Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Knysna Spiny Reed Frog
Description
Habitat
Ecology: It lives in a coastal mosaic
of vegetation types
, including mountain fynbos heathland, forest
, and to some extent on agricultural land
. It breeds
in small dams and shallow semi-permanent water with much emergent vegetation
.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.4Forest - Temperate
3.8Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
5.7Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater
Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
5.8Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
14.1Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
15.1Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)
15.2Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds
(below 8ha)
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
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
()
- Family:
Hyperoliidae
()
- Laurent, 1943
- Subfamily:
Hyperoliinae
()
- Genus:
Afrixalus
()
- Laurent, 1944
- Specific name:
knysnae
- (Loveridge, 1954)
- Scientific name: - Afrixalus knysnae (Loveridge, 1954)
- Specific name:
knysnae
- (Loveridge, 1954)
- Genus:
Afrixalus
(
- Subfamily:
Hyperoliinae
(
- Family:
Hyperoliidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
(
- 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 Afrixalus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 52 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. aureus (Golden Dwarf Reed Frog) · A. brachycnemis (Short-Legged Spiny Reed Frog) · A. brachycnemis brachycnemis · A. brachycnemis wiedholzi · A. clarkei · A. clarkeorum · A. congicus · A. crotalus (Snoring Spiny Reed Frog) · A. delicatus (Delicate Spiny Reed Frog) · A. dorsalis (Striped Spiny Reed Frog) · A. dorsalis dorsalis · A. dorsalis leptosomus · A. dorsalis regularis · A. enseticola · A. equatorialis · A. fornasini (Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog) · A. fornasinii · A. fornasinii fornasinii · A. fulvovittatus · A. fulvovittatus brevipalmatus · A. fulvovittatus fulvovittatus · A. fulvovittatus leptosomus · A. georgiana · A. julvittatus · A. julvittatus leptosomus · A. knysnae (Knysna Spiny Reed Frog) · A. lacteus · A. laevis · A. leucostictus · A. lindholmi · A. madagascariensis · A. morerei · A. nigeriensis · A. orophilus · A. osorioi (Osorio's Spiny Reed Frog) · A. osorioi congicus · A. paradorsalis · A. pygmaeus · A. pygmaeus septentrionalis · A. quadrivittatus · A. schneideri · A. septentrionalis · A. spinifrons (Natal Spiny Reed Frog) · A. spinifrons intermedius · A. stuhlmanni · A. sylvaticus · A. uluguruensis · A. upembae · A. vibekensis · A. vittiger · A. weidholzi · A. wittei (De Witte's Spiny Reed Frog)
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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.
- Channing, A. 2001. Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London.
- Minter, L.R., Burger, M., Harrison, J.A., Braack, H.H., Bishop, P.J. and Knoepfer, D. 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. SI/MAB Series No. 9, Washington, D.C.
- Passmore, N.I. and Carruthers, V.C. 1995. South African Frogs. 2nd Edition. Southern Book Publishers and Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg.
- Pickersgill, M. 1996. A new subspecies of Afrixalus from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and comments on its superspecies affinities. Durban Museum Novitates 21: 49-59.
- Pickersgill, M. 2000. The ethology and systematics of eastern and southern African savanna Afrixalus (Anura: Hyperoliidae). Unpublished MSc thesis, University of Leeds.
- Schiøtz, A. 1999. Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Minter, L. &Schiøtz, A. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27810
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663037
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663037
- IUCN ID: 56065
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149243
Footnotes
- Minter, L. &Schiøtz, A. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
