Anhydrophryne

Anhydrophryne
Anhydrophryne rattrayi
Scientific classification
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]

• Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947) – Hewitt's moss frog
• Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis (Bishop and Passmore, 1993) – Ngoni moss frog
• Anhydrophryne rattrayi Hewitt, 1919 – Hogsback frog

References

1. 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.