Amphibians of Rwanda: Diversity, Community Features, and Conservation Status

The diversity and distribution of the amphibians in Rwanda was critically reviewed to provide a reliable species inventory for informed conservation management. checklist amphibian is based on results our own fieldwork, historical records compiled from literature, examination voucher specimens museum collections. A total 62 are recorded, 22 further listed field guides open-access data bases discussed, identified as erroneous records, consequently not included country list. We diagnostic characters external morphology advertisement call each validated species, short synopsis geographic distribution, altitudinal range, occurrence provinces Rwanda, habitat preference. keys all genera, taxonomically described morphological additional features calls. discuss communities including local community structure delimitation metacommunities. Based IUCN red list assessment surveys, we propose first time national Rwanda.