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Lesser banana frog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Afrixalus

Scientific name
  
Afrixalus brachycnemis

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Hyperoliidae

Subspecies
  
A. s. brachycnemis

Higher classification
  
Afrixalus

Lesser banana frog

Similar
  
Afrixalus, Frog, Amphibians, Hyperoliidae, Afrixalus delicatus

The lesser banana frog (Afrixalus stuhlmanni brachycnemis) is a subspecies of frog in the Hyperoliidae family.

It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Lesser banana frog Wikipedia