Christiana mennegae
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Christiana mennegae faces severe pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion across its limited range in West African tropical forests. The species' restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation, while logging operations targeting valuable timber species continue to degrade the forest canopy structure essential for its survival. Climate change poses an additional threat through altered precipitation patterns that could disrupt the delicate forest ecosystem dynamics this species depends upon.
Habitat
Christiana mennegae inhabits primary and secondary tropical rainforests in West Africa, typically found in the forest understory and mid-canopy layers. The species requires intact forest ecosystems with dense canopy cover and high humidity levels characteristic of equatorial African forests.
