Natal banana frog

Natal Banana Frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Afrixalus
Species: A. spinifrons
Binomial name
Afrixalus spinifrons
(Cope, 1862)

The Natal Banana Frog (Afrixalus spinifrons) is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family. It is found in South Africa and possibly Lesotho. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, rural gardens, ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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