Description
Habitat
Ecology: It is presumably associated with streams
in montane
grassland, and perhaps also forest
, but it has also been found in a town.[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
)
14.2Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland
Taxonomy
- 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
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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Further Reading
- 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.
- Largen, M.J. 2001. Catalogue of the amphibians of Ethiopia, including a key for their identification. Tropical Zoology 14: 307-402.
- Loveridge, A. 1936. Reports on the scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. VII Amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 79: 369-430.
- Lötters, S., Rotich, D., Koester, T.E., Kosuch, J., Muchai, V., Scheelke, K., Schick, S., Teege, P., Wasonga, V.D. and Veith, M. In press 2004. What do we know about the amphibians from the Kenyan central and western highlands?. Salamandra 40: ?
Notes
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
- Lötters, S., Drewes, R. & Pickersgill, M. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 4804991
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664874
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664874
- IUCN ID: 58191
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133132
Footnotes
- Lötters, S., Drewes, R. & Pickersgill, M. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
