Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Cameroon View distribution map using BerkeleyMapper.

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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' distribution is traditionally given as Limbe and Ndikinimeki, Cameroon, but this has been shown to be erroneous (LeBreton 1999). It is known only from its type locality, Mundame am Mungo, north-east of Mount Cameroon in south-western Cameroon. Habitat and Ecology It presumably lives in the soil in lowland rainforest, but no specific details are known regarding its habitat and ecological preferences. Population There is no information on this species' population status. It is known only from the type specimen, which has been lost, and it has not been recorded since 1912 or before. 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. Citation Simon Loader, Mark Wilkinson, David Gower 2004. Herpele multiplicata. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use