Common Sand Frog

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Common Sand Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Ranidae Genus: Tomopterna Species: T. cryptotis
Binomial name
Tomopterna cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907)

The Common Sand Frog (Tomopterna cryptotis) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Benin, possibly Burkina Faso, possibly Central African Republic, possibly Chad, and possibly Guinea. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, and freshwater springs.

[edit] References

• Channing, A., Minter, L., Howell, K., Largen, M., Salvador, A., Howell, K. & Lötters, S. 2004. Tomopterna cryptotis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.