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Lightfoot's moss frog

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Lightfoot's moss frog
In Western Cape, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pyxicephalidae
Genus: Arthroleptella
Species:
A. lightfooti
Binomial name
Arthroleptella lightfooti
(Boulenger, 1910)

Lightfoot's moss frog or the Cape Peninsula moss frog (Arthroleptella lightfooti) 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

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  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group.; South African Frog Re-assessment Group; et al. (SA-FRoG) (2016). "Arthroleptella lightfooti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T58061A77157902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T58061A77157902.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.