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FitzSimons, 1946. The eastern ghost frog (Heleophryne orientalis) is a species of frog in the family Heleophrynidae. It is endemic to Western Cape Province, South Africa. [2] Its natural habitats are forest patches surrounded by mountain fynbos heathland. Adult frogs live near slow- to swift-flowing perennial mountain streams in isolated canyons.
Species: H. regis. Binomial name. Heleophryne regis. Hewitt, 1910. The royal ghost frog (Heleophryne regis), also known as the southern ghost frog or Cape ghost frog, is a species of frog in the family Heleophrynidae. It is endemic to South Africa, [2] and lives in fast-moving streams. [1]
Hewitt's ghost frog. The Hewitt's ghost frog (Heleophryne hewitti) is a species of frog in the family Heleophrynidae. It is endemic to Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. [2] Its natural habitat is fynbos heathland and grassy fynbos. Adults are difficult to see but live in or near fast-flowing perennial rivers and streams where they also breed.
The Cape bushbuck was first seen by European scientists in this forest in 1776, when the Swede Anders Sparrman visited. After searching for more than 50 years, herpetologist John D. Visser finally found eggs of the frog species known as the Eastern ghost frog (Heleophyryne orientalis) here.
Anura is an order of animals in the class Amphibia that includes frogs and toads. More than 5,000 species are described in the order. The living anurans are typically divided into three suborders: Archaeobatrachia, Mesobatrachia, and Neobatrachia. This classification is based on such morphological features as the number of vertebrae, the ...
Species: H. depressa. Binomial name. Heleophryne depressa. FitzSimons, 1946 [1] The Cederberg ghost frog (Heleophryne depressa), also known as the Hex River ghost frog or Hex River torrent frog, is a species of frog in the family Heleophrynidae. It is endemic to the Western Cape Province of South Africa, living in the Cederberg mountain range.
Table Mountain National Park, previously known as the Cape Peninsula National Park, is a national park in Cape Town, South Africa, proclaimed on 29 May 1998, for the purpose of protecting the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation. The park is managed by South African National Parks.
Heleophrynidae is a family of frogs, commonly known as ghost frogs. [1] They are thought to be the most basal group in the Neobatrachia. [1][2] The family consists of two genera, Heleophryne and Hadromophryne, with seven species. Ghost frogs live in swift-moving mountain streams in South Africa.