What family does Afrixalus fornasini (Bianconi, 1849) belong to?

Afrixalus fornasini (Bianconi, 1849) (Afrixalus fornasini (Bianconi, 1849)) belongs to the family Hyperoliidae, order Anura, in the kingdom Animalia. You can identify it offline using the iNature app.

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Afrixalus fornasini (Bianconi, 1849) is a animal in the Hyperoliidae family, order Anura, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Animalia

Afrixalus fornasini (Bianconi, 1849)

Afrixalus fornasini, commonly Fornasini's spiny reed frog, is an African Hyperoliidae frog found across multiple southern and eastern African countries.

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Family

Hyperoliidae

Genus

Afrixalus

Order

Anura

Class

Amphibia

About Afrixalus fornasini (Bianconi, 1849)

Taxonomic Classification

Afrixalus fornasini is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae, native to Africa.

Common Names

Its common names are Fornasini's spiny reed frog and the greater leaf-folding frog.

Etymology

The specific epithet fornasini honors Italian amateur naturalist Carlo Antonio Fornasini, who collected the type specimen of this species.

Distribution

This frog has been recorded in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, and may also be present in Eswatini.

Natural Habitats

Its natural habitats include temperate forest, subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, water storage areas, and ponds.

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