Cameroon's giant frogs threatened with extinction
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Loading... - Abigail Pedro
- 03 May 2023
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André Nkoudi is a fisherman who lives in Mangamba, a village on the Cameroon coast.
He’s out patrolling the rivers around his village at least once a week.
Nkoudi looks for frogs' nests, tadpoles, frogs caught in the traps of fishermen’s nets or footprints that indicate the presence of poachers hunting the Goliath frog, known officially as Conraua goliath.
Nkoudi wasn’t always so concerned for the welfare of the amphibian, having previously been a hunter.
Now he monitors the species for scientists hoping to protect them.
Today, he notices a small frog caught in a net planted in a river. He takes a photo which he sends to the researchers. Then, crucially, he releases the frog.
The Goliath frogs are the world’s largest. They’re only found only in the tropical rainforest of central Africa, within the southwestern part of Cameroon and north of Equatorial Guinea. Read More..
