Hewitt's moss frog

Hewitt's moss frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Subfamily: Cacosterninae
Genus: Anhydrophryne
Species: A. hewitti
Binomial name
Anhydrophryne hewitti
FitzSimons, 1947
Synonyms

Arthroleptella hewitti FitzSimons, 1947

The Hewitt's moss frog, Natal chirping frog, or yellow bandit frog (Anhydrophryne hewitti) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is found in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa, possibly including adjacent Lesotho.[2]

Anhydrophryne hewitti populations are small and fragmented, found in pockets of forest and dense vegetation. Breeding takes place in wet mossy areas near waterfalls and rapids. Eggs are laid in moss and leaf-litter. The eggs develop directly without a free-living tadpole stage.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Anhydrophryne hewitti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2 May 2014.


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