Ethiopian Snout-burrower
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| Hemisus microscaphus Laurent, 1972 |
The Ethiopian Snout-burrower or Lake Zwai Snout-burrower (Hemisus microscaphus) is a species of frog in the Hemisotidae family. It is endemic to Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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- Largen, M. 2004. Hemisus microscaphus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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