Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Pyxicephalidae > Microbatrachella > Microbatrachella capensisMicrobatrachella capensis (Micro Frog)Synonyms: Microbatrachus capensis; Phrynobatrachus capensis The micro frog or Cape Flats frog (Microbatrachella capensis) is a species of frog less than 2 cm (0.8 in) long in the Pyxicephalidae family, in the monotypic genus Microbatrachella. Its colour varies from rufous brown with dark mottling, to tan or green, depending on the population. It is endemic to south-western Cape area of South Africa, with a single population found on the Cape Flats of Cape Town and several populations on the eastern side of False Bay. It typically lives in wetlands in coastal fynbos habitats, but its total area of occupancy is very small, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being "critically endangered" |
Litter Size [1] | 20 | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 0.709 inches (1.8 cm) |
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Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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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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