Perret's snout-burrower

Perret's snout-burrower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hemisotidae
Genus: Hemisus
Species: H. perreti
Binomial name
Hemisus perreti
Laurent, 1972

Perret's snout-burrower or Perret's shovelnose frog (Hemisus perreti) is a species of frog in the Hemisotidae family, found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, possibly Angola, and possibly Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

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