Amietia vandijki

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Van Dijk's river frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Amietia
Species:
A. vandijki
Binomial name
Amietia vandijki
(Visser and Channing, 1997)
Synonyms

Afrana vandijki Visser and Channing, 1997

Amietia vandijki (Van Dijk's river frog) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to South Africa.

Its natural habitats are temperate forest, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2013). "Amietia vandijki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T58190A18403339. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  • Visser, J. and A. Channing. (1997). A new species of river frog from the Swartberg, South Africa (Ranidae: Afrana). Journal of African Zoology 111: 191–198.