Kingdom Animalia Genus Hemisus Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Family Hemisotidae Scientific name Hemisus guttatus Higher classification Shovelnose frog Order Frog | |
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Similar Shovelnose frog, Frog, Marbled snout‑burrower, Guinea snout‑burrower, Nesciothemis farinosa | ||
The spotted snout-burrower or spotted shovelnose frog (Hemisus guttatus) is a species of frog in the Hemisotidae family, found in South Africa and possibly Swaziland. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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