Banded banana frog
| Banded banana frog | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hyperoliidae |
| Genus: | Afrixalus |
| Species: | A. fulvovittatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1860) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Afrixalus vittiger Peters, 1876 Hyperolius brevipalmatus Ahl, 1931 Hyperolius leptosomus Peters, 1877 | |
The banded banana frog (Afrixalus fulvovittatus) is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Channing, A., & Howell K. (2006). Amphibians of East Africa. Comstock books in herpetology. 418 p., [24] p. of plates. Ithaca: Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press,.
- Pickersgill, M., Schiøtz, A. & Rödel, M.-O. 2004. Afrixalus fulvovittatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
- Zimkus, B. 2012. Afrixalus fulvovittatus. African Amphibians Lifedesk
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