Delalande's sand frog
| Delalande's sand frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Genus: | Tomopterna |
| Species: | T. delalandii |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomopterna delalandii (Tschudi, 1838) | |
Delalande's sand frog (Tomopterna delalandii) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family endemic to South Africa.
Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Channing, A.; Minter, L. 2004. Tomopterna delalandii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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