Biology:Afrixalus
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Short description: Genus of amphibians
| Afrixalus | |
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| Afrixalus fornasini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hyperoliidae |
| Genus: | Afrixalus Laurent, 1944 |
| Type species | |
| Euchnemis fornasinii Bianconi, 1849 "1848"
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Afrixalus, commonly known as the banana frogs, spiny reed frogs, cat's eye reed frogs, or leaf-folding frogs, is a genus of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.[1][2] They occur in the Subsaharan Africa.[1] They lay their eggs in vegetation above water, often folding leaves around the eggs for protection—hence the common name "leaf-folding frogs".[3]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Afrixalus :[1]
The AmphibiaWeb lists 31 species. It does not include Afrixalus "quadrivittatus", and does not recognize Afrixalus brachycnemis as a full species.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Afrixalus Laurent, 1944". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hyperoliidae/Afrixalus.
- ↑ "Hyperoliidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. http://www.amphibiaweb.org/lists/Hyperoliidae.shtml.
- ↑ Wells, Kentwood D. (2010). The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians. University of Chicago Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-226-89333-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=eDKEKy5JJbIC&pg=PA27.
Wikidata ☰ Q513419 entry
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