Angola river frog

Angola river frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Amietia
Species: A. angolensis
Subspecies: Kenyan River Frog

Mozambique River Frog

Binomial name
Amietia angolensis
(Bocage, 1866)
Synonyms

Afrana angolensis

The Angola river frog or common river frog (Amietia angolensis) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It was formerly placed in the Ranidae family.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Namibia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches. This frog is threatened by habitat loss.

Diet and predators

Like other frogs, this frog feeds on worms and insects, such as locust. It is a prey to crocodiles, shoebills, and snakes.

References

  1. John Poynton, Alan Channing, Kim Howell, Malcolm Largen, Robert Drewes, Stefan Lötters (2004). Amietia angolensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
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