Olive Snout-burrower | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hemisotidae |
Genus: | Hemisus |
Species: | H. olivaceus |
Binomial name | |
Hemisus olivaceus Laurent, 1963 |
The Olive Snout-burrower (Hemisus olivaceus) is a species of frog in the Hemisotidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and possibly Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches. It is threatened by habitat loss.