Ethiopian snout-burrower

Ethiopian Snout-burrower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemisotidae
Genus: Hemisus
Species: H. microscaphus
Binomial name
Hemisus microscaphus
Laurent, 1972

The Ethiopian snout-burrower, Lake Zwai snout-burrower, or Lake Zwai shovelnose frog (Hemisus microscaphus) is a species of frog in the Hemisotidae family, endemic to Ethiopia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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