Marbled sand frog
| Marbled sand frog | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Genus: | Tomopterna |
| Species: | T. marmorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomopterna marmorata (Peters, 1854) | |
The marbled sand frog (Tomopterna marmorata) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family found in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and possibly Namibia, Swaziland, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, water storage areas, and ponds.
References
- Channing, A., Poynton, J.C. & Minter, L. 2004. Tomopterna marmorata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.