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Arthroleptella

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Arthroleptella is a genus of frogs known as moss frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. The ten species of this genus are endemic to South Africa.

It contains the following species:[1]

Two other species were formerly classified as Arthroleptella before recently found to belong to the formerly monotypic genus Anhydrophryne (Dawood and Stam 2006):[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Arthroleptella Hewitt, 1926". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Anhydrophryne hewitti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T58059A3064127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58059A3064127.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group.; South African Frog Re-assessment Group; et al. (SA-FRoG) (2016). "Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T58062A77157706. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T58062A77157706.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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Arthroleptella: Brief Summary

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Arthroleptella is a genus of frogs known as moss frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. The ten species of this genus are endemic to South Africa.

It contains the following species:

Arthroleptella atermina Turner and Channing, 2017 - Riviersonderent moss frog Arthroleptella bicolor Hewitt, 1926 – Bainskloof moss frog Arthroleptella draconella Turner and Channing, 2017 – Drakenstein moss frog Arthroleptella drewesii Channing, Hendricks and Dawood, 1994 – Drewes' moss frog Arthroleptella kogelbergensis Turner and Channing, 2017 – Kogelsberg moss frog Arthroleptella landdrosia Dawood and Channing, 2000 – Landdros moss frog Arthroleptella lightfooti (Boulenger, 1910) – Lightfoot's moss frog Arthroleptella rugosa Turner and Channing, 2008 – Rough moss frog Arthroleptella subvoce Turner, de Villiers, Dawood and Channing, 2004 – Northern moss frog Arthroleptella villiersi Hewitt, 1935 – De Villiers' moss frog

Two other species were formerly classified as Arthroleptella before recently found to belong to the formerly monotypic genus Anhydrophryne (Dawood and Stam 2006):

Arthroleptella hewitti → Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947) – Hewitt's moss frog Arthroleptella ngongoniensis → Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis (Bishop and Passmore, 1993) – Ngoni moss frog
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