The goliath frog, also known as the giant slippery frog or goliath bullfrog, is the largest living frog species in the world, with specimens reaching up to about 45 centimetres in snout-to-vent length and 4.5 kilograms in weight. It occupies a relatively small habitat range confined to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, and its numbers are declining due to habitat destruction, collection for food, and capture for the pet trade.
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Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status. Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceDorsal coloration is green sienna, while the abdomen and ventral part of the limbs are yellow, orange 1 Comparison
CITES Appendix Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
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Sources
1. Goliath frog, Wikipedia
Introduction section
Conraua goliath
Taxobox, conservation status field
Endangered
Description section
Dorsal coloration is green sienna, while the abdomen and ventral part of the limbs are yellow/orange.
lead paragraph (diet), EntityId 284426
It was determined in a study that the goliath frog consumes a wide variety of food, suggesting that the frog is omnivorous with a carnivorous preference.
Wikipedia article, human interaction description
Its numbers are dwindling due to habitat destruction, collection for food, and the pet trade.
In Biome: River, Parasites
Since there are more breeding sites (their primary habitat is near rivers and waterfalls, but in the dry season, they tend to create breeding sites in areas that contain less water), there would be more opportunity for the mosquitos to infect the frogs thereby increasing the contagion rate.
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Conraua goliath (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITESQuote, Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
Wikidata: Goliath Frog
Wikidata Q739887, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Catalogue of Life
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