Kassina mertensi

Kassina mertensi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hyperoliidae
Genus:	Kassina
Species:	K. mertensi
Binomial name
Kassina mertensi Laurent, 1952

Kassina mertensi is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is endemic to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^{[1] [2]} The specific name mertensi honours Robert Mertens, a German zoologist and herpetologist. ^[3] Common name Mertens' running frog has been coined for it. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Kassina mertensi might be conspecific with Kassina maculosa . ^[2]

Kassina mertensi occurs clearings in rainforest as well as in heavily degraded former forest (farm bush). Threats to it are not known, but it appears to tolerate some habitat modification. ^[1]

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2019). "Kassina mertensi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T56234A18386388. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T56234A18386388.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Kassina mertensi Laurent, 1952". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 141. ISBN   978-1-907807-42-8.