Aubria
Sign in to saveAubria is a small genus of frogs, with two (possibly three) known species. All members of this genus are found in West Africa. Their common name is ball frogs or fishing frogs.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyPyxicephalidae
Observations recorded558
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Pyxicephalidae
- Collections
- UF, ZMUC
- Recorded in
- Cameroon, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
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- Parent taxon
- Pyxicephalinae
- Image
- Frog Aubria masako 2.jpg
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Aubria is a small genus of frogs, with two (possibly three) known species. All members of this genus are found in West Africa. Their common name is ball frogs or fishing frogs.
==Etymology== The genus name Aubria is in honour of Charles Eugène Aubry-Lecomte, a French colonial administrator and amateur naturalist.
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