Afrixalus stuhlmanni

Afrixalus stuhlmanni
Afrixalus stuhlmanni brachycnemis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Afrixalus
Species: A. stuhlmanni
Binomial name
Afrixalus stuhlmanni
(Pfeffer, 1893)
Synonyms

Afrixalus brachycnemis (Boulenger, 1896)
Afrixalus septentrionalis Schiøtz, 1974
Afrixalus sylvaticus Schiøtz, 1974

Afrixalus stuhlmanni is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique.[2]

Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It can tolerate many types of habitat and is common to abundant in some areas.[1]

This is considered by some authors to represent a species complex that includes several other species of frog in the genus. These can be considered subspecies:[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Pickersgill, M., Schiøtz, A. & Howell, K. (2004). "Afrixalus stuhlmanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Afrixalus stuhlmanni (Pfeffer, 1893)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  3. Pickersgill, M. (2005). The taxonomy and ethology of the Afrixalus stuhlmanni complex (Anura: Hyperoliidae). Steenstrupia 29 1-37.
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