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350:. The crab was among the 25 "lost species" in the "Search for Lost Species" program by the non-profit organization Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC). As part of this search, in 2021 the species was also rediscovered, this time on
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653:Afrithelphusa monodosa
370:Afrithelphusa monodosa
363:Afrithelphusa monodosa
277:Pierre A. Mvogo Ndongo
52:Afrithelphusa monodosa
463:Afrithelphusa afzelii
348:critically endangered
257:Afrithelphusa afzelii
250:Afrithelphusa afzelii
235:Upper Guinean forests
229:(IUCN). They are all
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