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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It is a species of lowland forest
that can survive in secondary growth
and plantations, but not in completely degraded habitats
. It breeds
in temporary pools
and water-filled depressions
in forest. (Ref.
251912).
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
()
- Family:
Hyperoliidae
()
- (Laurent, 1943)
- Subfamily:
Hyperoliinae
()
- Genus:
Afrixalus
()
- Laurent, 1944
- Specific name:
sylvaticus
- Schi?tz, 1974
- Scientific name: - Afrixalus sylvaticus Schi?tz, 1974
- Specific name:
sylvaticus
- Schi?tz, 1974
- Genus:
Afrixalus
(
- Subfamily:
Hyperoliinae
(
- Family:
Hyperoliidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- 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
Pickersgill (2000, 2005) considers this form to be a subspecies
of
Afrixalus stuhlmanni, with which it hybridizes
as forests
are cleared. We follow Schiøtz (1999, and pers. comm.
) in considering
it to be a valid
species. However, we follow Pickersgill (2005) and
K
. Howell (pers. comm.
) in considering it to occur in the coastal
areas of Tanzania, as well as in the Shimba Hills
in Kenya. (Ref.
251912).
Similar Species
Members of the genus Afrixalus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. aureus (Golden Banana Frog) · A. brachycnemis (Short-Legged Spiny Reed Frog) · A. crotalus (Snoring Spiny Reed Frog) · A. delicatus (Pickersgill's Banana Frog) · A. dorsalis (Cameroon Banana Frog) · A. enseticola (Ethiopian Banana Frog) · A. equatorialis (Congo Banana Frog) · A. fornasini (Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog) · A. fornasinii (Leaf-Folding Frog) · A. fulvovittatus (Banded Banana Frog) · A. knysnae (Knysna Spiny Reed Frog) · A. nigeriensis (Nigeria Banana Frog) · A. osorioi (Angola Banana Frog) · A. spinifrons (Natal Spiny Reed Frog) · A. vittiger (Savanna Banana Frog) · A. weidholzi (Weidholz's Banana Frog) · A. wittei (De Witte's Spiny Reed Frog)
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.
- Channing, A. and Howell, K.M. 2006. Amphibians of East Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Howell, K.M. 1993. Herpetofauna of the eastern African forests. In: Lovett, J.C. and Wasser, S.K. (eds), Biogeography and Ecology of the Rain Forests of Eastern Africa, pp. 173-201. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
- Pickersgill, M. 2005. The taxonomy and ethology of the Afrixalus stuhlmanni superspecies (Anura: Hyperoliidae). Steenstrupia: 1-38.
- Pickersgill, M. 2007. Frog Search. Results of Expeditions to Southern and Eastern Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schiøtz, A. 1974. Revision of the genus Afrixalus (Anura) in eastern Africa. Vinensk. Medd. Fra Dansk Naturh. Foren. 137: 9-18.
- Schiøtz, A. 1975. The Treefrogs of Eastern Africa. Steenstrupia, Copenhagen.
- Schiøtz, A. 1999. Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schitz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schitz, A. 1974. Revision of the genus Afrixalus (Anura) in eastern Africa. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening: 9-18.
- Schitz, A. 1975. The Treefrogs of Eastern Africa. Steenstrupia, Copenhagen.
- Schitz, 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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Martin Pickersgill, Arne Schitz, Kim Howell 2004. Afrixalus sylvaticus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Pickersgill, M., Schiøtz, A. & Howell, K. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Tanzanian Vertebrate Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27824
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663051
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663051
- IUCN ID: 189158
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149261
Footnotes
- Martin Pickersgill, Arne Schiøtz, Kim Howell 2004. Afrixalus sylvaticus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
