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The desert rain frog, web-footed rain frog, or Boulenger's short-headed frog (Breviceps macrops) is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae. It is found in Namibia and South Africa . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its natural habitat is the narrow strip of sandy shores between the sea and the sand dunes. [ 4 ]
Breviceps fuscus Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Brevicipitidae Genus: Breviceps Species: B. fuscus Binomial name Breviceps fuscus Hewitt, 1925 Breviceps fuscus range Extant (resident) Breviceps fuscus, also known as black rain frog, plain rain frog, brown short ...
Breviceps adspersus, also known as common rain frog, bushveld rain frog, and many other vernacular names, is a species of frog in the family Brevicipitidae. [2] It is found in Southern Africa , in Angola , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Namibia , Botswana , Zambia , Zimbabwe , South Africa , Eswatini , and Mozambique .
The genus Breviceps consists of 20 species, of which most occur in southern Africa. There are five species found in the Western Cape, B. gibbosus, B. fuscus (black rain frog), B. rosei (Rose's rain frog), B. montanus (mountain rain frog) and B. acutirostris (strawberry rain frog).
Brevicipitidae or rain frogs is a small family of frogs found in eastern and southern Africa.As of 2020 contains 37 species in 5 genera. [1] [2] Formerly included as subfamily in Microhylidae (narrow-mouth frogs), phylogenetic research has indicated the brevicipitine frogs should be considered as a family with Hemisotidae (shovelnose frogs) as the most closely related sister taxon.
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Rain frog may refer to one of the following: Eleutherodactylidae, a family of frogs in the Americas Eleutherodactylus in Neotropics; Brevicipitidae. Breviceps in Africa;
They are sometimes known under the common name rain frogs. [1] [2] Formerly the subfamily Eleutherodactylinae of the family Leptodactylidae, it was raised to the family status following a major revision of New World direct-developing frogs in 2008. [1] [3] As currently defined, the family has more than 200 species (as of 2014, 206 [1] or 207 [2 ...