Afrixalus osorioi

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It lives in degraded secondary forest , and heavily degraded former forest (farm bush ) in the central African rainforest belt . Its breeding is not known, but it probably breeds in temporary ponds and swamps , and perhaps also in small permanent waterbodies where there is vegetation above the water on which to lay eggs .[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Rappia osorioi

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009

Similar Species

Members of the genus Afrixalus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. aureus (Golden Banana Frog) · A. brachycnemis (Short-Legged Spiny Reed Frog) · A. crotalus (Snoring Spiny Reed Frog) · A. delicatus (Pickersgill's Banana Frog) · A. dorsalis (Cameroon Banana Frog) · A. enseticola (Ethiopian Banana Frog) · A. equatorialis (Congo Banana Frog) · A. fornasini (Fornasini's Spiny Reed Frog) · A. fornasinii (Leaf-Folding Frog) · A. fulvovittatus (Banded Banana Frog) · A. knysnae (Knysna Spiny Reed Frog) · A. nigeriensis (Nigeria Banana Frog) · A. osorioi (Angola Banana Frog) · A. spinifrons (Natal Spiny Reed Frog) · A. vittiger (Savanna Banana Frog) · A. weidholzi (Weidholz's Banana Frog) · A. wittei (De Witte's Spiny Reed Frog)

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Further Reading

• Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
• Channing, A. 2001. Amphibians of Central and Southern Africa. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London.
• Channing, A. and Howell, K.M. 2006. Amphibians of East Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
• IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.
• IUCN. 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2009.2). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 3 November 2009).
• Laurent, R.F. 1972. Amphibiens. Exploration du Parc National des Virunga, 2e Ser.: 1-125.
• Laurent, R.F. 1982. Le genre Afrixalus Laurent (Hyperoliidae) en Afrique Centrale. Annales Muse Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques: 1-58.
• Lötters, S., Rotich, D., Koester, T.E., Kosuch, J., Muchai, V., Scheelke, K., Schick, S., Teege, P., Wasonga, V.D. and Veith, M. In press 2004. What do we know about the amphibians from the Kenyan central and western highlands?. Salamandra 40: ?
• Ltters, S., Rotich, D., Koester, T.E., Kosuch, J., Muchai, V., Scheelke, K., Schick, S., Teege, P., Wasonga, V.D. and Veith, M. 2006. What do we know about the amphibians from the Kenyan central and western highlands? A faunistic and taxonomic review. Salamandra 42(2-3): 165-179.
• Ltters, S., Wagner, P., Bwong, B.A., Schick, S., Malonza, P.K., Muchai, V., Wasonga, D.V. and Veith, M. 2007. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Kakamega Forest. National Museums of Kanya and University of Mainz, Nairobi and Mainz.
• Perret, J.-L. 1976. Identite de quelques Afrixalus (Amphibia, Salienta, Hyperoliidae). Bulletin de la Societe Neuchateloise des Sciences Naturelles: 19-28.
• Ruas, C. 1991. Contribuicao para o Conhecimento de Fauna Batraquios de Angola. Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Centro de Zoologia, Lisbon.
• Schiøtz, A. 1974. Revision of the genus Afrixalus (Anura) in eastern Africa. Vinensk. Medd. Fra Dansk Naturh. Foren. 137: 9-18.
• Schiøtz, A. 1975. The Treefrogs of Eastern Africa. Steenstrupia, Copenhagen.
• Schiøtz, A. 1982. On two Afrixalus (Anura) from central Zaire. Steenstrupia 8: 261-265.
• Schiøtz, A. 1999. Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
• Schitz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
• Schitz, A. 1974. Revision of the genus Afrixalus (Anura) in eastern Africa. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening: 9-18.
• Schitz, A. 1975. The Treefrogs of Eastern Africa. Steenstrupia, Copenhagen.
• Schitz, A. 1982. On two Afrixalus (Anura) from central Zaire. Steenstrupia: 261-265.
• Schitz, A. 1999. Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
• Vonesh, J. 2001. Natural history and biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of Kibale National Park, Uganda. Contemporary Herpetology.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Schiøtz, A., Drewes, R. & Lötters, S. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Schitz, A., Drewes, R. & Ltters, S. 2009. Afrixalus osorioi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Museum for Central Africa: RMCA-HERP

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27818
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663045
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663045
• IUCN ID: 189151
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149251

Footnotes

1. Schiøtz, A., Drewes, R. & Lötters, S. 2009. Afrixalus osorioi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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