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Strongylopus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Subfamily
  
Cacosterninae

Higher classification
  
True frog

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Pyxicephalidae

Scientific name
  
Strongylopus

Rank
  
Genus

Strongylopus

Lower classifications
  
Gray's stream frog, Banded stream frog, Strongylopus fasciatus, Drakensberg stream frog, Namaqua stream frog

Strongylopus grayii


Strongylopus is a genus of pyxicephalid frogs native to Africa. They are found in the area from southwestern South Africa and Namibia to southern Tanzania. Their common name is stream frogs.

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Description

Strongylopus are small to medium-sized frogs: adult snout–vent lengths are typically in the range of 25–53 millimetres (0.98–2.09 in). Species within this genus may be found at altitudes from sea level up to 3250 m in elevation. They generally occur in riparian habitats, including fynbos heath, grassland, montane flooded grassland, savanna and forest edge. Some species occur in more specific habitats, such as Strongylopus kilimanjaro in alpine moorland near cold water streams.

Species

These species belong to this genus:

  • Strongylopus bonaespei (Dubois, 1981) – Banded stream frog
  • Strongylopus fasciatus (Smith, 1849) – Striped stream frog
  • Strongylopus fuelleborni (Nieden, 1911) – Fuelleborn's stream frog
  • Strongylopus grayii (Smith, 1849) – Gray's stream frog
  • Strongylopus hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920) – Drakensberg stream frog
  • Strongylopus kilimanjaro (Clarke and Poynton, 2005)
  • Strongylopus kitumbeine (Channing and Davenport, 2002)
  • Strongylopus merumontanus (Lönnberg, 1910)
  • Strongylopus rhodesianus (Hewitt, 1933) – Chimanimani stream frog
  • Strongylopus springbokensis (Channing, 1986) – Namaqua stream frog
  • Strongylopus wageri (Wager, 1961) – Wager's stream frog

    • References

    Strongylopus Wikipedia
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