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The Angola river frog (Amietia angolensis), or common river frog, is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. Formerly, it was placed in the family Ranidae . Distribution and habitat
The river frog has a wide range and is quite common in much of that range. The population appears to be large and reasonably stable and the main threat the frog faces is degradation of its habitat; it has declined in portions of its range due to this, and is thought to have been extirpated from the northernmost extremity of its range in ...
Amietia angolensis (Bocage, 1866), Angola river frog, common river frog; Amietia chapini (Noble, 1924) Amietia delalandii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) Amietia desaegeri (Laurent, 1972) Amietia fuscigula (A.M.C. Duméril and Bibron, 1841), Cape river frog; Amietia hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920) Amietia inyangae (Poynton, 1966), Inyangani river frog
The Cape river frog is a fairly large, typical frog with a snout-to-vent measurement of up to about 125 mm. The snout is slightly rounded. It has a powerful, athletic build with long hind legs and feet, well adapted for leaping, but also well webbed; the species is a powerful swimmer.
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 .
Amietia delalandii, also known as the Delalande's river frog, [1] [3] the Drakensberg frog, Drakensberg river frog, or Sani Pass frog, [2] is a species of southern African river frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. [1] [2] It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and possibly Zambia.
Amietia desaegeri is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is found west and south of the Rwenzori Mountains in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Rwanda. [2] [3] The common names Byangolo frog and De Saeger's river frog have been coined for it. [2]
The common frog or grass frog (Rana temporaria), also known as the European common frog, European common brown frog, European grass frog, European Holarctic true frog, European pond frog or European brown frog, is a semi-aquatic amphibian of the family Ranidae, found throughout much of Europe as far north as Scandinavia and as far east as the ...