Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Hyperoliidae > Semnodactylus > Semnodactylus wealii

Semnodactylus wealii (Long-toed running frog)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Weale's running frog, Weale's frog, or rattling frog (Semnodactylus wealii) is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Semnodactylus.It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. Weale's running frog is a common frog mostly occurring in grassland habitats; in Western Cape it is also found in fynbos heath. It breeds in ponds with emergent vegetation.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.56
EDGE Score: 2.45
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Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.732 inches (4.4 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve II 256073 Western Cape, South Africa  
Malolotja Nature Reserve IV 42044 Swaziland  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Cape Floristic Region South Africa No
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Polystoma australe[2]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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