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Anhydrophryne

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Anhydrophryne

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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

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAmphibia
  4. OrderAnura
  5. FamilyPyxicephalidae
Observations recorded479

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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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
Family
Pyxicephalidae
Collections
TNHC

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cacosterninae
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Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis.jpg
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taxon name
Anhydrophryne
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Anhydrophryne
endemic to
South Africa
Commons category
Anhydrophryne
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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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