West African Rubber Frog
| West African Rubber Frog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Genus: | Phrynomantis |
| Species: | P. microps |
| Binomial name | |
| Phrynomantis microps Peters, 1875 | |
The West African Rubber Frog (Phrynomantis microps) is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, possibly Chad, possibly Gambia, possibly Guinea, possibly Guinea-Bissau, possibly Mauritania, possibly Niger, and possibly Sudan and west Ethiopia - Gambella. P. microps is a medium sized frog with an elongated and depressed body.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, and pastureland.
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2013. Phrynomantis microps. African Amphibians Lifedesk. ed. B.Zimkus
- M.-O. Rödel & A. Schiøtz. 2004. Phrynomantis microps. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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