Namaqua stream frog

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Namaqua stream frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Strongylopus
Species:
S. springbokensis
Binomial name
Strongylopus springbokensis
Channing, 1986
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The Namaqua stream frog (Strongylopus springbokensis) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae found in South Africa and possibly Namibia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Strongylopus springbokensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T58772A18405057. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58772A18405057.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.