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Namaqua stream frog

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Namaqua stream frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Strongylopus
Species:
S. springbokensis
Binomial name
Strongylopus springbokensis
Channing, 1986

The Namaqua stream frog (Strongylopus springbokensis) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae found in South Africa and possibly Namibia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Strongylopus springbokensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T58772A18405057. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T58772A18405057.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.