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African dwarf frog [1] is the common name for members of Hymenochirus, a genus of aquatic frog native to parts of Equatorial Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are common in the pet trade and are often mistaken for the African clawed frog , a similar-looking frog in the same family.
Hymenochirus boettgeri, also known as the Zaire dwarf clawed frog [2] or the Congo dwarf clawed frog, [1] is a species of frog in the family Pipidae.It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and east to the Central African Republic and to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The oldest fossil records of frogs more closely related to pipid frogs than to other extant frog families extends into the Early Cretaceous. The oldest known crown group pipids are Oumtkoutia and Pachycentrata from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco and Niger, respectively. [9] Included taxa after A. M. Aranciaga Rolando et al. 2019 [10]
Genus Pelodytes - Parsley frog; Family Pipidae. Genus Hymenochirus - African dwarf frog; Genus Pipa; Genus Pseudhymenochirus - Merlin's dwarf gray frog; Genus Xenopus; Family Rhinophrynidae. Genus Rhinophrynus; Family Scaphiopodidae - American spadefoot toad Genus Scaphiopus; Genus Spea
Hymenochirus curtipes, also known as western dwarf clawed frog, is a species of frog in the family Pipidae. It is found in western Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjacent Republic of the Congo. [1] [3] It is likely to occur in the southernmost Central African Republic. [1]
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. More than 5,000 species are described in the order. The living anurans are typically divided into three suborders: Archaeobatrachia , Mesobatrachia , and Neobatrachia .
Merlin's dwarf gray frog (Pseudhymenochirus merlini), or Merlin's clawed frog, is a species of frog in the family Pipidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is monotypic within the genus Pseudhymenochirus . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is found in southern Guinea-Bissau , western Guinea , and southern Sierra Leone .
Dwarf frog may refer to: African dwarf frog (Hymenochirus), a genus of frogs native to Africa; Beddome's dwarf wrinkled frog (Nyctibatrachus beddomii), a frog in the family Nyctibatrachidae endemic to southern Western Ghats, India; Colorado dwarf frog (Engystomops coloradorum), a frog in the family Leptodactylidae endemic to Ecuador