Afrixalus fornasini

Afrixalus fornasini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Afrixalus
Species: A. fornasini
Binomial name
Afrixalus fornasini
(Bianconi, 1849)
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Afrixalus fornasini is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family and is native to Africa. Its common name is Fornasini's spiny reed frog[1] or the Greater Leaf-folding Frog[2]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa and possibly Swaziland. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, water storage areas, and ponds.

Conservation status

It is threatened in some parts of its range by habitat loss, but in general it is not very rare and in some places it is common.[3]

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Notes

  1. AmphibiaWeb
  2. Carruthers, V. (2001). First Field Guide to Frogs of Southern Africa. ISBN 978-1-86872-595-3.
  3. Pickersgill, M., Schiøtz, A. & Minter, L. 2004. Afrixalus fornasini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 November 2010.
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