Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It is found amongst herbaceous vegetation or rocks at the swampy
margins
of lakes
, rivers
, streams
and temporary pools
in both moist
grassland and forest
clearings. It breeds
in lake edges, rivers,
streams and pools
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
- 3.7 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
- 4 Grassland
- 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.2 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
- 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- 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
- Family:
Phrynobatrachidae
()
- (Laurent, 1940[1941])
- Genus:
Phrynobatrachus
()
- Günther, 1862
- Specific name:
minutus
- (Boulenger, 1895)
- Scientific name: - Phrynobatrachus minutus (Boulenger, 1895)
- Specific name:
minutus
- (Boulenger, 1895)
- Genus:
Phrynobatrachus
(
- Family:
Phrynobatrachidae
(
- 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
We follow Largen (2001) in removing Phrynobatrachus scheffleri
from the synonymy
of this species.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Phrynobatrachus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. accraensis (Accra River Frog) · P. acridoides (East African Puddle Frog) · P. auritus (Eared River Frog) · P. calcaratus (Boutry River Frog) · P. chukuchuku (Spiny Puddle Frog) · P. cricogaster (Nkongsamba River Frog) · P. dendrobates (Medje River Frog) · P. dispar (Peters' River Frog) · P. fraterculus (Macenta River Frog) · P. gutturosus (Chabanaud's River Frog) · P. krefftii (Krefft's River Frog) · P. latifrons (Ahl's River Frog) · P. mababiensis (Mababe Puddle Frog) · P. natalensis (Natal Dwarf Puddle Frog) · P. plicatus (Coast River Frog) · P. tokba (Tokba River Frog)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Amphibian species of the world: Additions and corrections / by William E. Duellman. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1993. url p. 357.
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 30, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Largen, M., Howell, K., Pickersgill, M. & Lötters, S. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Malcolm Largen, Kim Howell, Martin Pickersgill, Stefan Ltters 2004. Phrynobatrachus minutus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
- 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.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Royal Museum for Central Africa: RMCA-HERP
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 30207
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-664812
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 664812
- IUCN ID: 232185
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 132964
Footnotes
- Malcolm Largen, Kim Howell, Martin Pickersgill, Stefan Lötters 2004. Phrynobatrachus minutus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]
