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- adjective Mertens (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Mertens' ..."
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There are also a number of near-endemic amphibians, species found also on lower hills near Yaoundé (and some on Mt Cameroon): Leptodactylodon ornatus, Hyperolius koehleri, H. kuligae, Kassina decorata, Leptopelis modestus, Werneria mertensi, Wolterstorffina parvipalmata.
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Family Species Soricidae Suncus mertensi* Pteropodidae Pteropus lombocensis* Vespertilionidae Nyctophilus heran* Muridae Bunomys naso* Muridae Komodomys rintjanus* An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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The mammal fauna in this ecoregion consists of fifty species, including five ecoregional endemics, including the critically endangered Flores shrew (Suncus mertensi) and the vulnerable Komodo rat (Komodomys rintjanus) (Table 1).
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Among amphibians there are seven endemic species: the olive shovelnose (Hemisus olivaceus), Kigulube reed frog (Hyperolius diaphanus), Kunungu reed frog (H. schoutendeni), Mertens 'running frog (Kassina mertensi), Buta River frog (Phrynobatrachus gastoni), Christy's grassland frog (Ptychadena christyi), and Pangi Territory frog (Rana amieti).
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