Phrynomantis affinis

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Phrynomantis affinis
Systematics
Order : Frog (anura)
Subordination : Neobatrachia
Family : Narrow-mouth frogs (Microhylidae)
Subfamily : Phrynomerinae
Genre : Reversible- necked frogs ( Phrynomantis )
Type : Phrynomantis affinis
Scientific name
Phrynomantis affinis
Boulenger , 1901

Phrynomantis affinis is a species of amphibian in the family -mouthed (Microhylidae).

features

The species reaches a length of 50 millimeters. The upper side of the body is black with carmine-red spots, the underside is dirty white with brown network markings. The body shape is very stocky and the limbs are very short. The forehead is trimmed and barely protrudes beyond the mouth. The interorbital space is more than twice as wide as an upper eyelid. The eardrum is moderately visible and as large as the eye. Behind each choane there is a transverse, elliptical swelling of the oral cavity mucosa. Fingers and toes are short and thick and hardly broadened at the tips. The subarticular hump is only slightly protruding. The medial metatarsal cusp is very blurred. When the hind leg is laid forward, the tip of the fourth toe hardly reaches the front edge of the eye. The skin is smooth and shiny. There is a glandular bulge in the coccyx region and on the upper side of each lower leg.

Occurrence

Phrynomantis affinis occurs from northeastern Namibia and eastern Angola to the west of Zambia and the south of the former Congolese province of Katanga . The species is not found in the Upemba National Park . Possibly the distribution area extends to the northeast of Botswana and the west of Zimbabwe .

Systematics

The species was first described by Boulenger in 1901 .

Danger

Phrynomantis affinis is classified by the IUCN as safe ("least concern").

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Nieden: Anura II . In: FE Schulze, W. Kükenthal, K. Heider (Ed.): Das Tierreich . Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin and Leipzig 1926, p. 14.
  2. ↑ a b Phrynomantis affinis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2016 Posted by: IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2013. Accessed January 28, 2017th
  3. ^ Darrel R. Frost: Phrynomantis affinis Boulenger, 1901 . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998-2017, accessed January 28, 2017