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Afrixalus upembae (Laurent, 1941)
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Savanna in Lower Shaba province, R. D. Congo.
- Pickersgill, M. (2007). ''A redefinition of Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1860) and Afrixalus vittiger (Peters, 1876) (Amphibia, Anura Hyperoliidae).'' African Journal of Herpetology, 56, 23-37.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Terrestrial
- Freshwater
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Red List Criteria
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History
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2004Data Deficient (DD)
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Population
Population Trend
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Major Threats
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Conservation Actions
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Afrixalus upembae is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family. It is endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo, and can be found in Upemba National Park. Its natural habitats are moist savanna, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is a member of the unresolved Afrixalus quadrivittatus complex, and may prove to not be a valid species.
References[edit]
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Afrixalus upembae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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Dorsum dark brown with three light stripes confluent on the snout. The brown dorsal bands are diffuse, not well-delimited as in the other members of the A. fulvovittatus group.
This form was described as a subspecies of a member of the fulvovittatus group, but since the taxonomy of this group is so unsettled and the present form is rather aberrant it is best kept separate.
May be synonymous with Afrixalus "quadrivittatus", sensu Pickersgill (2007), who treated A. "quadrivittatus" as an assortment of species not assignable to either Afrixalus fulvovittatus or Afrixalus vittiger.
Updated by A. Schiøtz, 2008.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Pickersgill, M. (2007). ''A redefinition of Afrixalus fulvovittatus (Cope, 1860) and Afrixalus vittiger (Peters, 1876) (Amphibia, Anura Hyperoliidae).'' African Journal of Herpetology, 56, 23-37.
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This species is known only from Lower Shaba Province in southern Democratic Republic of Congo, although it might well occur much more widely than this.
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