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Afrixalus crotalus Pickersgill, 1984
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This species is named for the Latin 'aureus' meaning golden.
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The voice is a series of clicks, about 13-17 per second (Pickersgill 2007).
Eggs are white and deposited in a folded, glued leaf above the water (Schiøtz 1999).
- Pickersgill, M. (2007). Frog Search: Results of Expeditions to Southern and Eastern Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
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This species occurs in eastern Zimbabwe, central Mozambique and southern Malawi, from low to medium altitudes. Records from northeastern Mozambique and southeastern Tanzania probably refer to other species, and are not included here.
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Major Threats
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This species ranges from the Mhlatuze Valley in northern KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) through Swaziland and eastern Mpumalanga (South Africa) to southern Mozambique. An apparently isolated population in extreme northeastern South Africa is probably connected though Mozambique. It occurs up to 300 m asl.
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Major Threats
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The subspecies A. a. aureus occurs in eastern South Africa, and the subspecies A. a. crotalus is found in eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Both subspecies are savanna forms (Pickersgill 2007).
- Pickersgill, M. (2007). Frog Search: Results of Expeditions to Southern and Eastern Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
- Schiøtz, A. (1999). Treefrogs of Africa. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
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Conservation Actions
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A. aureus is found in South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, and Southern Botswana (Text from Minter et al., 2004, © SI/MAB Biodiversity Program).
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