 million years ago. The only world i knew for the first 7 years of my life was one in which humans lived so successfully with wildlife in a protected area setting. The togo slippery frog is listed 18th in the top 100 most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered edge amphibians as genetically different from other amphibians as pigs are from humans.

In addition togo slippery frogs are severely hunted for the bushmeat trade because the meat of the frog is high in protein. Reaching moderate sizes of 75 85 mm it is not immediately obvious that the togo slippery frog is a close relative of the world s largest frog the goliath frog. The togo slippery frog is a close relative of the goliath frog and is usually found exclusively in togo and ghana. The endemic and critically endangered togo slippery frog conraua derooi is a prominent feature of this forest. Conraua derooi is a species of frog in the family conrauidae.

The first formally trained herpetologist in ghana caleb ofori boateng has won a whitley award for his work ensuring the protection of the critically endangered togo slippery frog. Some may ask why put so much effort into saving the togo slippery frog added snider. It is found in togo and ghana. The frog spends most of its life in or near clean fast running bodies of. This family includes six different species of conraua which all come from sub saharan africa and includes the goliath frog the largest extant frog in the world.

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This species is known from the togo volta highlands along the ghana togo border and is likely endemic to the region. Even feared to be extinct a few populations were found in surveys in 2005 2007 after the species had gone unrecorded for more than 20 years. Common name togo slippery frog has been coined for this species. It is the closest known relative of the largest frog on the planet the giant slippery frog conraua goliath and as genetically distinct from other amphibian relatives as pigs are to whales. This species is known from the togo volta highlands along the ghana togo border and is likely endemic to the region.

It is the closest known relative of the largest frog on the planet the giant slippery frog conraua goliath and as genetically distinct from other amphibian relatives as pigs are to whales. The first formally trained herpetologist in ghana caleb ofori boateng has won a whitley award for his work ensuring the protection of the critically endangered togo slippery frog. In addition togo slippery frogs are severely hunted for the bushmeat trade because the meat of the frog is high in protein. A beauty that i now strive to recreate in my.