Afrixalus (commonly known as the banana frogs, spiny reed frogs, cat's eye reed frogs, or leaf-folding frogs) is a genus of frog in the family Hyperoliidae.[1][2] They occur in the Subsaharan Africa.[1] They lay their eggs in vegetation above water, often folding leaves around the eggs for protection—hence the common name "leaf-folding frogs".[3]
| Afrixalus | |
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| Afrixalus fornasini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hyperoliidae |
| Genus: | Afrixalus Laurent, 1944 |
| Type species | |
| Euchnemis fornasinii Bianconi, 1849 "1848"
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| Species | |
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About 33 (see text) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Laurentixalus Amiet, 2012 | |
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Afrixalus :[1]
- Afrixalus "quadrivittatus" Pickersgill, 2007
- Afrixalus aureus Pickersgill, 1984
- Afrixalus brachycnemis (Boulenger, 1896)
- Afrixalus clarkei Largen, 1974
- Afrixalus crotalus Pickersgill, 1984
- Afrixalus delicatus Pickersgill, 1984
- Afrixalus dorsalis (Peters, 1875)
- Afrixalus dorsimaculatus (Ahl, 1930)
- Afrixalus enseticola Largen, 1974
- Afrixalus equatorialis (Laurent, 1941)
- Afrixalus fornasini (Bianconi, 1849)
- Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1861)
- Afrixalus knysnae (Loveridge, 1954)
- Afrixalus lacteus Perret, 1976
- Afrixalus laevis (Ahl, 1930)
- Afrixalus leucostictus Laurent, 1950
- Afrixalus lindholmi (Andersson, 1907)
- Afrixalus manengubensis Amiet, 2009
- Afrixalus morerei Dubois, 1986
- Afrixalus nigeriensis Schiøtz, 1963
- Afrixalus orophilus (Laurent, 1947)
- Afrixalus osorioi (Ferreira, 1906)
- Afrixalus paradorsalis Perret, 1960
- Afrixalus quadrivittatus (Werner, 1908)
- Afrixalus schneideri (Boettger, 1889)
- Afrixalus septentrionalis Schiøtz, 1974
- Afrixalus spinifrons (Cope, 1862)
- Afrixalus stuhlmanni (Pfeffer, 1893)
- Afrixalus sylvaticus Schiøtz, 1974
- Afrixalus uluguruensis (Barbour and Loveridge, 1928)
- Afrixalus upembae (Laurent, 1941)
- Afrixalus vibekensis Schiøtz, 1967
- Afrixalus vittiger (Peters, 1876)
- Afrixalus weidholzi (Mertens, 1938)
- Afrixalus wittei (Laurent, 1941)
The AmphibiaWeb lists 31 species. It does not include Afrixalus "quadrivittatus", and does not recognize Afrixalus brachycnemis as a full species.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Afrixalus Laurent, 1944". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Hyperoliidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ Wells, Kentwood D. (2010). The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians. University of Chicago Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-226-89333-4.
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