Anhydrophryne

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Anhydrophryne
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Anhydrophryne rattrayi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamily: Cacosterninae
Genus: Anhydrophryne
Hewitt, 1919

Anhydrophryne is a genus of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae, formerly in Petropedetidae. It is endemic to South Africa. Until recently, the genus was monotypic, containing only Anhydrophryne rattrayi , until it absorbed two more species formerly classified as belonging to genus Arthroleptella . [1] [2] [3]

Species

The genus contains these species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Anhydrophryne Hewitt, 1919". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Anhydrophryne hewitti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T58059A3064127. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58059A3064127.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group.; South African Frog Re-assessment Group; et al. (SA-FRoG) (2016). "Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T58062A77157706. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T58062A77157706.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.