Ethiopian snout-burrower
Appearance
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Ethiopian snout-burrower | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hemisotidae |
Genus: | Hemisus |
Species: | H. microscaphus
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Binomial name | |
Hemisus microscaphus Laurent, 1972
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The Ethiopian snout-burrower (Hemisus microscaphus), also known as the Lake Zwai snout-burrower or Lake Zwai shovelnose frog, is a species of frog in the family Hemisotidae, endemic to Ethiopia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
[edit]- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Hemisus microscaphus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T55282A18361298. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T55282A18361298.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.