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Phrynobatrachus leveleve Uyeda, Drewes, and Zimkus, 2007
Nomenclature
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Family: Phrynobatrachidae Laurent, 1941
Species:
Phrynobatrachus leveleve Uyeda, Drewes, and Zimkus, 2007
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
São Tomé Puddle Frog
Language:
English
SUMMARY
The name is derived from the Portuguese Creole phrase, “leve leve,” meaning “easy, easy” or “lightly lightly.” The phrase has has also been translated by Henrique Pinto da Costa, former Minister of Agriculture, as “calmly, surely.”