Lesser banana frog
| Lesser banana frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hyperoliidae |
| Genus: | Afrixalus |
| Species: | A. stuhlmanni |
| Subspecies: | A. s. brachycnemis (Boulenger, 1896) |
| Trinomial name | |
| Afrixalus stuhlmanni brachycnemis (Boulenger, 1896) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Afrixalus brachycnemis (Boulenger, 1896) | |
The lesser banana frog (Afrixalus stuhlmanni brachycnemis) is a subspecies of frog in the Hyperoliidae family.[2]
It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, and seasonally flooded agricultural land.
It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- 1 2 Pickersgill, M., Schiøtz, A. & Howell, K. (2004). "Afrixalus brachycnemis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Afrixalus stuhlmanni (Pfeffer, 1893)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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