Common Reed Frog

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Common Reed Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Hyperoliidae Genus: Hyperolius Species: H. viridiflavus
Binomial name
Hyperolius viridiflavus Dumeril & Bibron, 1841

The Common Reed Frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus) is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, possibly Central African Republic, possibly Chad, and possibly Eritrea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, freshwater springs, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, water storage areas, ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.

Individual hyperolius viridiflavus frogs have been observed to change their sex organs from female to male.^[1] This likely occurs when the population does not have enough males to allow procreation and is accomplished when a chemical trigger activates the sex gene to disintegrate the female organs and develop the male ones.^[2]

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• Schiøtz, A., Channing, A., Poynton, J.C. & Largen, M. 2004. Hyperolius viridiflavus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.