Hewitt's moss frog

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Hewitt's moss frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Anhydrophryne
Species:
A. hewitti
Binomial name
Anhydrophryne hewitti
FitzSimons, 1947
Synonyms
  • Arthroleptella hewittiFitzSimons, 1947

Hewitt's moss frog (Anhydrophryne hewitti), also known as Natal chirping frog or yellow bandit frog, is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is found in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa, possibly including adjacent Lesotho. [2]

Anhydrophryne hewitti populations are small and fragmented, found in pockets of forest and dense vegetation. Breeding takes place in wet mossy areas near waterfalls and rapids. Eggs are laid in moss and leaf-litter. The eggs develop directly without a free-living tadpole stage. [1]

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References

  1. 1 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 16 November 2021.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 May 2014.