Anhydrophryne
| Anhydrophryne | |
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| Anhydrophryne rattrayi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Subfamily: | Cacosterninae |
| Genus: | Anhydrophryne Hewitt, 1919 |
Anhydrophryne is a genus of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae, formerly in Petropedetidae. It is endemic to South Africa. Until recently, the genus was monotypic, containing only Anhydrophryne rattrayi, until it absorbed two more species formerly classified as belonging to genus Arthroleptella.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]The genus contains these species:[1]
- Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947) – Hewitt's moss frog
- Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis (Bishop and Passmore, 1993) – Ngoni moss frog
- Anhydrophryne rattrayi Hewitt, 1919 – Hogsback frog
References
[edit]- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Anhydrophryne Hewitt, 1919". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Anhydrophryne hewitti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T58059A3064127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58059A3064127.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group.; South African Frog Re-assessment Group; et al. (SA-FRoG) (2016). "Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T58062A77157706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T58062A77157706.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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