Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Pyxicephalidae > Anhydrophryne > Anhydrophryne hewittiAnhydrophryne hewitti (Hewitt's Moss Frog)Synonyms: Arthroleptella hewitti; Arthroleptella hewitti hewitti; Arthroleptella hewitti minor; Arthroleptella lawrencei; Arthroleptis lawrencei The Hewitt's moss frog, Natal chirping frog, or yellow bandit frog (Anhydrophryne hewitti) is a species of frog in the Pyxicephalidae family. It is found in the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa, possibly including adjacent Lesotho. Anhydrophryne hewitti populations are small and fragmented, found in pockets of forest and dense vegetation. Breeding takes place in wet mossy areas near waterfalls and rapids. Eggs are laid in moss and leaf-litter. The eggs develop directly without a free-living tadpole stage. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 19.59 EDGE Score: 3.03 |
Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Litter Size [1] | 27 | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 1.417 inches (3.6 cm) |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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