- Source: Strongylopus
Strongylopus ('strongylos'=round, 'pus'=foot) is a genus of pyxicephalid frogs native to Africa. They are found in the area from southwestern South Africa and Namibia to northern Tanzania. Their common name is stream frogs.
Description
Strongylopus are small to medium-sized frogs: adult snout–vent lengths are typically in the range of 25–53 millimetres (0.98–2.09 in). Species within this genus may be found at altitudes from sea level up to 3250 m in elevation. They generally occur in riparian habitats, including fynbos heath, grassland, montane flooded grassland, savanna and forest edge. Some species occur in more specific habitats, such as Strongylopus kilimanjaro in alpine moorland near cold water streams.
Species
These species belong to this genus:
Strongylopus bonaespei (Dubois, 1981) – Banded stream frog
Strongylopus fasciatus (Smith, 1849) – Striped stream frog
Strongylopus fuelleborni (Nieden, 1911) – Fuelleborn's stream frog
Strongylopus grayii (Smith, 1849) – Gray's stream frog
Strongylopus kilimanjaro (Clarke and Poynton, 2005)
Strongylopus kitumbeine (Channing and Davenport, 2002)
Strongylopus merumontanus (Lönnberg, 1910)
Strongylopus rhodesianus (Hewitt, 1933) – Chimanimani stream frog
Strongylopus springbokensis (Channing, 1986) – Namaqua stream frog
Strongylopus wageri (Wager, 1961) – Wager's stream frog
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Strongylopus fasciatus
- Strongylopus
- Strongylopus merumontanus
- Strongylopus kitumbeine
- Gray's stream frog
- Strongylopus kilimanjaro
- Strongylopus fasciatus
- Amplexus
- Chimanimani stream frog
- Fuelleborn's stream frog
- Kitumbeine Volcano
