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Anhydrophryne

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pyxicephalidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Frog

Class
  
Amphibia

Subfamily
  
Cacosterninae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Frog, Cacosternum, Hogsback frog, Pyxicephalidae, Petropedetes

Anhydrophryne is a genus of frogs in the Pyxicephalidae family, 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 Arthroleptella genus.

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

    • References

    Anhydrophryne Wikipedia
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