Strongylopus fasciatus

For the Southeast Asian frog species, see Hylarana signata.
Striped stream frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Strongylopus
Species: S. fasciatus
Binomial name
Strongylopus fasciatus
(Smith, 1849)

The striped stream frog (Strongylopus fasciatus) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is found in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Botswana. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, arable land, pastureland, plantations, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, and canals and ditches.

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