Wager's stream frog

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Wager's stream frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Strongylopus
Species:
S. wageri
Binomial name
Strongylopus wageri
(Wager, 1961)

Wager's stream frog (Strongylopus wageri) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae found in South Africa and possibly Lesotho and Eswatini. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, temperate grassland, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Strongylopus wageri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T58773A18405228. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58773A18405228.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.