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Arthroleptis
Sign in to saveArthroleptis is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae found in tropical sub-Saharan Africa. Their common names include screeching frogs, sometimes simply squeakers.
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Vinony files it under Amphibian genera, Amphibians of Sub-Saharan Africa and Arthroleptidae.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyArthroleptidae
Пискуньи (лат. Arthroleptis) — род бесхвостых земноводных из одноимённого семейства, обитающих в тропической Африке.
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Arthroleptis is a genus of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae found in tropical sub-Saharan Africa. Their common names include screeching frogs, sometimes simply squeakers.
==Description== These species are terrestrial breeding, with direct development (metamorphosis to froglets occurs within the egg). Many species in this genus are small, or very small, frogs with a minimum adult size of snout-vent length. The largest species (Arthroleptis nikeae and Arthroleptis tanneri) reach body lengths around . It was hypothesized that small species evolved from larger ones, but in fact the opposite seems to be the case.
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