Marbled reed frog
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| Species: | H. marmoratus
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| Hyperolius marmoratus Rapp, 1842
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The Marbled Reed Frog or Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, possibly Botswana, possibly Lesotho, and possibly Tanzania. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, freshwater springs, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches.
References
- Schiøtz, A., Channing, A., Poynton, J.C., Harrison, J. & Minter, L. 2004. Hyperolius marmoratus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.
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