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Breviceps bagginsi (Bilbo's Rain Frog)

Wikipedia Abstract

Breviceps bagginsi (Bilbo's rain frog) is an amphibian species in the Brevicipitidae family, endemic in South Africa. It was named after Bilbo Baggins, because the scientist who discovered it used to read The Hobbit to his children.Its natural habitatsare temperate grassland and edges of wood plantations. The species threatened by habitat loss is listed as vulnerable (VU) in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
View Wikipedia Record: Breviceps bagginsi

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.9 grams
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.13 inches (2.87 cm)

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland Yes

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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.
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