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 is known only from Limbe in south-western Cameroon. It has been suggested that it is a high-altitude species, perhaps occurring on the slopes of Mount Cameroon above Limbe. Habitat and Ecology There is no information on the habitat or ecological preferences of this species, and its breeding biology is also unknown (although it is suspected to be oviparous with direct development). Population There is no information on its population status, and it is known only from a single specimen collected in 1893. Population Trend Unknown Major Threats There is no information on specific threats to it. There has been extensive forest loss in its only known locality, but it is likely to occur more widely, and, if it is like some other African caecilians, it might be adaptable to habitat change, making it less threatened than it would otherwise be. Conservation Actions It is not known from any protected areas. Citation Simon Loader, Mark Wilkinson, John Measey 2004. Crotaphatrema bornmuelleri. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use