Breviceps pentheri

Thicket rain frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Brevicipitidae
Genus:	Breviceps
Species:	B. pentheri
Binomial name
Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899

Breviceps pentheri, the thicket rain frog, is a species of frog found in South Africa and Eswatini, Mozambique, Botswana, and Namibia. ^[1]

Distribution

Breviceps pentheri occurs in the northern part of the southern African range. It prefers to dwell near shrubland. ^[2]

Classification

Breviceps pentheri has in the past been confused with Breviceps adspersus and listed as a synonym or subspecies of Breviceps adspersus but a study found that the frog was more closely related to the whistling rain frog and Bilbo's rain frog than Breviceps adspersus and it is now considered a different species entirely. ^[3]

References

1. "Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
2. "Thicket Rain Frog (Breviceps pentheri)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
3. "Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-04-30.