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Anhydrophryne
Sign in to saveAnhydrophryne is a genus of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae, formerly in Petropedetidae. It is endemic to South Africa. Until recently, the genus was monotypic, containing only Anhydrophryne rattrayi, until it absorbed two more species formerly classified as belonging to genus Arthroleptella.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyPyxicephalidae
Anhydrophryne is een geslacht van kikkers uit de familie Pyxicephalidae. De groep werd voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door John Hewitt in 1919. Er zijn drie soorten, de soort Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis behoorde eerder tot het geslacht Arthroleptella zodat soms de verouderde naam nog wordt gebruikt. Alle soorten komen voor in Afrika en komen endemisch voor in Zuid-Afrika.
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Anhydrophryne is a genus of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae, formerly in Petropedetidae. It is endemic to South Africa. Until recently, the genus was monotypic, containing only Anhydrophryne rattrayi, until it absorbed two more species formerly classified as belonging to genus Arthroleptella.
==Species== The genus contains these species: Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947) – Hewitt's moss frog Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis (Bishop and Passmore, 1993) – Ngoni moss frog Anhydrophryne rattrayi Hewitt, 1919 – Hogsback frog
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