Breviceps pentheri

Breviceps pentheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Brevicipitidae
Genus: Breviceps
Species:
B. pentheri
Binomial name
Breviceps pentheri
Werner, 1899

Breviceps pentheri, the thicket rain frog, is a species of frog found in South Africa and Eswatini, Mozambique, Botswana, and Namibia.[1]

Distribution

Breviceps pentheri occurs in the northern part of the southern African range. It prefers to dwell near shrubland.[2]

Classification

Breviceps pentheri has in the past been confused with Breviceps adspersus and listed as a synonym or subspecies of Breviceps adspersus but a study found that the frog was more closely related to the whistling rain frog and Bilbo's rain frog than Breviceps adspersus and it is now considered a different species entirely.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  2. ^ "Thicket Rain Frog (Breviceps pentheri)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  3. ^ "Breviceps pentheri Werner, 1899 | Amphibian Species of the World". amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org. Retrieved 2022-04-30.


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