Hildebrandtia (animal)
- Hildebrandtia is also a genus of plants.
| Hildebrandtia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ptychadenidae |
| Genus: | Hildebrandtia Nieden, 1907 |
| Type species | |
| Pyxicephalus ornatus Peters, 1878 | |
Hildebrandtia is a genus of frogs in the Ptychadenidae family.[1][2] They are distributed in tropical and subtropical Sub-Saharan Africa. The common name of this genus is Hildebrandt's burrowing frogs.[1]
Species
There are three species in this genus:[1]
- Hildebrandtia macrotympanum (Boulenger, 1912)
- Hildebrandtia ornata (Peters, 1878)
- Hildebrandtia ornatissima (Bocage, 1879)
References
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Hildebrandtia Nieden, 1907". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ "Hildebrandtia Nieden, 1907". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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