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Cardioglossa elegans

Cardioglossa elegans

Elegant Long-fingered Frog·Boulenger, 1906

GBIF:114122869

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Descriptions(1)

The following is the original description by Boulenger (1906):

Closely allied to C. leucomystax, but fingers and toes more (section illegible) and more distinctly dilated at the end, and inner metataral tubercle smaller, much shorter than the inner toe.Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the eye or between the eye and the tip of the snout (the tympanum or the eye in C. leucomystax) Greyish brown above with large and small symmetrical dark brown spots with a fine palee outline; the first large spot begins between the eyes and is triangular with the base turned forwards; it is immediately followed by a second and by a third, each subtriangular or cordiform with the point turned forwards; a large oval spot on the lumbar region; a whitish line round the eye and the temporal region; limbs with spots and bars edged with lighter, as on the body; throat and belly brown, or much spotted with
brown.
From snout to vent 37 mm.
Four specimens from Efulen.

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

engElegant Long-fingered Frogeng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

engElegant Long-fingered Frog
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Source Information

African Amphibians

checklist

Miller S E, Rycroft S. African Amphibians. Scratchpads. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/9lcrve accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

GBIF Usage Key
114122869
Dataset Key
dcf01d09-13b0-4063-b040-ec270cd58a17
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2429648
Taxon ID
f51e46ed-6d2f-4ca0-a8f6-92c9c7d34cf5
Last Crawled
2/7/2026
Last Interpreted
2/7/2026