Churamiti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Churamiti
Channing and Stanley, 2002[2]
Species:
C. maridadi
Binomial name
Churamiti maridadi
Channing and Stanley, 2002[2]

Churamiti is a genus of toads endemic to Tanzania. It is monotypic and represented by a single species, Churamiti maridadi.[3][4] This species is only known from its type locality in the Mamiwa-Kisara Forest Reserve in the Ukaguru Mountains.[1][5] Only four specimens are known.[1] The scientific name is derived from the Swahili words chura meaning toad or frog, miti meaning tree, and maridadi meaning beautiful, for the descriptive "beautiful tree-toad".[2]

Description

The two females in the type series measure 53.3 and 56.5 mm (2.10 and 2.22 in) in snout–vent length. The head is wide, flattened, and with a snout that is blunt in profile. The eyes are protruding; the upper eyelid is glandular. The back, deep metallic yellow in colour, is smooth but has many rounded, glandular warts that extend on to the limbs and are of striking reddish-brown colour. The limbs are partly yellow, partly pinkish. The finger and toe tips are large and expanded.[2]

Habitat and conservation

All specimens have collected from moist valleys at elevations of 1,800–1,850 m (5,910–6,070 ft) above sea level. It lives arboreally. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to a restricted range and habitat loss.[1]

Map showing the distribution in Tanzania
Map showing the distribution in Tanzania
Distribution of Churamiti maridadi in Tanzania

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2015). "Churamiti maridadi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T54802A13323134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T54802A13323134.en.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Channing, Alan; Stanley, W. T. (2002). "A new tree toad from the Ukaguru mountains, Tanzania". African Journal of Herpetology. 51 (2): 121–128. doi:10.1080/21564574.2002.9635467. S2CID 84332771.
  3. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Churamiti Channing and Stanley, 2002". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bufonidae". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Churamiti maridadi Channing and Stanley, 2002". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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