Ethiopian snout-burrower
| Ethiopian Snout-burrower | |
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| Species: | H. microscaphus
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| Hemisus microscaphus Laurent, 1972
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The Ethiopian snout-burrower, Lake Zwai snout-burrower, or Lake Zwai shovelnose frog (Hemisus microscaphus) is a species of frog in the Hemisotidae family, endemic to Ethiopia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, and heavily degraded former forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Largen, M. 2004. Hemisus microscaphus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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