Golden puddle frog

Phrynobatrachus auritus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Phrynobatrachidae
Genus: Phrynobatrachus
Species: P. auritus
Binomial name
Phrynobatrachus auritus
Boulenger, 1900

Golden puddle frog (Phrynobatrachus auritus) is a species of frog in the Phrynobatrachidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, and possibly Angola. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation.

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