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IUCN (Red List) status: Data Deficient (DD).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   Range Description This species is known from only three localities: Labe (the type locality) and Beyla, Guinea, and the Tingi Hills, Sierra Leone. There has been very little herpetological work carried out within its range, and it is probably more widespread. The exact location of Labe, the type locality, is uncertain, since more than one place in Guinea has this name. The northernmost locality on attempts to map its range in this assessment marks the most likely location of the type locality. Habitat and Ecology It presumably lives underground, probably in forest. On the assumption that its breeding habits are similar to Geotrypetes seraphini, it is viviparous, and is not dependent on water for breeding. Population No information is available on its population status. Population Trend Unknown Major Threats No information is available on threats to this species. Conservation Actions No information is available; it is not known to occur in any protected areas. Taxonomic Notes The taxonomy of this genus is in need of revision. Citation Simon Loader, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Mark Wilkinson 2004. Geotrypetes angeli. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use