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Breviceps fuscus Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Brevicipitidae Genus: Breviceps Species: B. fuscus Binomial name Breviceps fuscus Hewitt, 1925 Breviceps fuscus range Extant (resident) Breviceps fuscus, also known as black rain frog, plain rain frog, brown short ...
The cape rain frog or giant rain frog (Breviceps gibbosus) is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae. [2] Adults grow up to 45 mm in length. It was the first African frog species to be scientifically described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, under the name Rana gibbosa. It is the most common and largest of rain frogs. [3]
The genus Breviceps consists of 20 species, of which most occur in southern Africa. There are five species found in the Western Cape, B. gibbosus, B. fuscus (black rain frog), B. rosei (Rose's rain frog), B. montanus (mountain rain frog) and B. acutirostris (strawberry rain frog).
Brevicipitidae or rain frogs is a small family of frogs found in eastern and southern Africa.As of 2020 contains 37 species in 5 genera. [1] [2] Formerly included as subfamily in Microhylidae (narrow-mouth frogs), phylogenetic research has indicated the brevicipitine frogs should be considered as a family with Hemisotidae (shovelnose frogs) as the most closely related sister taxon.
It is a fossorial frog that inhabits scrub-covered sandy areas in the succulent karoo biome. Development is direct [1] (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage [4]) and does require an aquatic habitat. [1] It is a locally abundant frog, but it can experience some habitat loss because of agricultural expansion in the south of its range. It is ...
Breviceps poweri, the Power's rain frog or Power's short-headed frog, is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae.It is found in northeastern Angola east through Zambia, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (southern Katanga Province), and Malawi, to western Mozambique and northeastern Zimbabwe; [2] possibly in Namibia. [1]
The forest rain frog (Breviceps sylvestris) is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae. It is endemic to Limpopo , South Africa . Two allopatric subspecies are recognized: the nominate one, Breviceps sylvestris sylvestris , and Breviceps sylvestris taeniatus Poynton, 1963 from near Soutpansberg .
Breviceps carruthersi or the Phinda rain frog or Carruthers' rain frog [1] [2] is a species of frog in the Breviceps genus endemic to South Africa. [3] The Phinda rain frog is also known as Isinana sakwaPhinda in IsiZulu which is the local language spoken in this species' native range. [4] An IsiZulu description of this anuran amphibian species ...