Overview
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Description
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Habitat
Ecology: It is a strongly aquatic species
associated with pools
in cold mountain streams
in montane
grassland and forest
, but it does not survive in secondary habitats
. It breeds
in streams, and the larvae apparently remain in the water for two years before metamorphosing.[1]
List of Habitats:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
4.7Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Amphibians
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Rafinesque, 1815) Hogg, 1839:152
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Feb-2005
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Afrana
There are approximately 10 species in this genus:
A. amieti · A. angolensis (Angola River Frog) · A. desaegeri · A. dracomontana · A. fuscigula · A. inyangae · A. johnstoni · A. ruwenzorica · A. vandijki · A. wittei
More Info
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- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Channing, A. 2001. Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London.
- Poynton, J.C. 1966. A new subspecies of Rana from Rhodesia. Arnoldia Rhod. 2(19): 1-3.
- Poynton, J.C. and Broadley, D.G. 1985. Amphibia Zambesiaca. 2. Ranidae. Annals of the Natal Museum 27: 115-181.
- Stevens, R.A. 1974. An annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles known to occur in south-eastern Malawi. Arnoldia (Rhod.) 6: 1-22.
- Stewart, M.M. 1967. Amphibians of Malawi. State University of New York Press, Albany.
- Visser, J. and Channing, A. 1997. A new species of river frog from the Swartberg, South Africa (Ranidae: Afrana). Journal of African Zoology 111: 191-198.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Mazibuko, L. & Poynton, J.C. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4804985
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664871
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664871
- IUCN ID: 58188
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133129
Footnotes
- Mazibuko, L. & Poynton, J.C. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
