Marbled sand frog
| Marbled sand frog | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Pyxicephalidae |
| Subfamily: | Cacosterninae |
| Genus: | Tomopterna |
| Species: | T. marmorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomopterna marmorata (Peters, 1854) | |
The marbled sand frog (Tomopterna marmorata) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family that is native to East and southern Africa.
Range
It is found in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and possibly Namibia, Swaziland, and Tanzania.
Habitat
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, water storage areas, and ponds.
References
- Channing, A., Poynton, J.C. & Minter, L. 2004. Tomopterna marmorata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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