Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Knysna Banana Frog, Knysna Spiny Reed Frog
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It lives in a coastal mosaic
of vegetation types
, including mountain
fynbos heathland, and forest
. It breeds
in small dams and shallow
semi-permanent water with much emergent vegetation
and even in well
vegetated ornamental
garden ponds
. It is suspected that this species
requires high water
quality for breeding. Habitat is declining
due to encroachment by urban development, alien
invasive vegetation
and chemical pollution
. Species in this genus deposit between 20
and 50 eggs
on vegetation above the water. Tadpoles
emerge
, drop
into the water and remain there until metamorphosis.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
- 15 Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
- 15.1 Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)
- 15.2 Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
()
- Family:
Hyperoliidae
()
- (Laurent, 1943)
- Subfamily:
Hyperoliinae
()
- Genus:
Afrixalus
()
- Laurent, 1944
- Specific name:
knysnae
- (Loveridge, 1954)
- Scientific name: - Afrixalus knysnae (Loveridge, 1954)
- Specific name:
knysnae
- (Loveridge, 1954)
- Genus:
Afrixalus
(
- Subfamily:
Hyperoliinae
(
- Family:
Hyperoliidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ranoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
This species is closely related to Afrixalus spinifrons
(Cope 1862). Species boundaries
in this complex
are uncertain and taxonomic
studies using calls
,
morphology and genetics
are necessary.[1].
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)
More Info
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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.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
- Minter, L.R., Burger, M., Harrison, J.A., Braack, H.H., Bishop, P.J. and Knoepfer, D. 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. SI/MAB Series No. 9, Washington, D.C.
- Passmore, N.I. and Carruthers, V.C. 1995. South African Frogs, 2nd Edition. Southern Book Publishers and Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg.
- Pickersgill, M. 1996. A new subspecies of Afrixalus from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and comments on its superspecies affinities. Durban Museum Novitates: 49-59.
- Pickersgill, M. 2000. The ethology and systematics of eastern and southern African savanna Afrixalus (Anura: Hyperoliidae). Unpublished MSc thesis, University of Leeds.
- Pickersgill, M. 2007. Frog Search. Results of Expeditions to Southern and Eastern Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schiøtz, A. 1999. Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schitz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schitz, A. 1999. Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- du Preez, L. and Carruthers, V. 2009. A complete guide to the frogs of southern Africa. Struik Nature, Cape Town.
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.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Minter, L. &Schiøtz, A. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- 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.
- South African Frog Re-assessment Group (SA-FRoG) & IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2010. Afrixalus knysnae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 27810
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-663037
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 663037
- IUCN ID: 189143
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 149243
Footnotes
- South African Frog Re-assessment Group (SA-FRoG) & IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2010. Afrixalus knysnae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
