Amietia wittei
| Amietia wittei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Genus: | Amietia |
| Species: | A. wittei |
| Binomial name | |
| Amietia wittei (Angel, 1924) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Afrana wittei | |
Amietia wittei (common name: Molo frog) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its type locality is in Molo, Kenya, located near the top of the Mau Escarpment.[2] It is a common species associated with montane grasslands, perhaps forests, and also found in a town.[1] It is found in the Kenyan central highlands and northern Tanzania in the East African montane moorlands and the East African montane forests ecoregions.[3]
References
- 1 2 Stefan Lötters, Robert Drewes, Martin Pickersgill (2004). "Amietia wittei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Amietia wittei (Angel, 1924)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ↑ C.Michael Hogan (2013). East African montane moorlands. Encyclopedia of Earth. ed. M. McGinley. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, June 30, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.