Callixalus
Sign in to saveCallixalus is a genus frogs in the family Hyperoliidae. It is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Callixalus pictus. It is found in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (including the Itombwe Mountains) and western Rwanda. It is sometimes known as the African painted frog.
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It sits within the topics Amphibians described in 1950, Amphibians of Rwanda and Amphibians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hyperoliidae
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- taxon name
- Callixalus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- African Painted Frogs
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Callixalus is a genus frogs in the family Hyperoliidae. It is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Callixalus pictus. It is found in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (including the Itombwe Mountains) and western Rwanda. It is sometimes known as the African painted frog.
==Description== Males grow to and females in snout–vent length. Dorsum is warty and chocolate brown to almost black and has many small orange or golden spots. There is no vocal sac; the males appear to be mute.
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