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The desert rain frog, web-footed rain frog, or Boulenger's short-headed frog (Breviceps macrops) is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae. It is found in Namibia and South Africa . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its natural habitat is the narrow strip of sandy shores between the sea and the sand dunes. [ 4 ]
They are sometimes known under the common name rain frogs. [1] [2] Formerly the subfamily Eleutherodactylinae of the family Leptodactylidae, it was raised to the family status following a major revision of New World direct-developing frogs in 2008. [1] [3] As currently defined, the family has more than 200 species (as of 2014, 206 [1] or 207 [2 ...
Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. As of September 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 1085 endangered amphibian species. [1] Of all evaluated amphibian species, 14% are listed as endangered. No subpopulations of amphibians have been evaluated by the ...
Endangered frogs snatched as tadpoles from fire-ravaged mountains above Los Angeles in 2020 were returned home last year in a moment of hope and excitement.. But the California amphibians are once ...
Cape rain frog (Breviceps gibbosus) Desert rain frog (Breviceps macrops) Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) Fiji tree frog (Cornufer vitiensis) Crossodactylus schmidti; Spanish painted frog (Discoglossus jeanneae) Corsican painted frog (Discoglossus montalentii) Rosy ground frog (Eupsophus roseus) Valdivia ground frog (Eupsophus ...
Aug. 28—For the fourth time, hundreds of endangered frogs were released into the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge with the intent to revitalize their population. The nearly 400 northern leopard ...
Malagasy climbing rain frog ... Roth's tree frog (Litoria rothii) Desert tree frog (Litoria rubella) ... List of endangered amphibians;
Cliff chirping frog (E. marnockii). Eleutherodactylus is a genus of frogs in the family Eleutherodactylidae. [2] Many of the 200 species of the genus are commonly known as "rain frogs" or "robber frogs", due to their sharp, high-pitched, insect-like calls. [3]