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Lake Oku Puddle Frog
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General information
Universe Real Life
Classification Phrynobatrachus njiomock
Species type Puddle Frog
Homeworld Earth
Environment Lake Oku, Cameroon
Intelligence Non-sapient
Biochemistry Carbon-based lifeform
Discovered 2013
Discoverer Zimkus and Gvoždík
Biological information
Reproduction Sexual; lays eggs
Lineage information
Cultural information
Alignment True Neutral
Sociocultral characteristics
Scientific taxonomy
Planet Earth
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Subkingdom Eumetazoa
Infrakingdom Bilateria
Superphylum Deuterostomia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed Vertebrates)
Superclass Tetrapoda
Class Amphibia (Amphibians)
Subclass Lissamphibia
Superorder Batrachia
Order Anura (Frogs)
Suborder Neobatrachia
Superfamily Ranoidea
(Ribless frogs with a fused pelvic girdle)
Family Phrynobatrachidae
(Puddle Frogs and their relatives)
Genus Phrynobatrachus (Puddle Frogs)
Species njiomock
Other information
Status Extinct
First sighting 2013
Last sighting 2010
Possible population 0

The Lake Oku Puddle Frog (Phrynobatrachus njiomock) is an extinct species of puddle frog formerly endemic to the Lake Oku an explosion-origin crater lake completely surrounded by cloud forest located on the Bamenda Plateau in northwest Cameroon.

Extinction[]

The species was declared extinct as of 2019.

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