Strongylopus
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| Strongylopus | |
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| Gray's stream frog (Strongylopus grayii) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Subfamily: | Cacosterninae |
| Genus: | Strongylopus Tschudi, 1838 |
Strongylopus is a genus of true frogs native to Africa. They are found in the area from southwestern South Africa and Namibia to southern Tanzania. Species within this genus may be found at altitudes from sea level up to 3250 m in elevation. [1]
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 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
Former member:
- Strongylopus hymenopus ↔ Amietia fuscigula (Boulenger, 1920) – Drakensberg stream frog
References
- C.Michael Hogan. 2013. Strongylopus Tschudi, 1838. J.African Amphibians. ed.B.Zimkus
- ↑ (Hogan. 2013)
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