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Hyperolius ruvuensis

Hyperolius ruvuensis is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is part of the spiny throated reed frog complex.

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Hyperolius ruvuensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hyperoliidae
Genus: Hyperolius
Species:
H. ruvuensis
Binomial name
Hyperolius ruvuensis
Barratt, Lawson & Loader, 2017

Hyperolius ruvuensis (commonly known as the Ruvu reed frog) is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is part of the spiny throated reed frog complex.23 4

The genus is known to exhibit sexual dichromatism, a trait that is otherwise rare in frogs.5

Distribution

Hyperolius ruvuensis has been found only in the Ruvu South Forest Reserve in Tanzania.2

Conservation

The authors of the article in which Hyperolius ruvuensis is first described and the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group both consider the species to be "critically endangered".126

References

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2016). "Hyperolius ruvuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T69119695A69123103. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T69119695A69123103.en.
  2. Barratt, Christopher D.; Lawson, Lucinda P.; Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B.; Doggart, Nike; Morgan-Brown, Theron; Nagel, Peter; Loader, Simon P. (2017). "A new, narrowly distributed, and critically endangered species of spiny-throated reed frog (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from a highly threatened coastal forest reserve in Tanzania". Herpetological Journal. 27 (1): 13–24. ISSN 0268-0130.
  3. Channing, Allan & Rödel, Mark-Oliver (2019). Field Guide to the Frogs & other Amphibians of Africa. Cape Town: Struik Nature. pp. 170–209. ISBN 978-1-77584-512-6.
  4. Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Hyperolius Rapp, 1842". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  5. Portik, D.M. (November 2019). "Sexual Dichromatism Drives Diversification within a Major Radiation of African Amphibians". Systematic Biology. pp. 859–875. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz023.
  6. Erickson-Davis, Morgan (2017-03-02). "Newly discovered Tanzanian frog already facing extinction". Conservation news. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
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