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Phrynomantis

Phrynomantis is a genus of frog in the family Microhylidae. They are also known as rubber frogs, red-marked frogs, red-marked short-headed frogs, and snake-necked frogs. The genus is found in Subsaharan Africa.

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Phrynomantis
Phrynomantis microps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Phrynomerinae
Noble, 1931
Genus: Phrynomantis
Peters, 1867
Species

5 species (see text)

Phrynomantis is a genus of frog in the family Microhylidae.12 They are also known as rubber frogs, red-marked frogs, red-marked short-headed frogs, and snake-necked frogs. The genus is found in Subsaharan Africa.1

Species

The genus has five species.12

Binomial name and author Common name
Phrynomantis affinis Boulenger, 1901 Red-spotted frog, northern red-spotted frog, Pweto snake-necked frog, spotted rubber frog
Phrynomantis annectens Werner, 1910 Marbled rubber frog, red-spotted frog, red-spotted Namibia frog, red marbled frog, Cape snake-necked frog
Phrynomantis bifasciatus (Smith, 1847) Two-striped frog, red-banded frog, two-banded frog, banded rubber frog, red-banded rubber frog, South African snake-necked frog
Phrynomantis microps Peters, 1875 Accra snake-necked frog, red rubber frog
Phrynomantis somalicus (Scortecci, 1941) Somali snake-necked frog
Phrynomantis bifasciatus walking on a level surface source ↗
References

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Phrynomantis Peters, 1867". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.